comitan
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AMERICAS CUP
The cup will be held on San Francisco Bay six months from now. Some great photos on this site.
http://m.americascup.com/news/4/events/12981/six-months-to-s...
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Udo
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Thanks Wiley!
This time around they are racing with the "FULL SIZED" cats. The crews needed to get the feel of cats and therefore they were racing the preliminaries
in smaller boats.
This should really be a wild one!
I used to race Hobie 16's the world-over and know the cat feel.
Udo
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tripledigitken
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Mega cats on hydrofoils, WOW!
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Bruce R Leech
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Thanks Wiley, this is the only spectator sport that I enjoy. but I miss the mono hulls.
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Islandbuilder
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Bruce, I agree. But have you seen any of the on-board video shot on the smaller cats? Amazing stuff!!
With the new video technology, and the race car acceleration of the new boats it should be pretty exciting stuff to watch.
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Dave
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Un-American Cup
Uh...the Skippers for the ORACLE defender boats are from where, exactly?
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
Thanks Wiley, this is the only spectator sport that I enjoy. but I miss the mono hulls. |
I agree Bruce. I think they should have races in both categories. I believe Connors was the one with the first cat in the race. Shouldn't have been
allowed in my view.
[Edited on 3-8-2013 by vandenberg]
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micah202
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........funny,,I'm a passionate sailboat racer,,,but -never- have I heard sailboat racing referred to as a 'spectator' sport!!!
...the AC is what it's always been,,,the NASA of sailboat racing,,with a great trickle-down of technology,,,,,and those 72'cats with hydofoils and
solid wing sails do seem to generate some interest from the non-sailor spectrum
......if you want to go into incredible depth over AC,,here's a forum that's -completely- focused on AC ....... http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showforum=23
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comitan
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A video of Oracle pitch-polling.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d81_1308070938
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
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