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"PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series" under way...
Nice of Sir Ben to acknowledge Mercedes Applied Science  I'm just happy that INEOS recovered after the poor showing at the World Series. Interesting parallels to F1 technologically, as well as viewers who will complain about boring racing  https://www.sail-world.com/news/234485/Prada-Cup-Day-1-belongs-to-British 
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Incredible how the hulls are lifted out of the water. Is there a rule preventing skeletonizing the hull? Seems that they don't need the full hull.
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Love this! Great racing!
Just what I need to follow now the Dakar is finished
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I happened to catch a SailGP race in San Francisco in 2019. The speed of the boats is even more impressive in person than on TV, and it sounds like these Americas cup boats are quite a bit faster.
Edit: Nevermind, sounds like the SailGP F50 catamaran is faster than the AC75 monohull.
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I had someone say that the winner writes the rule book?
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I miss the old lead bottomed money gobblers...
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My wife and I were in Bermuda in 2017 for the Louis Vuitton Cup ( the challenger trials). In 2017 they sail the AC62's, the old cup boats the AC72's (I think) in Redbull livery were available for rides, which can be seen in pic one that I have posted.
    
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You can get rides in the older boats in Auckland too.
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I used to think my Hobie's were fast- sure felt like it.
Love to get a ride on one of these! gary |
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That's awesome Doc! Do you remember how much the tickets were? Was it "expensive but justifiable" for a one-time experience? We were all booked up to go Cagliari last spring to watch the AC World Series. I didn't work on the boat myself but I had sweet talked my colleagues into at least letting us into the paddock. Obviously that plan didn't pan out...
I thought the racing on day 2 was more exciting than yesterday. It looked like the the boat that was behind could very quickly catch up and overtake at any moment, if they got a bit lucky with enough wind to foil. A bit like watching old timey boats when neither are foiling, which was painful and entertaining to watch at the same time. I'm guessing real displacement boats would be much more efficient under the same conditions. Never been on foils before and would love to experience it. Anything not self-propelled would be fine - big cats, small cats, surfboard, etc. |
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got a keeper..
My Lady loves this stuff.. Brit's doing well caught all of guard.. be fun to see it go to England or Italy.... Rika |
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sailing anarchy site for the cup
America's Cup Anarchy - Sailing Anarchy Forums video's results rumors and BS |
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tv tonite/tomorrow 12 to 2 am EST on NBC sports cable free show
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Well the latest is America Magic is sinking.
Yes, they messed up a down wind jibe and capsized. Everyone was OK and it looked all in order. Right the boat etc, lets not do that again (powered it up too soon coming out of the turn and got hit by a gust of wind), then it started sinking. Various teams support boats joined in and they have floatation devices under it to keep it up. It also suggests there is some damage to the boat to be letting in water like that. Good luck guys. |
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I want this kind of yacht racing.
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yikes
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/dramatic-capsize-of-u-s-yacht-while-leading-america-s-cup-qualifying-race/vi-BB1cPrGJ?ocid=msedgntp I've done that while flying a hull on a cat but dayum.
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Dennis Connor losing the cup to the Australian boat with the wing keel in Freemantle in 1983 then winning in back in 1987 in San Diego was quite a bit deal news wise.. and let's not forget Ted (Captain America) Turner. Like all sports, it is all about the money. it seems the Americas cup is not longer really country against country as is is just hired guns to a great extent. My opinion anyway.. And I certainly don't blame the "hired guns" for taking the money !!
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