Luna Rossa Challenge. AC 36

[fish7yu]

 

[Priscilla]

Mast cameras or laser beams.

 

[Nutta]

first team to make sushi out of Flipper on live TV..? 

It'll make a change from Bermudan Turtle Soup.

 

[Ex-yachtie]

3 hours ago, Priscilla said:

Mast cameras or laser beams.

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Cameras. ETNZ had the same at launch. 

 

[minimumfuss]

It'll make a change from Bermudan Turtle Soup.

Geez ETNZ got lucky with the rudder in BDA hitting that small turtle at the bottom gate. A dolphin or Orca in AK would be game over

 

[minimumfuss]

9 hours ago, fish7yu said:

Interesting vid. 

1)Those are everyones  Xmas presents sitting on container ships off Auckland for several weeks. 

2) That rig either has some serious control feathering the main constantly, or it's sloppy as an old flagpole. Some forestay sag, are they running lower loads after their disaster in the med? Looks like a big jib (#2?) for those conditions. Racing these in 20 knots is going to be wild. 

 

[JALhazmat]

It'll make a change from Bermudan Turtle Soup.

trickier to gloss over I imagine, dolphin probably leaks a bit more that turtle?

 

[Rennmaus]

Geez ETNZ got lucky with the rudder in BDA hitting that small turtle at the bottom gate. A dolphin or Orca in AK would be game over

Says the turtle/dolphin/orca. 

 

[Xlot]

That rig either has some serious control feathering the main constantly, or it's sloppy as an old flagpole. Some forestay sag, are they running lower loads after their disaster in the med? Looks like a big jib (#2?) for those conditions. Racing these in 20 knots is going to be wild. 

I beg you: please tell me they’re doing something right ...

 

[Grrr...]

I wonder if LR-PP have an auto-switching pressure plate or wheel pressure grip to disengage one wheel when one of the two helmsmen takes over from the other..

No.  Un-necessary complexity and weight.

 

[weta27]

 

[weta27]

 

[Priscilla]

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Cracker looking sail boat trimmed to perfection.

 

[weta27]

 

[Horn Rock]

^^^ In these stills LR always looks to be riding quite high. Does their hull shape preclude them from flying flat and low, or will they need bow down trim to get that low rider aspect?

 

[weta27]

No, I think they generally fly level rather than nose-down, but not any higher than the others.

Possibly they still do have some issues with height stability though - they are certainly not as stable in ride height as Te Rehutai is.

 

[Horn Rock]

If they're flying level, they're not getting the degree of end plating seal, because of the greater rocker in their keel profile.

 

[weta27]

True, it looks to be designed for a more nose-down flight, upwind anyway.

 

[Nutta]

trickier to gloss over I imagine, dolphin probably leaks a bit more that turtle?

I maintain there's no such thing as a dolphin. There is bottlenose tuna though...

 

[JALhazmat]

Tastes like chicken?