MarkMT

Very cool.

That would be a smart idea, rigger. Fish, do you have a source for that info about the beacons he was wearing? I haven't seen that elsewhere.

Also of note: i.e. cyclors prohibited.

For anyone interested in the minutiae, the 62 page class rule has just been released (curiously, in the middle of the night NZ time) https://www.americascup.com/en/news/20_AMERICA-S-CUP-AC75-CLASS-RULE-REVEALED.html

Not trying to wind anyone up as Cris's response effectively settles the issue. Still Dan's point is interesting... I certainly concur with your second point about 'steward' - I don't think anyone would dispute that that term is gender-neutral. But I think it would be a lot harder to find people who consider 'stewardess' to also be gender-neutral. Indeed it's not hard to find references that explicitly define it in gender-specific terms and I suspect many would take the choice of language to mean that only women should apply. But whether a US court would take that view I have no idea.

Not the way I understand it. Running the team and running the event are two different buckets of money. Though I have no idea what measures are in place to actually manage that.

So only women should apply?? Interesting... https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sex.cfm

Apparently the deal is done - http://emirates-team-new-zealand.americascup.com/en/preview-news/272_AMERICA-S-CUP-BASE-PLAN-AGREED-FOR-AUCKLAND-2021.html http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12020528

Is Cape of Good Hope such a difficult passage? Just asking. I know Webb Chiles did it solo westward last year in his Moore 24, though admittedly he's not known for seeking comfortable conditions. Laid ahull on a few occasions to wait out weather but seemed to manage without any great drama. Seems like it might involve less risk than what the correspondent above had to deal with.

I think I've posted this before in a different context, but it bears repeating - we sail on two different boats...

Managed to find a photo of the boat I saw - perhaps not the same one after all...

Having seen the photo, it actually looks a bit like a boat I saw anchored just off the western side of Mimiwhangata on Saturday, opposite Whangaruru. I was out hiking the DOC reserve and had been down on the beach at the end of the peninsula, but as I got back to the top of the ridge I saw the boat heading out to sea. At that point the weather was beautiful and it wasn't till maybe 3-4 hours later that the storm blew through while I was on my way back to Auckland. There was also another boat of similar size, maybe a Townson, that came into the bay while I was there and was still there when I l

Latest is they were airlifted off this morning and the boat is on the rocks... https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/352802/yachties-rescued-after-boat-hits-rocks

Via twitter... in Italian - http://www.corriere.it/sport/18_marzo_13/america-s-cup-james-spithill-risale-luna-rossa-ci-sono-troppe-teste-un-solo-timone-2e70fed2-26b6-11e8-a3a0-e47b0114fbef.shtml And a fairly clunky translation by google - https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corriere.it%2Fsport%2F18_marzo_13%2Famerica-s-cup-james-spithill-risale-luna-rossa-ci-sono-troppe-teste-un-solo-timone-2e70fed2-26b6-11e8-a3a0-e47b0114fbef.shtml%3Frefresh_ce-cp&edit-text=&act=url

https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/350851/america-s-cup-village-what-s-the-plan Sounds like a bit of a dog's breakfast.

And allows you to have an on-board Teppanyaki restaurant

Who designed it? Local or offshore?

LOL, apparently the forum editor software interprets 'b)' as

If you slow the video above down to 1/4 speed you'll see at about 0:06 that the stern is gone before the boat launches skyward.

Here's video of the incident behind the photo above - Looks like a design disaster to me... sailing at speed in flat water, they ripped the back 2 feet of the ama off.

Uh-oh... Photo by Andrea Francolini https://twitter.com/Afrancolini/status/959365154847653888 Other news at https://www.superfoiler.com/

Their website says that they are importers of CopperCoat and CopperCoat's website confirms they are the NZ distributor. At some point it might be worth dropping a line to CC in the UK with your photos and let them know what's going on. http://www.mecmarine.co.nz/ http://coppercoat.com/contact/overseas-distributors/

Trying to figure out the rationale for designing these things as trimarans vs catamarans... http://bit.ly/2BoPQ2G Thoughts?

No, different boat. Someone asked in the Q&A. Anyhow, it's sold now.

To be fair, I used the term from my recollection of watching the video a day or so earlier and it was the idea that stuck in my mind not the actual word. He might have said jockey pole or something else.