Americas Cup, Race 16 and 17

[DRP]

iwindsurf buoys at Anita Rock, nearest to the start gate, shows west wind @ 7 knots, Treasure Island, near leeward gate, 6 knots. It's still Easterly at the airport. Not a good sign..

We will be waiting for a while.

 

[Lysistrata]

As PJM is prone to say it is again a case of "hurry up and wait!"

If this does not get settled soon, NZ parents might do something radical.

Send kids back to school!

And 7 periods with Mr Gormsby would sort out the whiny little bastards!

 

[nav]

Oh man. Painful snippet just now with DB. He looks rattled.

Sounded concerned about improving as fast as Oracle.

Yeah. Said something like "they're improving and if we don't keep up with them then..." and kind of dropped off and caught himself and said something else.

Cringe-worthy moment for ETNZ fans for sure. I feel for the guy.

Can anyone post that clip? Missed it unfortunately

just take today's Youtube live feed back towards the start and you'll find it @ around 28:15.

No big deal....

 

[Quirky Torok]

I have taken to watching live line during these periods of inactivity on the race course.. there are some much better pictures than the races which funnily enough the Americans always win..

I shouldn't be surprised its NBC broadcasting for american audience. They will always want to show the home team winning (even though most viewers cant exactly pinpoint the "american" accents) You would think it was 8-1 in favour of Team USA with the number of american wins.

Anyways back to liveline...

 

[jsn7821]

So if it's a drifter should half the crew jump overboard?

 

[Peelman]

Not a bad view of the starting area from the south shore cam

http://www.parksconservancy.org/visit/web-cams.html

 

[antoine]

Postponement, race delayed, race abandoned.... what's new in this AMericas cup format. Thanks god the boats are fantastic...

 

[Thisnametaken]

Oh man. Painful snippet just now with DB. He looks rattled.

Sounded concerned about improving as fast as Oracle.

Yeah. Said something like "they're improving and if we don't keep up with them then..." and kind of dropped off and caught himself and said something else.

Cringe-worthy moment for ETNZ fans for sure. I feel for the guy.

Can anyone post that clip? Missed it unfortunately

just take today's Youtube live feed back towards the start and you'll find it @ around 28:15.

No big deal....

Appreciate the time stamp. I'll check it later as, unfortunately, it's not available here.

 

[swims4USA]

virtualeye shows t minus 5 mins and counting...

 

[nav]

13:45 earliest for R16

edit: yep 4 minutes and counting

 

[~Stingray~~]

virtualeye shows t minus 5 mins and counting...

NBC TV too

 

[chauch]

NBC just back to coverage. ETNZ with Code zero up, OTUSA without it so far. 5 mins.

 

[swims4USA]

3 minutes. wahoo we have a go for launch.

 

[kenergy]

clocks running to prestart

 

[mo fuzz]

NZ has 0 up, US none.

 

[Skol]

here we go!

 

[Vang Tang]

in starting now!

 

[chauch]

Oracle looks late

 

[Kia Ora]

Wish that they would hurry up.

Enroute west to Gibraltar doing a night passage and running out of wifi.

Just one race please ....

 

[Kahlessa]

Cup Experience app is about 50 seconds ahead of Youtube