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| Author: | hobie18rich [ Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:13 pm ] |
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Cats to be used in the 33rd running of the americas cup. Oracle vs Alinghi But multihulls are out of the olympics. win and loose. |
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| Author: | DVL [ Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:15 pm ] |
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I wonder if the US has Randy on retainer. If they don't, maybe they should |
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| Author: | Beachboy [ Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:05 pm ] |
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This sounds like stupid rumor. Any flesh to this? |
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| Author: | JRagg [ Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:17 pm ] |
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Beachboy wrote: This sounds like stupid rumor. Any flesh to this?
Plenty. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gzYm ... AD8VG4F780 |
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| Author: | Beachboy [ Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:14 pm ] |
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Wow, this is huge!! Out of the Olympics, into the America's Cup. Catamarans.... sailboats of choice among billionaires world wide. |
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| Author: | richandpat [ Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:23 pm ] |
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Multihull racing in the America's Cup is so much more prestigious than sailing in the Olympics. Just like bicycle racing - The Tour de France vs. the Olympics. It's No Contest! Just like Tennis - Wimbleton vs. the Olympics. Again, No Contest! The Olympics is big in Track & Swimming, but not much else. Catamarans racing in The America's Cup is HUGE!!! Large multihulls racing in the America's Cup is going to be very exciting! Monohulls racing in the Olympics - Boring! |
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| Author: | tjp [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:00 am ] |
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The current "intelligence" actually has Team Oracle using a Trimaran, not a cat - still a multi and not a lead-sled though! As for the racing being exciting, I doubt it. While it will be cool to watch, it won't be very tactical or particularly close. It's best 2 out of 3 races, 1st and 3rd upwind/downwind one-lap courses and the 2nd a triangular, one lap. All legs are very long (miles) and will be in open ocean. With the issues they will have tacking 90-ft wide boats, expect one tack upwind, one gybe downwind. It will be very, very fast but with the speed, the long legs, and the likely widely-different boat designs, it probably won't be close racing - one will get way, way ahead and unless they blow something big (can you imagine a 90-ft pitchpole!?) that'll be the race. |
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| Author: | Beachboy [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:21 pm ] |
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I think you might be pleasantly surprised. Particularly for a non-sailor, watching monoslugs on TV is like watching glue dry most of the time. Watching a big tri or cat fly a hull through big seas is video at it's finest. I think they are taking a page from the formula 40's and the excitement they have demonstrated to the public. The likelihood for wreckage is much greater at multihull speeds and that's what the non-sailors like to see... Drama. |
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