SailGP

[Stingray~]

Does it have a section on stupid reaching starts?

Perhaps BA and others need to take learning cues from the likes of Phil R and what PB is now pulling off. While Phil has been consistently good for a long time, PB finally had a couple good ones in Chicago and especially in R3 here in Plymouth he just absolutely smoked it!

To my eye the start line was longer this time (good, imo) but am keen to see some of those starts again in a highlights video of day 1 - hopefully something will get posted soon.

 

[Stingray~]

Here's a timestamp to the R3 start

 

[Stingray~]

Could be TNZ's new sponsor:

ALVARIUM

www.alvarium.co.nz

 

[Stingray~]

Timestamp to the R2 start

 

[Stingray~]

R1 start. On the first beat TNZ climbs from 8th to 2nd!

 

[Stingray~]

The R1 finish

 

[Stingray~]

SailGP Plymouth – Burling and New Zealand Team are Day 1 leaders

Day 1 of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix at Plymouth resulted in a great day for Pete Burling and the New Zealand team, who top the leader board after a race win and two second place finishes.

www.sailweb.co.uk

 

[Potter]

"I don't think the Sydney venue deal is anywhere near big enough to find the team. It is just high profile enough to stop them being cut" This statement is contradictory in itself. You say it doesn't fund the team but is also enough to stop them being cut, implying that it indeed funds the team, to what extent isn't the point. The point is, the venue deal does indeed fund the team in the absence of a primary sponsor.
So, to answer the question... YES, the venue deal does fund the team.
So, I go back to the original question, why is it perfectly fine for a venue deal to fund a SailGP team, but not okay for a venue deal to fund an AC team?

What bollocks. Your answers, like your questions, really require black or white answers... The real world is not like that.
Why is a venue funding a team acceptable or not acceptable. I can't answer that, and wasn't trying to. I think you would only accept an answer that fits your miopic view anyway.

 

[Stingray~]

Peter Burling steers New Zealand to the lead at SailGP's Plymouth regatta

New Zealand skipper enjoys his best day yet on the circuit, winning one fleet race and finishing second in the other two.

www.stuff.co.nz

 

[Stingray~]

Sir Ben Ainslie fumes as penalty costs him place in three-boat SailGP final

Four-time Olympic champion was angered by a call to penalise Great Britain right at the end of the final fleet race

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Stingray~]

There was decent enough breeze on Day 1 plus some streaky snakes and ladders wind and tide opportunities especially down around the bottom gate near the island, was really fun.

Looking forward to the more-frequent events on the schedule ahead, there's not much else going on for now among 'The Best Sailors in the Fastest Boats.' Woke up at 0530 to catch this and am glad I did.

 

[Bored Stiff]

Does it have a section on stupid reaching starts?

Perhaps Phil Robertson could update it, he seems to have them sorted.

 

[Stingray~]

The starts by BA back in Chicago and now in Plymouth are pretty strange, am curious to hear the strategy they are trying to execute … by being so late into the start box and then so late to the line too

 

[dg_sailingfan]

Perhaps Phil Robertson could update it, he seems to have them sorted.

Robertson or Gooderham or whoever it was on the Canadian Team made a mistake too crashing the Boat into the Bottom Gate in Race 2.

 

[Bored Stiff]

You’re right, his Chicago starts were also poor. He seems desperate to be inside boat at the first mark but usually mistimes it and gets rolled by those outside him, but that last start he was just way off. Which member of the crew is responsible for calling the start?

 

[Bored Stiff]

Robertson or Gooderham or whoever it was on the Canadian Team made a mistake too crashing the Boat into the Bottom Gate in Race 2.

True, but he nailed the start…

Mind yo, USA looking outclassed all over at the moment. Denmark looking solid but not spectacular.

 

[dg_sailingfan]

True, but he nailed the start…

Mind yo, USA looking outclassed all over at the moment. Denmark looking solid but not spectacular.

The Team that makes the least mistakes in this high octane racing is going to win methinks! WDYT?

 

[Sailbydate]

SailGP Plymouth – Burling and New Zealand Team are Day 1 leaders

Day 1 of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix at Plymouth resulted in a great day for Pete Burling and the New Zealand team, who top the leader board after a race win and two second place finishes.

www.sailweb.co.uk

That's more like it!

 

[Sailing Fan]

Like the English livery, light blue & a swirl
Spain need direction
Tnz are picking it up.

 

[Sailing Fan]

That's more like it!

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Yeah, they're finally getting the hang of it