Americas Cup Capsize

[E39mad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leq_nxsqWvE

"When I said "trim the main" I didn't mean it's size!!" - Check about 15 secs in!

 

[flaming]

I may be made to eat my words by this cup...

I was very sceptical about the switch to cats, but this video made the BBC news this morning, and is on the BBC online website.

Can't think of another time, ever, when a sailing story made the news when there were no Brits involved, and it wasn't even racing at the time, just training.

Let's just hope that the racing, when it starts, also makes the news without the massive crashes.

 

[Woodlouse]

Interesting it made international news. It's not like it's the first to capsize, and soon enough they'll be doing it constantly. It's not like it's nothing the Extreme 40's haven't been doing for years either.


Now, when they pitch pole the first AC70, now that will be worth putting on the news.

 

[[32511]]

If you read one of the Youtube comments, it's an America's Cup skipper, but not an America's Cup yacht- that was a trimaran, not the capsizing cat.

 

[sarabande]

it seems that daft billionaires will pay huge amounts of money to buy boats which are badly designed.

 

[dylanwinter]

far be it from me

as you may know I have an aversion to elfin safety and these blokes knew what they were doing and knew the risks

but having seen similar clips of similar accidents before

at some stage some poor bloke is going to break his kneck or his back falling 20 feet off that tramplone onto a spar or garotting himself on a shroud

but I have filmed at rodeos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjR4XzogY00

so risk is relative

some people think I am crazy sailing around the uk in the slug

Dylan

 

[flaming]

If you read one of the Youtube comments, it's an America's Cup skipper, but not an America's Cup yacht- that was a trimaran, not the capsizing cat.

These cats will be used in the America's cup series that's due to start soon. 72 foot versions will be used in the actual cup race..

 

[farmerdan79]

I think what we have all learned here is that money doesn't buy talent...

 

[CoVianna]

Thread Drift!

Who's a young man then!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnOZORcwVMg&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

 

[dylanwinter]

video streaming has improved

Who's a young man then!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnOZORcwVMg&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

I had forgotten how bad video streaming was in the past

I have to confess it was a great summer

the rockies are an amazing place

slept in a wall tent for six months

in bear country

slept with a pump action shotgun under the bed

insects were bloody awful at night

but the scenery and wildlife were sublime


Dylan

 

[FistralG]

I'm surprised that one of the crew went straight through the mainsail. Are they made from tissue paper these days?

 

[mjcp]

The person on the rear beam did we to hold on!

Re broken bones, my wife came close to breaking a leg after "peter panning" on the wire round to the front of a Dart 18 as we dug-in in the trough of a wave. He shin hit square on the front beam as the bows re-appeared. She still has the dent, 12 years later! (I managed to beat the rescue rib home too, single handing )

mjcp

 

[flaming]

I think what we have all learned here is that money doesn't buy talent...

Given that it was Russel Couts on the helm.....

I think that what we've actually learned is that these cats are a whole new ball game.

 

[flaming]

I'm surprised that one of the crew went straight through the mainsail. Are they made from tissue paper these days?

It's a solid wing sail - so carbon fibre struts with clear plastic covering them - very similar to the plastic that covers a string sail to fill in the gaps. The chap was extremely lucky not to have hit a strut...

 

[st599]

If you read one of the Youtube comments, it's an America's Cup skipper, but not an America's Cup yacht- that was a trimaran, not the capsizing cat.

No, to make it (relatively) "cheap" to enter - they're having two sizes of boat.

You race in the series at locations around the world in the 45 footer. The 2 who qualify to race for the cup then upgrade to 72 footers.

 

[flaming]

No, to make it (relatively) "cheap" to enter - they're having two sizes of boat.

You race in the series at locations around the world in the 45 footer. The 2 who qualify to race for the cup then upgrade to 72 footers.

To be precise the 45 footers will race around the world and act as training vessels. All the entered teams will be building 72s for the qualifying series and the actual cup in 2014

 

[Twister_Ken]

To be precise the 45 footers will race around the world and act as training vessels. All the entered teams will be building 72s for the qualifying series and the actual cup in 2014

Or, more precisely, the 45 footers will race at various venues around the world!

 

[flaming]

Or, more precisely, the 45 footers will race at various venues around the world!

ah, yes, indeed.

Including Plymouth!

 

[Tintin]

Who's a young man then!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnOZORcwVMg&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Thank you so much for this gift

 

[2Tizwoz]

Who's a young man then!

With red hair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUOevFIEXcQ seen on the Country Channel a couple of days ago.