BlueSkyNick
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It turned out to be some crappy utility running in the background - called SpeedUpMyPC ! Forgot that I even had it. Once stopped, and reconnected to Youtube, all was well.
Americas Cup - thrilling racing at last
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It turned out to be some crappy utility running in the background - called SpeedUpMyPC ! Forgot that I even had it. Once stopped, and reconnected to Youtube, all was well.
BlueSkyNick
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I agree, it appears that Ainslie and Slingsby are getting virtually everything right especially spotting the wind pressure, but Davies is on his own on the NZ boat and rather like a rabbit in the headlights.
I dont quite get the benefit of entering the starting box early. The boat that comes in second still has plenty of time to get into a favourable position on the leeward lay line and can defend themselves by luffing up, let alone hooking. They both need to get better at hitting the start line at full speed though.
Daydream believer
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I would like america to win.
Not because i like them but if benny boy gets a team together next time it will cost less & easier to get sponsorship than if in new zealand
Besides if we ever won it i would want to win it from the yanks otherwise they will say we only got it back because so & so messed up
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bedouin
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Looks like just one race today then.
It seemed that in the very light winds (when they were using the Code 0s) TNZ had the advantage - but then there wasn't enough time to complete the race - judging by the first race yesterday they can't really hope to complete the race unless there is about 14knts of wind.
It seemed that in the very light winds (when they were using the Code 0s) TNZ had the advantage - but then there wasn't enough time to complete the race - judging by the first race yesterday they can't really hope to complete the race unless there is about 14knts of wind.
benjenbav
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8-6....getting exciting!!!
flaming
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Sir Ben's a bit good isn't he!?
JoeF
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I just heard that boat speed they display is from the GPS and must be speed over the ground. Surely speed through the water is more important!
benjenbav
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I don't think anyone can say the Oracle boys aren't fighters! Great contest.
flaming
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This AC is turning into a great regatta ruined by some absurd rules.
A 40 min time limit, but no facility to make the course shorter so no chance of completing a race in sub 10kts of wind. But never mind, let em race anyway.
A wind limit that is so strict it cans racing well after the start of a race based on a 15s gust 1 knot above the limit.
And now a time limit to start the second race that conflicts with the required break between races, after a mere 30 min delay in getting the first race off.
If this is what was required to make sailing exciting to non sailors, then it's failed, big time. How the hell would you explain any of that **** to someone new to sailing? I can barely get my head around it....
A 40 min time limit, but no facility to make the course shorter so no chance of completing a race in sub 10kts of wind. But never mind, let em race anyway.
A wind limit that is so strict it cans racing well after the start of a race based on a 15s gust 1 knot above the limit.
And now a time limit to start the second race that conflicts with the required break between races, after a mere 30 min delay in getting the first race off.
If this is what was required to make sailing exciting to non sailors, then it's failed, big time. How the hell would you explain any of that **** to someone new to sailing? I can barely get my head around it....
benjenbav
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Obviously you have to be a politician as well as a sailor: Dean Barker after today's race "We'd love to race again today, but it's not allowed". Hmmm
RAI
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It's all TV related. 40 min allows for 20 min of inserted advertising every hour. Too much wind could break an AC72, and spoil the TV series. 30 minutes between races allows a divert to a news insert and some more advertising.
Actually they are doing a good job of trying to explain sailboat racing to people who usually only watch baseball or US footy.
Sailfree
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Watched sunday BBC2 on catch up.
Where can I watch the next race as BBC2 not available yet on i player at present
Where can I watch the next race as BBC2 not available yet on i player at present
RAI
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Youtube America' s Cup
JoeF
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chewi
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Sybarite
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Who or what determines which boat enters the box first at the start? It seems that Oracle have had more than their fair share of this advantage??
A1Sailor
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I think it is done in "pairs" - Race 1&2, race 3&4, race 5&6 etc etc. So each team gets two goes as Port entry, then 2 as Stbd entry and so on. It got a bit confusing when a couple of races got postponed during the race, and they restarted with the same team on the same Port/Stbd entry.
Lots more info at the usual source of reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_America's_Cup !!!!!!!
EDIT: Boat on port tack enters the start area 10sec before the stbd tack boat.
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flaming
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I get that it's TV related, but I think they're shooting themselves in the foot. Why oh why didn't they allow themselves to make the course slightly smaller on the light wind day so they could get round inside 40m? How exactly is it good TV to show someone a race for 40 minutes and then, just as one boat nears the finish line, say "ooops, time's up"?
And similarly, how is it good TV to get a race started, watch them zoom around happily then say, the wind got up 1 knot, for 15s, game over?
stevebrassett
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What amused me was that, even with the light winds, they were still doing 18 knots!