Emirates Team New Zealand.

[jaysper]

Believe me

Based on what precisely?

 

[Barnyb]

 

[MaxHugen]

53 minutes ago, Forourselves said:

Poetry in motion!

You can often tell when the boat is not at max speed (for the TWS) as they reduce bow down pitch to get more lift from the foil, then as they hit full speed, it's back to about -2°.

 

[Thewas]

Daltons either a dick or knows his boat is so superior it will trounce Prada.

Or both. 

 

[weta27]

 

[Ulairi]

1 hour ago, Forourselves said:

When we say "light winds" - how many knots? 

 

[fish7yu]

 

[MaxHugen]

When we say "light winds" - how many knots? 

Another video mentioned 8 knots.

 

[Ulairi]

Another video mentioned 8 knots.

Thought provoking!

 

[mad]

I just did a count....

Ever wondered why nobody, zilch, nada, zero ...  People reply to your posts...

^^^^^^  :lol:

 

[fish7yu]

10 minutes ago, fish7yu said:



Couple of takes from the recent videos:

1) Crew does not cross over on every maneuver.

2) Able to stay on foils at very low speed.

 

[weta27]

At about 2.40 in the @airflownz video above, after slowing right down, she turns towards North Head and accelerates - the sound of the creaking and cranking as she took off was impressive, as was the feeling of power.

Love this boat.

 

[weta27]

A couple of the super yachts that were coming back in at the same time

 

[kiwin]

Agree, very much a Hail Mary move from GD. His thinking doesn't stack up.

We don't know what he is thinking. 

 

[The Advocate]

We don't know what he is thinking. 

You haven't been here long, have you?

 

[JALhazmat]

1 hour ago, fish7yu said:

the angles they gybe through don't look especially wide, coming up on the wind after the turn and then going deeper.

my concern is that LR didn't do this in any of the light air races they just stayed on a deeper course going through wider angles on the gybe. I can only hope that they have enough of a speed advantage to negate it but I am worried in 8 kts.

 

[Barnyb]

 

[MaxHugen]

41 minutes ago, JRC026 said:

TR clearly faster than LR.  They chose the camera-side of the course.

 

[The Advocate]

Is it just me or is there a lot more turbulence from TR foils? Perhaps small foils/increased flap AoA?

 

[Zeusproject]

Is it just me or is there a lot more turbulence from TR foils? Perhaps small foils/increased flap AoA?

Perhaps just going faster !