What will Oracle modify during these 5 days to try to recover

jaysper

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I have never uttered a word of racist rhetoric here or anywhere. 

Stick that up your ass, Indio, you are way out of line again.
Ok Stinger, we don't agree on a whole lot but I think we can rightly agree that Indio can be a real cunt sometimes and this is proof of it.

He won't see my message of course because I was lucky enough to get added to his ignore list, which I think improved my life more than his! :D

 

KoW

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Getting back on topic, here's a quote from GD about Oracle's changes - doesn't reveal much but it does imply they're going to have their hands full sailing differently this weekend:

"We've absolutely monitored every step with them," Dalton said of Oracle's bid to find speed.

"They're playing with a few things, a few settings. They've made alterations to their dagger boards. They're working on the way they're trying to heel the boat to weather, a bit more like us, they're adjusting the wing a little more than they were.

"They've put in huge hours on the water and had a huge week, and I guess at some point their guys will start getting tired because these are pretty physical boats.

 

Indio

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I'll have to agree with Stingers here. His commentary has been usually fair.
Actually, my initial post was addressed to the Kiwi-Yank Miffy for his ignorant generalisations about the "north island" and "there was always someone smashing a can over someone else's head". But since spinbot invited himself into the fray, he's fair game :)

 

~Stingray~~

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Ok Stinger, we don't agree on a whole lot but I think we can rightly agree that Indio can be a real cunt sometimes and this is proof of it.

He won't see my message of course because I was lucky enough to get added to his ignore list, which I think improved my life more than his! :D
Cheers Jay

 

Paddywackery

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Yes, I said that after the weekend. A case of the rich getting richer.

That said, there were also numerous occasions where ETNZ clearly burned some of their lead just to cover. Other times they seemed to just point higher (or lower) whilst tearing across the water at the same or faster speed, whilst being in VERY similar patches of water. So part of me thinks they are still not going as fast as they can, which is a scary thought.
Very well put and my thoughts as well. Sandbagging has been a deliberate and shrewd strategy. 

 

ianz

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Yes, I said that after the weekend. A case of the rich getting richer.

That said, there were also numerous occasions where ETNZ clearly burned some of their lead just to cover. Other times they seemed to just point higher (or lower) whilst tearing across the water at the same or faster speed, whilst being in VERY similar patches of water. So part of me thinks they are still not going as fast as they can, which is a scary thought.
Yep ... there's a bit of verbal sparring going on between the little pixies on each of my shoulders. Deep down I kinda know how things should go ... but y'know once bitten twice shy

 

jaysper

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I/most of us, don't mind the USA fans. They have done nothing wrong, they are just supporting their sailing team.

Oracle and the ACEA however, are complete cunts that tried to shaft and end ETNZ every step of the way. So if we win, I and other like me will take great pleasure in sticking it up Coutts, Larry Jimmy and the rest of those ugly bastards.
Sure, but you don't achieve that by acting like a total cunt to others on these boards which is what some Kiwis did last time and what one Kiwi I won't bother mentioning continues to do.

With regards to Oracle and ACEA being cunts, I would contend it is probably only a dozen people. The rest are probably just trying to make a living.

I feel particularly for their young grinder (that they did a vid spot on) who was living in his car before joining Orifice.

He clearly thinks he is one of the good guys, doing a great job and for his troubles come Sunday (Rachel's time :D ), he could be back on the scrap heap.

Its not enough for me to want Orifice to win (or anything close to it), but it makes you realise that even on their team, most of the people are probably just getting on with life.

 

Paddywackery

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Actually, my initial post was addressed to the Kiwi-Yank Miffy for his ignorant generalisations about the "north island" and "there was always someone smashing a can over someone else's head". But since spinbot invited himself into the fray, he's fair game :)
Either way Indio, knock off the race issue. 

 

Indio

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Yep ... there's a bit of verbal sparring going on between the little pixies on each of my shoulders. Deep down I kinda know how things should go ... but y'know once bitten twice shy
Those 'lil pixies are nowhere near as confused as the herpes-infected goblins running rampant in spinbot's pinot-addled brain.

 

~Stingray~~

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Stingray ..  (in your blatant racism accusations) .. he's fair game :)
Nope.

Fuck you Indio, you have no idea what experiences or makeup I have, you are simply ~way~ out of line again.

If attacking everyone is your thing you should at least try hard to keep it reasonable lest it reveal the fool you are?

 

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Either way Indio, knock off the race issue. 
Eh it is sort of what I was describing. Not much real conflict in North island, nice weather nice environment, I pointed out I'm more understanding of where it comes from based on growing up. Bloke goes nuts and starts attacking some random American guy and calls him a racist or what not. 

Shrug it's all good - sorry for the collateral. 

 

Paddywackery

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Sure, but you don't achieve that by acting like a total cunt to others on these boards which is what some Kiwis did last time and what one Kiwi I won't bother mentioning continues to do.

With regards to Oracle and ACEA being cunts, I would contend it is probably only a dozen people. The rest are probably just trying to make a living.

I feel particularly for their young grinder (that they did a vid spot on) who was living in his car before joining Orifice.

He clearly thinks he is one of the good guys, doing a great job and for his troubles come Sunday (Rachel's time :D ), he could be back on the scrap heap.

Its not enough for me to want Orifice to win (or anything close to it), but it makes you realise that even on their team, most of the people are probably just getting on with life.
Yeah, the ordinary soldiers are the good guys doing their best. It's the knobs at the top who fucked everything up for their own selfish reasons. Then there's the money angle which arms bullies and the deliberate double standard. Proud Americans are great supporters at every level of their sportsmanship and achievements. This effort by Oracle just doesn't feel representative of the best of America and is not generally well supported. It hasn't captured hearts or generated the interest amongst all the other competing sports fighting for airtime.  I applaud anyone supporting their Country but in this case, much better engagement would have captured much better support  

 

Paddywackery

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Eh it is sort of what I was describing. Not much real conflict in North island, nice weather nice environment, I pointed out I'm more understanding of where it comes from based on growing up. Bloke goes nuts and starts attacking some random American guy and calls him a racist or what not. 

Shrug it's all good - sorry for the collateral. 
Clearly, we've all endured assholes who lurk everywhere. Pointing to a location will get suitable defensive response. So let's all relax, avoid offending and focus on the mother of all races this weekend. 

 

Indio

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Eh it is sort of what I was describing. Not much real conflict in North island, nice weather nice environment, I pointed out I'm more understanding of where it comes from based on growing up. Bloke goes nuts and starts attacking some random American guy and calls him a racist or what not. 

Shrug it's all good - sorry for the collateral. 
Actually, post #764 was addressed to you but you ducked and spinbot poked his nose in and got it bloodied. You are typical of a few Kiwis who seem to feel some entitlement to mouthing off about NZ based solely on their own individual experiences as if they were representative of everywhere else in the country.

 

KoW

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According to this vid on twitter Oracle are gathering 200-500GB a day of telemetric data...

Vid about Oracle data gathering

Is there such a thing as too much to analyse?

I wonder how much time it took them to process the data and realise they had a slower boat?

 


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