34th America's Cup: multihulls!

34th AC------Row your boat NOW!

53 sec in-look fast! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCteNXGENao

 

Very impressive wins by LR against Artemis.
So, Doug, have they improved enough to give NZ a run for their money?
Or will we see similar boring blow-outs with LR trailing far behind?

 

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I don't get the "boring" bit. To me these thngs are incredible-so much to learn ,so much to be inspired by.
LR doesn't stand a chance against TNZ......

 

yes but
if they sail at different speeds its boring

 

You bored blokes will never be happy ...
but cheer up, your children will have a more enlightened attitude ...
while you will just fade disgruntedly away.
Actually, it takes only fractional imagination (that is, if you've ever sailed on fast boats) to be really involved with the superb on board videoing coming off these AC72's.
But no, let's just reveal our dogged bloody mindedness. Yawn. So boring. Ha.

 

The first minute is interesting then it is extremely dull to me because there is
no tension in the event. Sure, the boats are interesting as they get up on the
foils, but that becomes dull too because it's the same thing over and over after
the first few times you see them do it.

I was hoping that LR had improved enough to give NZ a reasonable race, but
you are suggesting it's not going to be much of a contest. Hopefully NZ will
give Oracle a close race.

 

If they were faster during one leg, and slower than their opponent during
another leg that might add some interest when they got within a few tens of
metres. Instead they are hundreds of metres apart for most of the race.

 

Way before F1 gets as boring as yacht racing a billion people turn off and then they try to fix it
If there's no action there's no spectators there's no money, that's not news..

 

Americas Cup 34 AS IT IS!

Just a note by the Thread Starter -in-Chief: please lets not let this informative thread go the way of the "Americas Cup Declining" thread. If you don't like the America's Cup, please don't post, if you don't like the boats, please don't post, if you don't like the Teams please don't post. This is about the 34th America's Cup AS IT IS not as any of us want it to be. Start another thread if you want to, like: " Why I hate the Americas Cup and the Silly Boats that Sail in it", or "How can the America's Cup be Improved" but please don't restart the mono vs multi debate or the hydrofoil debate, or the seaworthiness debate, or the wind speed debate. Lets try to improve everyones technical knowledge about how these boats work, how the crews work, what the teams are doing and how the 34th Americas Cup will be won and why.
Please return to your regularly scheduled evenings enjoyment....

 

I'm just trying to understand if we are seeing a technology demonstration or a race so should it be a time trial or boat on boat?

 

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Please give it a break......

 

Thanks Doug for your last 2 posts, it is starting to get to repetitive.

How about just watching and learning, we all might be able to pick up on some thing new or different approach to things.

 

We've seen a lot of chopping and changing of the boat styles with the AC, i'd love to see them stick with this for a few rounds and develop the full potential of this platform for the benefit of everyone.
I'd like to see foiling fully embraced to see how stable and reliable it could become, I do believe the knowledge and tech would spread beyond AC, not just for full foilers but in foil assist applications too.
Perhaps the next AC being in NZ will have a sensible rig size and more open water will give us some leads on where to take the technology for a broader range of craft.
Seriously I do hope TNZ and Oracle provide some close racing, but I'm not optimistic at the this stage.
Even so just watching the Kiwis sail that boat on their own is awe inspiring.

 

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Amazingly, I agree almost 100%-just not the red part above: I am optimistic and I know that I'll be in 7th heaven just watching the two greatest AC 72's so far.

 

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I believe there are many sailors who choose monohulls for purely esthetic and historical reasons. They are traditional and pretty and healing is a part of the esthetic for them. I understand this. My first large yacht was a gracious old Pearson Alberg 35, with a cocktail glass stern and truly lovely lines. Many of today’s modern catamarans are just not that pretty – they lack a certain romance.

As for myself, I could never again go back to a monohull. I like sailing fast. I like sailing flat. I like a big cockpit. I do not like rocking at anchor. I still well remember sailing on the outskirts of a monohull race near Newport, Rhode Island, a few summers back. I was close reaching on my 41 foot cat at 17 knots, passing monohulls as if they were standing still. Romantic? Perhaps not for everyone. But sure a lot of fun. As the Dalai Lama once said: “You cannot buy happiness. But you can buy exhilaration.”
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