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AC36: The Match (6-15th March. Reserve days to the 21st)

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Glenn, let's chat tomorrow. Larry is offering $6m and I think I can push Ernesto to $10m, tax free. Ernesto is a bit of a dick but I can manage him. He's offering a $4m if you can get copies of all ETNZ's design package. Think about it, your house could be as big as mine. I think I can push Red  Bull for a lifetime supply of the majic juice. Mozzy is joining Ernesto's team so how can we lose? Sounds like $15m for three years work and not even Russell made that. Cha ching!

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45Roller said:
Yeah Slingers said something similar when on The Cup podcast, great listen, him and Nathan... 
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Actually great to have Nathan, Ken and Shirley in the commentary team + insight from eliminated team members. It really adds to have knowledgeable people and different perspective on and off the water.

 
mako23

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strider470 said:
Menacing message for my Kiwi friends :D Do not begin celebrations, it's not over yet. The momentum has changed in the AC series, two races ago, where you could win only "per un pelo", by a tiny hair. This pelo got shorter and shorter and there is no more left. Jimmy is on fire. Go Lunaaaaaaaaaaa. 4 more wins!!!!!!!!!!!
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Are you saying your Australian is better than our Australian ?

 
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Piet56 said:
He had nothing untill his folks passed.... a Kiwi bloke with a dream (and was andamned good accountant) who made it happened during a time when Sir Peter Blake could do no wrong).... cut him some slack mate, he's worked bloody hard to get where he is
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To be honest I’ve given Deano some stick during this cup cycle. In my opinion he’s too old for the job. At his peak he was one of the best in the world. He also has achieved a lot. But time sits still for no man and that includes Deano. Younger men have come to take his place. Everyone deserves a place in the sun and then passes it on to a younger generation.I hope he has a great fat nest egg and he can retire in comfort.  He has a world of experience and would make a good coach. 

 
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The thing about Jimmy isn't that just he's a competitive sportsman. Lots of hyper competitive people are sore-ish losers but few are terrible winners, and that's what Jimmy is. His derogatory comments about TNZ after beating them in the RR stages in Bermuda shows the sort of winner he is. A gloating peacock. It was a comeuppance for OR to lose key races through unforced errors after he'd banged on so much about how he, Slingsby and Langford were a better combo of tactics and on-boat communication than TNZ.

With age and a few (well needed) doses of humble pie he's probably just turned into a decent competitive guy who would is good fun to be around.

Caecilian said:
Have to agree mostly, Ellison is your typical rich asshole/winning is everything guy (remember leadgate?) Jimmy was just very sure of himself and even then if you have a look at the vids he is actually just a competitive sportsman. Now in this cycle, if you listen to his coms on the boat- he is a very cool pro (as they all are). For those of us that race, can you honestly say that you are like that with your crew at all times or if you crew that your skipper is? Jimmy is doing great, but for a slightly faster boat he would win this cup no sweat.
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mako23

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strider470 said:
Our Jimmy "Chuck Norris" Spithill has no equals. ;) But your Australian is not bad as well.
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“If” ETNZ successfully defend the cup, I hope Prada stay in the game. It would be horrible if someone else hijacked the considerable talent in that syndicate. 
 

I think the nationality rule has to toughen up considerably, to protect Italian talent. 

 
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Joakim said:
They didn't have room to jibe while keeping clear on port. That's what would have happened the day before, if Pete hadn't made the jibe where they dropped off the foils. Today Pete was more patient and just stayed in bad air and waited for a change, which he got.

Could LR made the last tack on the lead a bit higher, so that TR can't tack? So not giving bad air, but just preventing them from getting leverage. Then they would have leebowed them at  the boundary. Or was their lead too marginal for that? When they tacked in front, they gave TR starboard edge and two rather long tacks to get close enough. The only way for LR to survive was to find a better shift or wind from left.
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I found this fascinating when considering it against the conventional tactics you and I sail. Gybing in our boats would have resulted in covering from a wind perspective in non-foiling boats but here it is the exact opposite.

 
strider470

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mako23 said:
“If” ETNZ successfully defend the cup, I hope Prada stay in the game. It would be horrible if someone else hijacked the considerable talent in that syndicate. 
 

I think the nationality rule has to toughen up considerably, to protect Italian talent. 
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That would be a problem for new challengers though. Maybe  a relaxed rule for newcomers from places where sailing is not a mainstream sport could do. Also that could affect the many excellent Kiwi professional sailors that don't work in ETNZ. Honestly they have to find a correct compromise. I don't mind for LR, we already have an almost all Italian established sailing crew and many young people are being involved.

 
shebeen

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Trouper said:
Due to overseas TV commitments. 
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really? it's stupid o'clock in europe during racing.

should be first race 9am.

or 9pm and we have nightsailing!

**ONTOIT** said:
Now I know most ETNZ supporters think JS is a cock sucker ofthe highest order, ...his dickhead behaviour in SF pretty much cemented him as such. But (and it’s a big BUT) it’s pretty clear now that it’s the team that has shaped him into the person he is today. In my opinion Oracle were a bunch of pricks, from the top all the way through to the boat cleaners...they thought they were bigger than the Cup and their behaviour was to act like wankers, basically from 2010 to 2017. To me LR have obviously instructed JS to act with dignity, grace and poise, to give praise where praise is due. To me it makes him rather likeable. He looks relaxed, he looks like he’s enjoying himself, he seems to be comfortable with his team and his own ability. I like this side of JS, long may it continue!

What say you Anarchists?
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As one of the few people here who actually haven't met him, he comes across as quite a decent bloke.

Listen to his episode on the Shirley Robertson and you'd be a c*nt if you still think he's c*nt

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