World Series is on. Can watch live on YouTube at a reasonable hour this weekend:


(The whole 'Add to calendar' feature works too, 'cause I'll need a reminder come Saturday morning)

Sheesh, talk about riding the fin:

^ I like your new haircut.

I'm guessing it's a hydrofoil.

It's a foil/fin combo.

Notice the port rudder has a foil at the base.

Wineman said...

It's a foil/fin combo.

Notice the port rudder has a foil at the base.

I did see that but wasnt sure if it was a problem with the pic.

Ben Lexan would be loving this new tech

evlPanda said...

doggie said...

evlPanda said...
^ I like your new haircut.

I'm guessing it's a hydrofoil.

Thanks

I thought the same but the other one is straight, are these boats asymetrical?<<spelling

No. You can pull the rudders in/out of the water.
See the rudder? Look up.

...so it's live, on TV, via YouTube. I see why Google bought it now. It all makes sense.

Ok yea I see, wow!! I love watching these new yachts. Why did they move from the 12m formula?

This 'Add to calendar' feature has eluded me?

^ nup. (I been watching on the TV in the lounge. comfy)

Bump.

Racing's been better than expected. Races only take about 10-15 minutes. There are usually two match races per day, followed by a fleet race. Or something like that.

They aren't slow.

Winners go through to the big boats:
tvnz.co.nz/sailing-news/jury-decision-boosts-team-nz-video-5124078

You can even play drinking games: a shot every time you here an Australian accent/Aussie skipper rounds a buoy in first place. (You'll be on the floor)

Spithill tries to forward loop:

In a former life I was a deckhand on Gretel, Australias first 12m. We used to "match race" Southern Cross up the whitsunday passage on almost a daily basis doing the day trip thing for the tourists. Amazing memories.....I remember thinking that going away from the 12m rule and allowing just about anything to enter made it a technology battle and not a sailing battle. Great to see the new boats are following a similar design rule again. Clearly high tech but very very impressive to watch. Would love to have a run on one.

Should be noted, that this is only the precursor to the actual americas cup event. The actual event is definately not one design, and the teams have been working pretty hard on their individual AC72 designs (72 foot wing-sails cats)

Capsized AC72.





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