There is nothing graceful or elegant about these boats. It’s like watching auto racing.
On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 12:03 PM ALAN BERGEN <trya...@alumni.usc.edu> wrote: > I watched part of one race, and was bored. The driver could have been > driving a race car for all I knew. Bring back the 12 meters. That I can > relate to. Still, if you want to watch the racing, they're on YouTube. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > > > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 8:34 AM David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I taped Day 2 of the Prada series a couple of nights ago. I was able to >> record the broadcast at 1AM. I think the boats are spectacularly >> impressive and the racing is unbelvievably boring. Races are won and lost >> on pure boat speed. There is no tactics other than the start and it is >> unclear if that actually matters. Nothing matters except staying on the >> foils going fast. The boats are going 35 knots in 15 knots of wind so it >> all looks the same, upwind and downwind. No spinnakers, no crew running >> around the deck hoisiting and lowering sails, or tacking. Everyone stays >> in the same place throughout the race. There is absolutely nothing >> happening except the boat going through the water and nothing that a normal >> sailor can related to. It is impossible to tell why one boat is ahead and >> another behind and why they change places at times. Even the graphics for >> who is ahead are really hard to decipher. I also found the commentary to >> be unhelpful. I don’t think the people calling the race have any more >> iidea of what is happeneing than the famous video of the Irish announcer >> calling the Laser race at the Olympics who had never seen a sailboat race >> before thinking the starting sequence was actually the race (if you haven’t >> seen that one- you should. I can find the link). I know I am being >> critical and I will probably watch the final America’s cup when it happens, >> but I was really disappointed. Dave >> >> On Dec 19, 2020, at 11:11 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER <cscheaf...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >> Thanks Edd, >> I'll stay up an d check out the Americas Cup race. I've been watching >> the Vendee Globe coverage daily and the interviews have been great. >> >> Chuck >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help >> with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!6_glXvoU17eYcB1Ag7XCT9rBgH7S3ErAjYIi_mYLfIQz8MIU0wXSmarTf13RUndogQc$> >> Thanks - Stu >> >> >> David Knecht >> S/V Aries >> 1990 C&C 34+ >> New London, CT >> >> >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help >> with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!6_glXvoU17eYcB1Ag7XCT9rBgH7S3ErAjYIi_mYLfIQz8MIU0wXSmarTf13RUndogQc$ >> Thanks - Stu > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu -- Joel
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