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

[jaysper]

And also they did less races than today. Coutts will be always the top in AC, in my opinion

Oh come on @strider470, where is your normal indomitable spirit????

Sure the correct answer is that Francesco Bruni will always be tops after he wins the next 4 cups????

You are really off your game!  :lol:

 

[strider470]

Oh come on @strider470, where is your normal indomitable spirit????

Sure the correct answer is that Francesco Bruni will always be tops after he wins the next 4 cups????

You are really off your game!  :lol:

I don't care for the Cup or even sailing. Now I can tell you. My teacher of English sent me here, it is part of the "swearing and cursing in English" class.

 

[strider470]

I go back to bed for a last nap now, as it seems, no more races for today.

 

[NZL4EVER]

This won't let me upload the photo but when ETNZ crossed the line we all got a can of Steinlager saying "America's Cup 36 Winner" at a bar in Christchurch yesterday. 

 

[Sailbydate]

He was walking along the waterfront at lunch time today, eating ice cream. 

Brain food?

 

[jaysper]

I don't care for the Cup or even sailing. Now I can tell you. My teacher of English sent me here, it is part of the "swearing and cursing in English" class.

Well fuck me, you must be the best wanker in the whole of italy at this mother fucking swearing shit!

 

[Chapter Four]

 Jimmy Spithill – Wins 2010, 2013 – Won 14 / Lost 16

I think you're short changing Spithill

2010 - won 2 races

2013 won 11 races, lost 8

2017 won 1 race, lost 8

2021 won 3 races, lost 7

17 wins, 23 losses

 

[fish7yu]

Brain food?

I suspect that he is not even from this planet......... 

 

[Forourselves]

Watching Race 8 again (that race) and wow! This race is easily the most dramatic AC races of all time!

On the day, it was such a roller coaster of emotions, from nervous, to absolutely gutted, to absolute joy.

I'm not ashamed to say, I felt nothing for LR on that day, as that was such a huge race for the Kiwi boys.

But on watching it back again...man, I feel terrible for the Italians. They did everything right, but for one bad tack that cost them the race. Man that is hard to watch the Italians just get absolutely mowed down, 2 legs from the finish.

 

[45Roller]

NO on the AM show

 

[45Roller]

Very interesting from GMR

@weta27 were you out that day mate? 

 

[The Advocate]

My thoughts exactly! Bunch of pigs with their snouts in a trough. And about as intelligent! The only useful thing you could do with them is spear them and roast them, as you would do with any pigs.

They would taste full of shit.

 

[Ulairi]

now that this is over, where is the Sail GP thread? can someone link me

There's a new thread called 'SailGP 2021' over in the 'Multihull Anarchy' part of the forum. Only a few posts so far but might become the go-to?

 

[rh3000]

Interesting, he’s suggesting what LE bankrolled for years of ACWS racing with the 45’s and then upgrading them to the 45F’s. Maybe the RNZYS guy who’s trying to build and sell the boats he wanted the Youth AC series to use, is making a stand? 

It's called Te Kahu

 

[Guest]

Ha!

Just found out that Andy, the driver of the media Photo Boat that I went out on back in December, is Blair Tuke's proud Dad!

He told me that he came down from Kerikeri to go out as a Prada volunteer for the Cup, but I never clicked.

Photos by Chris Cameron.

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Nice, NZ is a small place I windsurfed with Andy waaaay back when windsurfing was a thing and Blair wasnt

 

[Guest]

Think like a 10 year old.  Look at a foiler, then an opti. 

Which would you want to be on?

That is a silly question, there is a reason we dont give 10 year olds the choice between a Ferrari or a Prius. A better question would be do you want to wear goggles and a pony bottle, be followed around by a chase boat with 2 divers and have a team of 120 running your boat so you can go out for a sail? 

 

[hoom]

A point about this race:

....

Actually I retract that, watched the stern cam & the audio has them surprised to not be laying just after the gybe so it seems they assumed LR had gybed on lay & probably would have continued if they had realised LR wasn't laying.

 

[Guest]

Have you had a few head knocks lately?

you keep trying to sell me something, I'm just not buying. I appreciate these boats for what they are- its not sailing its foiling and they are two different sports with some overlap. Because  SAAC is a bubble we dont realise the actual viewer numbers out in the wide world and the level of interest in the boats,  its a lot less than what we think. The AC and foiling is a niche within a niche. So when you ask a question about opti vs foilers its a non question if its a reflection on optis which happen to be one of the most popular dinghies ever. Two different sports, sport

 

[Sailbydate]

Australia does not have to prove anything to anybody in sailing.

I think that is at the heart of the absence as a team.

Been there done that, got the T-shirt.

Ha, ha. Real same you guys don't have it anymore.

Still, you've got that world famous in Aussie, S2H coastal race thingy, right? Good oh.

 

[Jethrow]

I am not sure we have the shore talent anymore.

Okay, okay, don't twist my arm, I'll go again...