The NZ boat is way faster. It's not conceivable that the difference is strictly due to the crews. These guys - on both boats - are too good and too experienced to have such a huge gap in performance.
It's ironic that Ellison - who perfected the art of trying to win with lawyers and engineers rather than sailors - is being beaten on engineering. Serves him right, imo. Cheers Colin On 9/13/13, Brent Driedger <bren...@highspeedcrow.ca> wrote: > Perhaps we have to accept the fact that ENZ may just be a faster boat. If > they split, Oracle cannot recover. > > Brent Driedger > 27-5 > Lake Winnipeg > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2013-09-13, at 4:13 PM, Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Kostecki fired? Wow! >> Sometimes it's not knowledge or ability or work ethic that is most >> important. >> Sometimes, it's more important to have a positive attitude, no ego, and a >> good chemistry with the skipper and crew. >> Or sometimes owners just become desparate? Maybe Larry will try Tom >> Cruise as tactiican? >> >> On the other hand, We lost some races when the crew hesitate, because I >> had to convince "experienced" crew to try things they weren't used to >> trying. When the same crew produces the same result, Larry is forced to >> try something else. >> >> Chuck >> Resolute >> 1990 C&C 34R >> Atlantic City, NJ >> From: "Colin Kilgour" <charliekilo...@gmail.com> >> To: "C&C List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 1:02:28 PM >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Might as well call it the Kiwi Kup now >> >> Kostecki is out. Ben Ainslie is in. >> >> That may be the change Oracle needs. >> >> (So much for Kostecki's local knowledge) >> >> Cheers, >> Colin >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
