Holland is a country without physical borders. but is seems we have some virtual bordersAccess forbidden for those poor USA souls, like me...
No, it's a sticker/graphic behind the windowHuh, full length window in the sail.
Huh, full length window in the sail.
One thing I have noticed is that the full rig sails all have nasty creases fro the clew, running under the bottom batten then across the sail to the mast....(was very evident in the upwind videos i saw yesterday).
Anyone else seen this?
One thing I have noticed is that the full rig sails all have nasty creases fro the clew, running under the bottom batten then across the sail to the mast....(was very evident in the upwind videos i saw yesterday).
Anyone else seen this?
With Expat Shield running, one can also watch Olympic sailing and other sports on Eurovisionsports. Right now (Aug 2), the 470 men is on (live). The sound is very weak, but that's fine with me.This seems to be the linky for todays' race on BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w2xt4 I'm watching it now, hours after it was actually broadcast live..
agreed, but would have been nice to see at least a bit of Finn/Star/Radial racing ( I was watching the NBC feed) Oh well.. better then nothing, and with the real time updating of mark rounding on the Olympic site, we're not totally in the dark...
Hope they only show the medal races from Sunday on... Finn medal race this time should be as good as the 2000 Laser final between BA and RS
So why did they drop windsurfing from the Olympics in 2016 again? They say they needed an exciting spectator sports?
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Today, Tom Slingsby gave a clinic on covering a competitor (Pavlos Kontides) in the Laser Medal Race and the Ladies race was exciting as well, with four potential gold medal winners fighting it out.
In order to be seen in prime time will need to have female competitors wearing impossibly small swim suits sailing ....... competing with synchronized diving ..... beach volleyball .....
Sorry to keep bumping this, but I'm kind of excited about watching some of the racing.
It doesn't appear that NBC is going to let just anyone watch the streaming video. You need to be a subscriber to a cable or satellite service which provides CNBC and MSNBC. I actually had to go through Time-Warner (my provider) to set up an account and password.
If you don't have cable or satellite, you may be SOL. I suppose there may be feed from the BBC or another country you could try to access, but I bet they block it.
After the fantastic coverage of the America's Cup, I was really hoping for that quality of coverage for the Olympics. I don't have Foxtel, the local pub has it but is shut at 11om when the sailing starts. The only race screened free-to-air in Aus so far has been the Laser medal race. Why aren't replays provided online, & can't the tracking can't be streamed live? Seems like corporate $ have completely ruined the event by blocking proper coverage. Frustrating to trying to follow races by reading lines of text on the internet. Let's hope there's a DVD of it all to watch later.
Best sites to follow the Olympic sailing action:
- commentary stream at: http://live.2012.sailing.org/Event/I...c_Sailing_Blog
- live order and timing of boats rounding buoys and finishing, click "LIVE" in middle of screen: http://www.london2012.com/sailing/
- a live picture every few minutes at http://new.livestream.com/yachtingwo...c-sailing-2012
HUGE thanks to Finn Murphy, posting under @Annalise_Murphy on Twitter; brilliant commentary during the Laser Radials heats.