Guest Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 8 more races? Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Win by 36sec Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Bloody brillant Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Oracle has to be hurting, they got ahead nicely, but didn't have the raw boatspeed to hold us there on the upwind leg. Had we kept them behind at mark two the delta would have been much bigger. Link to post Share on other sites
madyottie 82 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 A good win first up. I'm very nervous about the next race, despite what the commentators were saying I'm not convinced ETNZ is faster, but the lads certainly sailed it better than OR. Right, back to the telly... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Is the breeze up a bit for race 2? Link to post Share on other sites
grant 40 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Best dumb question with good answer so far What do you want to different next race Jimmy? J: Win of course.... Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Interesting the difference in the commentary... According to the Yanks on the Youtube commentary the Oracle boat is slightly faster Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 I could see Oracle taking one or two races, but not 11. Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 According to the youtube commentary ETNZ had almost a 1 knot average speed advantage downwind and almost 2 knots upwind. Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Wing problem on Oracle? Link to post Share on other sites
Chill Pill 1 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 "At least it wasn't a down trou" Great comment by barker. The yanks won't have any idea what that means. Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 ETNZ sailed 127 meters more. Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Oracle lost one guy overboard Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Just saw saw that on the replay. Joey Newton before the start. Running to the starboard side and just slid off the boat Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Oracle wing damage Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 stats race 1 http://live.virtualeye.tv/acstats/13090701_acstats.html Link to post Share on other sites
Mothership 6 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Distance sailed: ETNZ 21,794 Oracle 21,229 Boys took a sightseeing tour and still won. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Dominate performance from EMTNZ. What great racing. Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 45knots round mark 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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