... Holmberg and Butterworth of Team Sui ...
What does Ed Baird keep in his backpack? He always wears it.
Today he must have had an open can of boat speed in it.
2-2
Back to best of five races.
is there a website wher i can get all this america's cup stuff its very intresting and is it on t.v
And I used to think a sail boat race was to see who could sail their boat faster.
There seem to be two reasons why Alinghi didn't keep a close cover: 1) they felt they were the faster boat so they were likely to win and didn't need to cover closely, and 2) if you're ahead and you keep a close cover, then the skipper of the other boat dictates where you go on the race course and you forfeit your chance to make your own judgments. I think there's a bit of arrogance in that; the goal should be to win.
It's not arrogance in match racing, it's called tactics. The goal is, as you say, to win... Using tactics! lol.
ETNZ loses.
Yes, I say, Eddie has to lighten a candle at the church to win again..., I'm afraid. As spectator, I hope, we will see more than 3 races during the next days at Valencia, but I'm not sure in that.What a shocker! ... If those conditions continue, without gear failure,there may still be a race for the cup.
ha ha...Yup!, Merrily, it seems to go this way.It's like LooserLu said, only it's ETNZ that needs to light a bunch of candles now.
At the TV of GER yesterday they told, Eddie uses sunglasses where informations of f.e. boatspeed, actual wind direction at the boat etc. are shown inside of the glasses for him. So, the bag, Eddie wears at the back, only carries the electronical stuff that is need to receive this informations for the sunglasses. We both know, not even a small electronical compass at the bracelet-watch is permitted at major races for the Laser ...49208 said:I haven't seen a closeup of it, but it looks like a Camelbak, holds your liquid of choice, has a tube running out of it that you can lead to the front of your shirt and just suck on whenever you are thirsty
Bike riders use them on training rides... Use to be able to use them in Laser races
Jerry says:
An analyst claimed that, had New Zealand been 10 meters farther ahead on leg 3 yesterday, it would have stayed ahead of Alinghi. Had that happened and had it not blown out its spinnaker on race 4, New Zealand would now lead the series 4-2. On the other hand, had the bizarre wind shifts on race 3 been slightly different, the score would now stand 5-1 for Alinghi, they would have retained the Cup, and it would look like they nearly swept New Zealand. I guess the breaks sort of even out.
(don't we have all made such experiences on the water ourself often enough, during the races we joined ?!)