Weather Conditions for the Match
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**ONTOIT**
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Inshallah
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Everyone new that in this period it is light and considering OR was always going to be racing in the final they will have designed their boat for max performance in those conditions. Let's not kid ourselves that NZ will be better in the light - yes maybe against the other challengers but NZ was fastest overall as confirmed by the race results.
If its too light it becomes a lottery as we started seeing in the abandoned race and no one wants that. That doesn't make it make for a fair and satisfying race.
If its too light it becomes a lottery as we started seeing in the abandoned race and no one wants that. That doesn't make it make for a fair and satisfying race.
Saturday -
Winds east-northeasterly 5 to 10 knots... Southeasterly swells... Seas inside the reef 1 to 2 ft... Outside the reef 3 to 5 ft... Sunrise: 6:11 am; Sunset: 8:28 pm.
Sunday -
Winds east-northeasterly 5 to 10 knots, becoming light and variable later... Seas inside the reef 1 to 2 ft... Outside the reef 3 to 5 ft... Sunrise: 6:12 am; Sunset: 8:28 pm.
Issued at 11:30 pm - Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Winds east-northeasterly 5 to 10 knots... Southeasterly swells... Seas inside the reef 1 to 2 ft... Outside the reef 3 to 5 ft... Sunrise: 6:11 am; Sunset: 8:28 pm.
Sunday -
Winds east-northeasterly 5 to 10 knots, becoming light and variable later... Seas inside the reef 1 to 2 ft... Outside the reef 3 to 5 ft... Sunrise: 6:12 am; Sunset: 8:28 pm.
Issued at 11:30 pm - Wednesday, June 14, 2017
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laser 173312
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Not surprised at that, as the saying goes 'The only constant, is change' and it always applies to forecasts.
2Newts
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Now (0600 Thursday run) GFS is saying 6-9 both days but the Navy model is now saying that Saturday is 1-2 !!! That's one to two knots! yikes.
sumpin
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whats the weather/breeze forecast for SF or Newport RI for this weekend?
Loose Cannon
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DA-WOODY
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I'm having a Viewing Party / BBQ / Open Bar come race or not
watching NBCSN on DIRECT-TV-NOW has only built in commercials so you skip most all and watch till the end
GO TEAM NEW ZEALAND !!!
Barnacle Bill
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It's looking good. The anticipation is causing some distraction. My wife asked me what the weather's like this weekend. I quoted BDA. She meant where we were which is thousands of miles away.
Here's the latest. Mmmm good.
Here's the latest. Mmmm good.
trig42
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It is a bit of a given ETNZ have a light air machine.
I find it hard to believe that Oracle will not also have a light air weapon.
They have been there the longest, and have know for 3 years that they will be sailing at this time. They are not silly - they will have built a package for the light airs.
I find it hard to believe that Oracle will not also have a light air weapon.
They have been there the longest, and have know for 3 years that they will be sailing at this time. They are not silly - they will have built a package for the light airs.
AC NZL
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Sure but with out the cycle and bat power they are scratching their heads trying to find extra speed
trig42
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1eyedkiwi
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I agree - odds are that OR will be as fast or faster than us in the light given their resources and time etc. But it is possible OR might have, until ETNZ showed their speed in the light, thought that they were as quick as they could go and are playing catch up. We shall see...
Daggerboard
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me too, I was waking at 1.30am during the LVC in hot sweats of nervous anticipation! Fuck knows how I will survive the finals...
Sailbydate
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Ha, ha. Woke at around 3:00am this morning having been "incensed" to learn that OTUSA figured out Blaire's tablet transmitter frequency and used an electronic device to block the signal, so his foils could not be adjusted!
ETNZ went into a spectacular splashdown and just went dead in the water as OTUSA streaked by.
How's that for paranoia?
Daggerboard
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that's up there, certainly every time the boys tacked/gybed and rode up high on the foils in the LVC, I wondered if the winglets had broke off, or other sundry disaster. Having watched this stuff intently since Australia II days, I can not re-call being so wound up. Must be Spitall effect...
