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Indeed. You even got the subjunctive right :)  

They didn’t purge the engine room: a classic

Usual arguments: compromise, T-foils more forgiving for ventilation and easier to surface, Y-foils less foil arm wetted surface and allow different inner/outer flap setting

  ^ The plan is to stuff Burling & Co. with pizza before the Match, so they exceed the crew weight and are disqualified :)  

San-Antonio? Moi, tu m’connais ... :)  

Truly superb, thanks! Random points: - the AC75 requires stability before being able to apply power (reminds me of the Pirelli motto, power is nothing without control) - INEOS made a mistake by working on the boat instead of sailing. Their low wind performance was limited by foils - he...

True?

Afraid the standard retort is : “that can be arranged” :(  

Antonio Vettese, director of a sailing magazine, says the mood in AKL compared with 2000 and 2003 is locals seem not to care about the Cup

Don’t be so thick: he clearly says no quarantine accomodations are available

None: e ‘sti cazzi. Rileggiti Rocco Schiavone

Says who?  :P   :D

Few things are certain in life - and this is one of them

:D  I remember going to the office bleary-eyed, and the janitor asking me about the “bompresso” (bowsprit). Problem was sailors of my generation didn’t know, either Note: the final race was 2hrs 20’ long ...

Anyway, this answers the question of who buys Prada’s absurdly overpriced stuff: women!

A bit of a cliché, but fun ...

 Too bad most of you won’t understand, excellent commentary of critical moments in the first race, light-hearted banter on Jimmy’s Italian (or lack thereof) But what you can gauge is the personality: you can be a world-class match racer and retain a sunny disposition, none of BA’s glowering...

Remembering what happened the previuos time LR was CoR, my heart bleeds

Gianni Cariboni was saying foil actuators work very near the max. allowed pressure (600 bar IIRC), and stroke is a few cms