Go Alinghi!

Wow, that was amazing. Thanks for the nice write up.

Can somebody explain the penalty 'turn' TNZ had to do? It didn't look like the 'normal' 360 (one tack + one gybe) we do when we have been bad.

There was also talk on Versus about TNZ taking the penalty too far away from the finish line. What are the AC rules on this; can one cross the line while doing the penalty, get back and finish properly?
 
Wow, that was amazing. Thanks for the nice write up.

Can somebody explain the penalty 'turn' TNZ had to do? It didn't look like the 'normal' 360 (one tack + one gybe) we do when we have been bad.
They don't have to do 360s, they have to do like 270 or whatever, in other words, one tack on the downwinds or a gybe on the upwinds.
I think it's something like that anyway.

I guess I should have noticed this thread before making my post =P Been working and shit all night, only slept an hour so I'm abit "off" hehe =P
 
Next America's Cup

Jerry says:

The 33rd race for the America's Cup is scheduled for no earlier than 2009 and no later than 2011. The big surprise (to me anyway) is that they are going to another class of boat, bigger (and faster and with a bigger crew and harder to sail). That sounds to me like it's also more expensive, which might freeze some countries out, but it's presented as a leveling move because everybody has to start over designing new boats without relying so much on previous boats of the same class. It should make for "more exciting" races, but I don't think it can possibly compete with what we just saw. I wonder where this leaves Germany, that just commissioned the building of a new America's Cup class boat. And the British bought an old boat of Alinghi built for the 2003 race, apparently to help them get into the next race.
 

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