Wow! Missed that one...
Alinghi Challenge AC37
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Schakel
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Old friends.
Greetings to Larry.
Sailbydate
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Cup Spy Nov 8: Sailing resumes in AC75's
Both Swiss and US America's Cup teams when testing resumed in Pensacola and Barcelona, with the teams both sailing their AC75's in light winds - but enough breeze for the teams to take off unassisted.
Forourselves
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It must be slightly concerning that these guys are still struggling to sail Te Aihe well. These guys have been racing foiling boats for a long time, so wonder why its taking them so long to even sustain flight? It can't be the boat, because the boat seemed to go well in Auckland?
Sailbydate
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Looks to me like they're starting to get to grips with it, 4. Don't think they're doing too badly.
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JALhazmat
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Auckland =flat as fuck
Barcelona =ridiculous sea state (even in that vid there was decent swell)
when seas state exceeds the gap between the hull and the surface you will either beach or splash down. that’s what happening
enigmatically2
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Be fair, his experience is limiting to the boating pond, so he won't realise the difference that waves make
The_Alchemist
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In one of the earlier videos I remember them saying they noticed a difference between the two foils. It would be interesting to try to find out what those differences are? In the last couple of videos they are using the anhedral foil to lift out of the water.
Gtran
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Die Alinghi lernt fliegen
In zwei Jahren ist America’s Cup – mit der Schweiz! Unter dem neuen Namen Alinghi Red Bull Racing soll die Euphorie wieder aufleben. Mit an Bord ist auch der segelfremde Ex-Ruderer Nico Stahlberg. Wie das funktioniert? Ein Besuch in Barcelona.
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Alinghi Red Bull Racing came out today and showed the America’s Cup world just what they’re made of, with a blistering morning session that had BoatZero flying around the waters of Barcelona at speeds in excess of 35 knots. And with the new self-tacking jib system, the result of so much work from the outstanding shore and design teams, fully operational, the team threw in their first consistent set of foil-to-foil tacks and gybes. Andrea Emone, one of the Performance Team that monitor the telemetry coming off the boats as well as observe the sailing style on the water commented afterwards on today’s performance, saying: “As always we ask the team to squeeze and push to the maximum, but we are taking care of our ‘baby’ and we just came back from holidays…I will check numbers and if they haven't pushed I will ask for them to push more.” No clear answer yet on the new electric self-tailing Harken winch that has been installed towards the aft of the starboard trench, but the recon unit are monitoring its use and the heavy rope marks show that this is under a lot of pressure throughout the session. Some interesting detail was spotted today too by the recon photographer of the dilets on the upper foil arm at approximately ride height whilst flying – clearly an area the designers are paying a lot of attention to.
Sailbydate
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Looking good.
Priscilla
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Yup Sail certainly looks like they are getting to grips with the AC75. Ernie was fortunate enough to get his dibs on a well sorted test bed, Fuckwit Four needs to go to Specsavers maybe after he has finished his session at Bigots Anonymous.
Forourselves
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You're an idiot. That comment was WELL before the latest video was posted, and YES they looked well behind back then. And they were. Have they improved? Yes, did they look like they were behind the other teams back then? Yes they did.
So STFU moron.
