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Created by Brent in Qld Brent in Qld  > 9 months ago, 14 Apr 2024
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Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

17 Sep 2024 12:26pm
Speaking of 2013, I found myself in SF for most of the final. With low friends in high places I was in the Oracle shed the day they won the chocolates. Crazy, crazy day. Below is a screengrab of a certain syndicate owner giving the congrats speech to the team. It was a great place to be for the rest of the day meeting all the players, Larry E owns a brewery so...


I actually got my hands on one of the jackets only to leave it in a cab a few weeks later. Lots of great stories from that series to tell the grand kids in years to come.
Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

18 Sep 2024 10:41pm
Alinghi gone despite a herculean effort, GB into the LV finale 4-2. AM on fire with two wins on the day and live to fight again. Luna Rossa are 4-3 but have a broken main sheet track by the look of it, overnight fix required. Probably 10t+ of load letting go at 35knts... boom! What a days racing, breathing is slowing now.
Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

19 Sep 2024 8:54pm
After yesterday's shenanigans, today was straight forward. Puffy shifts and relatively flat sea state. American Magic going down 5-3 with Luna Rossa back to their clinical, ruthless best. LV Cup final starts Sep 26.
515
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515

875 posts

20 Sep 2024 12:06pm
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Brent in Qld said..
Speaking of 2013, I found myself in SF for most of the final. With low friends in high places I was in the Oracle shed the day they won the chocolates. Crazy, crazy day. Below is a screengrab of a certain syndicate owner giving the congrats speech to the team. It was a great place to be for the rest of the day meeting all the players, Larry E owns a brewery so...

I actually got my hands on one of the jackets only to leave it in a cab a few weeks later. Lots of great stories from that series to tell the grand kids in years to come.


That must have been an awesome experience


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Brent in Qld said..
After yesterday's shenanigans, today was straight forward. Puffy shifts and relatively flat sea state. American Magic going down 5-3 with Luna Rossa back to their clinical, ruthless best. LV Cup final starts Sep 26.


Have to say that was a great semifinal series between these two teams and for AM to come back from 4-0 and to be close with a lot of lead changes in most races. Luna Rossa are match racing hardened!

It was great to see the Swiss get 2 wins and INEOS are a fast boat and were looking really dialed on their transitions but not on the last day, of course more swell on the course!
Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

25 Sep 2024 1:44pm
Have enjoyed watching the youth AC40s. Cool boats to do the fleet racing in and you can see the joy and inspiration the kids get being around the big dogs.

I saw some footage with other classes of yachts that are in town doing their thing. Seems like the event is becoming a celebration of sailing, nice! As much as I loved the 12m class back in the day, sh!T they are unbelievably slow. I'd guess the slowest design since the ark!
Ian K
Ian K

Ian K

WA

4164 posts

27 Sep 2024 9:15am
Louis Vuitton Cup Cup Final Race 1 | Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli vs INEOS Britannia | Full Replay (youtube.com)

The first race replay is worth a look. The boats are designed for 8 to 12 knots but they go pretty well in 20 ( backing off to 17 at race end). 52 knots in the bear away! Great coverage. The Italians have a good looking boat.
Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

27 Sep 2024 9:32pm
Race2 was nicely executed by the Brits. Think LR didn't take them serious enough in the start. Solid match racing skills by GB, better start then kept LR in the pocket. Britannia looks damn strong down wind but touchy in the gybes, only really an issue in the light stuff.

A win a piece, nothing in it.
morts
morts

morts

WA

189 posts

28 Sep 2024 2:54am
A blast from the past, if on rotation.







Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

28 Sep 2024 12:48pm
Nice one Morts, 12m had a long stand and are still a great connection to the heritage of sailing. Here's a photo of the construction crew with KZ7 still on the plug in the background. Dogs, a few blokes with some skills in a time long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away...




515
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515

875 posts

29 Sep 2024 11:02am
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Brent in Qld said..
Nice one Morts, 12m had a long stand and are still a great connection to the heritage of sailing. Here's a photo of the construction crew with KZ7 still on the plug in the background. Dogs, a few blokes with some skills in a time long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away...





Wow, back row I see a windsurfer Tony, raced Raceboards mid late 80s

Yeah day 1 was great racing and good conditions

Hate the low wind racing only to be timed out!
Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

30 Sep 2024 2:19pm
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515 said..

Brent in Qld said..
Nice one Morts, 12m had a long stand and are still a great connection to the heritage of sailing. Here's a photo of the construction crew with KZ7 still on the plug in the background. Dogs, a few blokes with some skills in a time long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away...





Wow, back row I see a windsurfer Tony, raced Raceboards mid late 80s

Yeah day 1 was great racing and good conditions

Hate the low wind racing only to be timed out!


Tony was lead composites guy when I was an apprentice, we built Olympic dinghies, his Dalbeth boards, Dalton's Fisher&Pykel etc... top bloke.

How was race 4! 55knt bare away by LR, reckon they paid the race committee to not get penalized at some point. Still, really tight and astounding skill with these AC75 beasts.
Shifu
Shifu

Shifu

QLD

1994 posts

30 Sep 2024 7:04pm
Top race. Never seen anything like it. Surprised they didn't break the boats.
fangman
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fangman

WA

1906 posts

30 Sep 2024 5:35pm
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How was race 4! 55knt bare away by LR, reckon they paid the race committee to not get penalized at some point. Still, really tight and astounding skill with these AC75 beasts.


Sensational is the answer. I am obvi way too old for this, my heart rate is way up just watching. I need someone to explain to me please how LR didn't pinged with a penalty in the prestart as it seemed a pretty dodgy move to me.
remery
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remery

WA

3709 posts

30 Sep 2024 5:41pm
www.sail-world.com/news/279964/Why-Luna-Rossa-werent-penalised-in-R4-pre-start
Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

30 Sep 2024 7:36pm
And if that wasn't enough, Alinghi are still in town banging around figuring sh;t out and capsized in the stronger breeze. Not a good time for them in Barcelona.





D3
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D3

WA

1516 posts

2 Oct 2024 5:42am
Not a good day for Luna Rossa, so far.







Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

2 Oct 2024 1:36pm
And we're still locked up at 4-4. Well over 20knts. Easy in race 7 for GB LR with a deck blowout for LR but WOW, they taped up the deck & still manage a win in race 8. Costly pre-start for Ben and his merry men.
Best match racing I've seen in a long time.
fangman
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fangman

WA

1906 posts

2 Oct 2024 2:18pm
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Not a good day for Luna Rossa, so far.








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fangman
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fangman

WA

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2 Oct 2024 2:38pm
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And we're still locked up at 4-4. Well over 20knts. Easy in race 7 for GB LR with a deck blowout for LR but WOW, they taped up the deck & still manage a win in race 8. Costly pre-start for Ben and his merry men.
Best match racing I've seen in a long time.


Skidding the boat out of bounds... I am a bit ancient on the sailing tech stuff, but surely the skippers have a some sort of telemetry to let them know in real time where they are in relation to the course boundaries?
morts
morts

morts

WA

189 posts

2 Oct 2024 5:06pm
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fangman said..

Brent in Qld said..
And we're still locked up at 4-4. Well over 20knts. Easy in race 7 for GB LR with a deck blowout for LR but WOW, they taped up the deck & still manage a win in race 8. Costly pre-start for Ben and his merry men.
Best match racing I've seen in a long time.



Skidding the boat out of bounds... I am a bit ancient on the sailing tech stuff, but surely the skippers have a some sort of telemetry to let them know in real time where they are in relation to the course boundaries?


They do, my take was there was a bit of indecision about whether to tack or gybe, combine that with doing 42 knots & then sliding out in the tack itself put them over.

Was a very impressive muppet sized dent by LR in the earlier race!
Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

3 Oct 2024 1:55am
Ball firmly in GBs court now, 6-4 up after a couple of near perfect races. GB peaking at the right time.

Excellent timing for the day off for Luna Rossa. We know if there's one bloke in the pack that can launch a comeback it's Jimmy.
515
515

515

875 posts

3 Oct 2024 6:10am
It's been exciting racing with the drama of broken batterns and I was hoping INEOS would lose their rudder in the swell again to keep it even
Agree Jimmy is the comeback man
Subsonic
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Subsonic

WA

3384 posts

3 Oct 2024 10:20am
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remery said..
www.sail-world.com/news/279964/Why-Luna-Rossa-werent-penalised-in-R4-pre-start


A very bold call by the race commitee. Even ignoring whats wrong with changing the rule, theres a few issues with saying they didnt foul ineos with that manoeuvre. Im not a fan of Ben Ainslie, but i do think it should've been a penalty for Prada there.
Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

4 Oct 2024 2:50pm
Meet two cyclors from American Magic up a mountain in Austria! Chatted for ages and got lots of gossip on the cup, jeez it's a small world.


Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

5 Oct 2024 12:02am
And just like that it's GB for the first time in 60yrs challenging for the Auld Mug. They look sharp, ETNZ had better have done their homework over the last few weeks. Sat 12 Oct for the start of proceedings.
Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

13 Oct 2024 1:06am
Day one. 2-0 ETNZ clinical. Plenty of hope for GB, just need to get ahead on the starts into a position to control.
515
515

515

875 posts

13 Oct 2024 9:09am
Great for us Kiwis to get 2 wins
Agree starts, more pressure and getting the shifts is so key
Looking forward to the next two races
Ian K
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Ian K

WA

4164 posts

13 Oct 2024 5:33pm
2-0 is a fairly normal start to the America's Cup. However INEOS still holds the speed record of 55.5 knots., Did the commentator mention the foils were 1.4 square metres.? For 7.5 tonnes! That's 75 lots of 100kg. Or 1.4 X 10,000 cm2 / 75 per 100 kg. = 546 cm2 per 100kg (For the windfoilers out there.) And they get going in 7 knots. No foil swapping allowed.
Brent in Qld
Brent in Qld

Brent in Qld

WA

1410 posts

14 Oct 2024 2:12am
The grip on the cup gets tighter, 3-0.
The Brits seem out of sorts with another pre-start blunder, dare I say they seem intimidated by the occassion/opposition. Certainly looked like they weren't expecting ETNZ to play hardball. They should know better, with Nathan Outerage on board he will aim for the kill at every opportunity and it paid off.

Looks like they are going to try and make up race 4 on Monday.
515
515

515

875 posts

14 Oct 2024 4:16am
Aggressive prestart move with foils getting close!
Ben's not happy with losing another race.

www.facebook.com/share/v/U6K6dE4TxDeEU5ae/

Called the kiwi commentator a "****en wanker"
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