Tamure 412 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 sailed? Deep Purple 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 293 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Only good thing about them was the trip to town .Up and close usa/UK were lifted out of the water.Little wharf next to USA prime spot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 705 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 The best racing was when they came off the foils. Discuss. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 214 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 The best days of AC were when it was actual match racing. The move to ultra-high performance craft has shifted the skill too far toward hte technology, and away from the sailing. Bring back the days of close-encounter tacking duels and tests of endurance at observable speed. And this as a non-sailor then and only slightly less-so now. harrytom 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 233 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 From about 10 minutes in aardvarkash10, jim s, Tamure and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 786 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 The AC has always been checkbook racing. Like F1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 155 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Out on stakeboat duty last two days and again tomorrow Chill guys and gals When they drop off the foils they are still as faster than most keelers But At 8kts of wind the are doing 30+ think of it like a F1 car in the pit lane, they look stupid, but suddenly their off at 30 to 40+ Who would have thought just a few years ago you could sail at 4x wind speed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 293 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 293 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 phone photo doesnt do it justice,proberly 50m or closer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 22 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 I loved the racing yesterday - at speed technology was it, when the breeze was patchy the ability to use those mark 1 eyeballs to find the best breeze came into play. All that fast, slow, stop, go unpredictability is great as far as I am concerned. I will watch it all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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