shanghaisailor 1,289 #1101 Posted January 17 NOW LIVE ON AMERICA'S CUP FACEBOOK PAGE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1102 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, shanghaisailor said: NOW LIVE ON AMERICA'S CUP FACEBOOK PAGE Fuck Facebook..... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pusslicker 283 #1103 Posted January 17 25 minutes ago, craigj said: Is it worth $174.99 to NBC to watch this??? http://freestreams-live1.com/skyspomix/ This is free. Try it first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redreuben 64 #1104 Posted January 17 I’m in Australia, watching on Foxtel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1105 Posted January 17 In Scotland - live via Youtube.... go figure.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indio 891 #1106 Posted January 17 Ineos looking very comfortable in the conditions... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate short for Bob 265 #1107 Posted January 17 16 minutes ago, Varan said: So with no anchoring in the cable zone, are the spectators generally responsible enough to hold position without anchoring if the weather kicks in. As I thought stuff all spectators. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redreuben 64 #1108 Posted January 17 Question. Those double luff mains wouldn’t have any shape cut into them would they ? Shape is controlled by mast rotation yes ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mako23 436 #1109 Posted January 17 The wind is up and the sea is choppy ...maybe something might break Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forourselves 1,159 #1110 Posted January 17 Big day. Big waves, wind against tide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado-Cat 925 #1111 Posted January 17 Key day for challengers today, let's hope the best for AM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redreuben 64 #1112 Posted January 17 Woohoo bring it on ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJF 4 #1113 Posted January 17 4 minutes ago, pusslicker said: http://freestreams-live1.com/skyspomix/ This is free. Try it first. I got strong vpn for $10 month and use a vpn in Belgium and can see it on you tube in US, don't spend the money! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indio 891 #1114 Posted January 17 Might we see 50Knts busted in a race today? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tugboat 54 #1115 Posted January 17 My prediction.... someone is going to have a butt clencher of a wipeout today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate short for Bob 265 #1116 Posted January 17 Just now, Forourselves said: Big day. Big waves, wind against tide. Yep just as I expected. Remember pulling in a long line in that sort of weather. Got whacked dropped it. Spent the next hour trying to find it. Never did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado-Cat 925 #1117 Posted January 17 These conditions remind me some T races in tough conditions. All good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate short for Bob 265 #1118 Posted January 17 Just now, Tugboat said: My prediction.... someone is going to have a butt clencher of a wipeout today. No doubt the anti AC75’S will complain about today as well! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1119 Posted January 17 INEOS seems much more stable in the pre-start & first bits up wind....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado-Cat 925 #1120 Posted January 17 First Prada capsize today ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1121 Posted January 17 Now dont get me smiling this early in the morning..... LOL 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
167149 134 #1122 Posted January 17 prada 11secs, they're doing ok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rh3000 1,600 #1123 Posted January 17 Did anyone else notice the columns of water pour out of the rudder/tiller around prestart on Rita? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Clark 564 #1124 Posted January 17 This isn't even much wind. Everybody who has overcome the fear of wind says.. Let's go! DRC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado-Cat 925 #1125 Posted January 17 40 kts only downwind with these conditions ? the F50 would smoke them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate short for Bob 265 #1126 Posted January 17 2 minutes ago, Dave Clark said: This isn't even much wind. The gusts are at the top of the range. Trust me that sea state there is gnarly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1127 Posted January 17 INEOS a lot mor stable - just got that feeling that the |handbags are into the upper limits of current foil package,,,,,, bottom gate 17 sec or so - INEOS is not pointing as high.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
167149 134 #1128 Posted January 17 2 minutes ago, Tornado-Cat said: 40 kts only downwind with these conditions ? the F50 would smoke them shoo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Clark 564 #1129 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Kate short for Bob said: The gusts are at the top of the range. Trust me that sea state there is gnarly. And? Win the boat race. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate short for Bob 265 #1130 Posted January 17 LOL at these speeds and wind direction you'd sail to Great Barrier in less than an hour! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1131 Posted January 17 Handbags clearing out like a moped robber..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redreuben 64 #1132 Posted January 17 Prada is killing them on vmg upwind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1133 Posted January 17 Handbags +5 V.M.G & pointing much higher - who'd a thunk it.... really played the shifts much better....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigj 27 #1134 Posted January 17 43 minutes ago, porthos said: Only you can answer that. There are, however, cheaper ways to watch it in the US. I’ll ask that differently, how does one in the USA watch the full replays for free? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
167149 134 #1135 Posted January 17 gate 4 quite a gain for the spags Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forourselves 1,159 #1136 Posted January 17 6 minutes ago, Tornado-Cat said: 40 kts only downwind with these conditions ? the F50 would smoke them Until they nosedive, capsize, break the wing and get towed back to the dock till next race. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pusslicker 283 #1137 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, craigj said: I’ll ask that differently, how does one in the USA watch the full replays for free? Wait a couple days and they will be on youtube. Just not live for free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado-Cat 925 #1138 Posted January 17 LR increasing the lead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
167149 134 #1139 Posted January 17 2 minutes ago, Forourselves said: Until they nosedive, capsize, break the wing and tow the bits back to the dock till next months race. FIFY 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate short for Bob 265 #1140 Posted January 17 Fuck this is fun to watch. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tugboat 54 #1141 Posted January 17 LR might have just fucked this up big time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
167149 134 #1142 Posted January 17 fronts almost in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1143 Posted January 17 what the actual F am I watching..... both on their butts..... 1 hitch to the finish..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tugboat 54 #1144 Posted January 17 Just now, 167149 said: fronts almost in Can see the cloud rolling in from the west. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate short for Bob 265 #1146 Posted January 17 LOL welcome to sailing in Auckland! Remember the Whitbread? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enzedel92 106 #1147 Posted January 17 Shit show!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1148 Posted January 17 That's the Auckland I remember.... ROTFLMAO....! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tugboat 54 #1149 Posted January 17 Fucking anti-climax! Can’t blame the race committee though. The call had to be made. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaysper 612 #1150 Posted January 17 Despite the abandonment, that's the most enjoyable race so far from my point of view. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigj 27 #1151 Posted January 17 31 minutes ago, pusslicker said: http://freestreams-live1.com/skyspomix/ This is free. Try it first. Thanks and that worked...got a free Russian bride included. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1152 Posted January 17 Just now, jaysper said: Despite the abandonment, that's the most enjoyable race so far from my point of view. true dat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado-Cat 925 #1153 Posted January 17 They should have let the race go, it's part of the game, all of us sailors have known that in races. It would NOT have been a lottery today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enzedel92 106 #1154 Posted January 17 PJ called it “boat breaking weather”. LMAO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raked Aft\\ 113 #1155 Posted January 17 Was just getting the handbag coms and the stern cam. no commentary. anyone else seeing something else? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate short for Bob 265 #1156 Posted January 17 3 minutes ago, Piet56 said: what the actual F am I watching..... both on their butts..... 1 hitch to the finish..... You just saw a huge wind shift. Essentially one moment the wind is blowing on your face and in an instant it drops and then whams you on your side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1157 Posted January 17 This is screwing up my ability to get back to sleep...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado-Cat 925 #1158 Posted January 17 So the reason they stopped the racee is because they don't want to reach ? utter bullshit, that's part of sailing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaxHugen 698 #1159 Posted January 17 Just now, Tugboat said: Fucking anti-climax! Can’t blame the race committee though. The call had to be made. "The call had to be made. " Why? They can't sail through a wind shift??? Can't sail on a reach??? Sheesh... too light... too strong... wrong wind direction... what next? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1160 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Raked Aft\\ said: Was just getting the handbag coms and the stern cam. no commentary. anyone else seeing something else? Mate - depends on what feed you are watching.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado-Cat 925 #1161 Posted January 17 2 minutes ago, MaxHugen said: "The call had to be made. " Why? They can't sail through a wind shift??? Can't sail on a reach??? Sheesh... too light... too strong... wrong wind direction... what next? I feel the same, not allowing a reach during an AC if there is a shift is just nonsense. So these $ 100 M boats can't sail on the reach ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsn7821 30 #1162 Posted January 17 Is there an upper wind limit that they cancel the race at? Maybe that happened with the new front coming in? I feel like the wind shift alone shouldn't have been enough to abandon that. It was leg 5 too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.......................... 192 #1163 Posted January 17 18 minutes ago, Tornado-Cat said: 40 kts only downwind with these conditions ? the F50 would smoke them Please don’t make me post the videos of the F50s all self destructing 30 min before the start in NYC with just 20 knots of wind - this continued Cat discussion is just lame. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate short for Bob 265 #1164 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Tornado-Cat said: So the reason they stopped the racee is because they don't want to reach ? utter bullshit, that's part of sailing. Since when as that been the case in windward leeward courses? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1165 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, MaxHugen said: Sheesh... too light... too strong... wrong wind direction... what next? Sir Kunty Koots turns up and demands Dalt's pays for Butterball's hospital bill's from Newport??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idontwan2know 90 #1166 Posted January 17 Aukland weather is providing the only entertainment in this series so far. When the breeze is steady, the racing is shit with no passing and the boat that wins the start just bouncing off the boundary for three laps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forourselves 1,159 #1167 Posted January 17 2 minutes ago, Tornado-Cat said: They should have let the race go, it's part of the game, all of us sailors have known that in races. It would NOT have been a lottery today. Fucking hypocritical SOB. For so long, you and your little band of wanker haters have been using the word "Fair" now they make a call in the name of fairness, and you wanna let it go? Dickhead! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado-Cat 925 #1168 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Kate short for Bob said: Since when as that been the case in windward leeward courses? Part of sailing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redreuben 64 #1169 Posted January 17 Before they pulled the pin Ineos had pulled off a nice lead change. They won’t be happy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southseasbill 102 #1170 Posted January 17 The wind here at home has gone ~ 120 degrees or so. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Alchemist 1,256 #1171 Posted January 17 This is just a fckg joke! wind shifts, abandon race because it isn't fair .... yesterday winds dies with a very few puffs, it is OK. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaxHugen 698 #1172 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Redreuben said: Before they pulled the pin Ineos had pulled off a nice lead change. They won’t be happy. Notable that LR had better VMG for most of the race! Sometimes by quite a few knots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Varan 1,927 #1173 Posted January 17 17 minutes ago, Redreuben said: Prada is killing them on vmg upwind. Indeed. They did very well going uphill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Clark 564 #1174 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, XPRO said: Please don’t make me post the videos of the F50s all self destructing 30 min before the start in NYC with just 20 knots of wind - this continued Cat discussion is just lame. If you put this fleet in NYC on that day it would have been equally splintered. Also, the RC in this event has featured far less stones than the SailGP race committee on the days when the shit has hit the fan for Sailgp. The risk of breakage is the opportunity for seamanship. Let's just call off the southern ocean in the ocean race next. DRC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsn7821 30 #1175 Posted January 17 5 minutes ago, Kate short for Bob said: Since when as that been the case in windward leeward courses? What? Committees don't usually abandon races just from a wind shift, has that actually ever happened to you? They might adjust a mark, or postpone a start to adjust the course, but not a mid-race abandonment. I have a feeling this had to do with dangerous conditions (the wind going across the waves, or something, just a guess). Dangerous conditions is the only time I've seen a race abandoned mid-race (or from lack of wind). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1176 Posted January 17 Just gone through the Hand book - don't see the words "fair" anywhere .... it is what is is once the gun goes.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porthos 93 #1177 Posted January 17 12 minutes ago, craigj said: I’ll ask that differently, how does one in the USA watch the full replays for free? Fairly extensive highlights (25+ minutes) are available in the US. To get full race replays, you need to use a VPN. There are free VPN's and there are ones that are about $10/month. I ended up going with a paid service NordVPN as looking around at reviews some of the free VPN's can be janky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate short for Bob 265 #1178 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Tornado-Cat said: Part of sailing. Not in windward leeward match racing. You might get away with it in fleet racing. But I'm starting to sense you are an amateur that has a bitch with the AC75. You only had to look at the lay lines from the marks skewing like crazy to see the wind change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enzedel92 106 #1179 Posted January 17 Handbags faster upwind/ Frackers faster downwind Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1180 Posted January 17 Fuck it - Time to bring out the Irish coffee....... hic! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mako23 436 #1181 Posted January 17 Before the cancellation LR was looking faster in the conditions. Ineos seem better at lower winds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WetHog 522 #1182 Posted January 17 Checking in to see who is defending this BS abandonment. WetHog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forourselves 1,159 #1183 Posted January 17 3 minutes ago, The_Alchemist said: This is just a fckg joke! wind shifts, abandon race because it isn't fair .... yesterday winds dies with a very few puffs, it is OK. FFS you whining little bitch! Did you not hear Ken Read? he literally explained the difference! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rh3000 1,600 #1184 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, WetHog said: Checking in to see who is defending this BS abandonment. WetHog Phew! The Justice League is here! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crashtack 163 #1185 Posted January 17 RIP Jimmy's lunch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsn7821 30 #1186 Posted January 17 Lmao the bananas falling into the water Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forourselves 1,159 #1187 Posted January 17 1 minute ago, WetHog said: Checking in to see who is defending this BS abandonment. WetHog Funny, the same reason the haters have been going on about since the beginning. A FAIR race course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rh3000 1,600 #1188 Posted January 17 Shit that chilly bin is going to fetch a good sum on trademe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1189 Posted January 17 Just now, rh3000 said: Phew! The Justice League is here! Send for the Avengers...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southseasbill 102 #1190 Posted January 17 The wind has now died on the land maybe 5kts. Supposed to build again though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piet56 67 #1191 Posted January 17 On hold again till 20 past the hour.... may be why..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pusslicker 283 #1192 Posted January 17 3 minutes ago, WetHog said: Checking in to see who is defending this BS abandonment. WetHog The usual suspects. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaysper 612 #1193 Posted January 17 9 minutes ago, Piet56 said: Just gone through the Hand book - don't see the words "fair" anywhere .... it is what is is once the gun goes.... I agree. INEOS might have reason to feel aggrieved but to be honest I'm not sure Prada weren't in the better position at time of abandonment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Varan 1,927 #1194 Posted January 17 Okay, I'm making a beer run. Anybody need anything? Please give me a 5 min. heads up before the next start. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WetHog 522 #1195 Posted January 17 Just now, pusslicker said: The usual suspects. Was just going to post this. GDs minions. WetHog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
