Sailing on Foils? - America's Cup Thread

jazzman · 09-25-2013, 09:54 PM

All the rah rah "team USA" stuff is annoying... There was exactly 1 American on the boat.

It does look like at least some of the design team are locals...

Lots of American $$$ behind the effort though.

It was fun to watch, but it's pretty rare air when only 4 teams can afford to even build a boat to enter.

There were only 7 AC72s in the world and 3 of them are wrecked/retired.

birchhaven · 09-26-2013, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jazzman

All the rah rah "team USA" stuff is annoying... There was exactly 1 American on the boat.

It does look like at least some of the design team are locals...

Lots of American $$$ behind the effort though.

It was fun to watch, but it's pretty rare air when only 4 teams can afford to even build a boat to enter.

There were only 7 AC72s in the world and 3 of them are wrecked/retired.

Man just be happy America won. I guess when the pats win the super bowl this year it won't be worth celebrating because most of the team is not from NE and Tom Brady in particular is from California. :P
And when did it become the "in thing" to discredited someone's success because they have the means to further excel themselves.

jazzman · 09-26-2013, 08:59 AM

Well, the NFL doesn't bill itself as the oldest international sporting competition in existence.

I personally enjoyed the event and despite my extreme dislike of the owner, I did end up pulling for his team to win in the end because I was so impressed with what they did.

So big kudos to "team Oracle"...

SIKSUKR · 09-26-2013, 09:33 AM

I thought they blew the race at the first mark when they porpoised momentarily. I know a lot of traditionalist did not like these ac72s but for me it was way more exciting to watch. What was really cool is the incredible comeback, having to win the last 8 races and pulling it off.

NoBozo · 09-27-2013, 03:01 PM

http://www.youtube.com/user/AmericasCup

NB

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jazzman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mont Vernon NH & Big Barndoor Island Posts: 320 Thanks: 4 Thanked 184 Times in 62 Posts	All the rah rah "team USA" stuff is annoying... There was exactly 1 American on the boat. It does look like at least some of the design team are locals... Lots of American $$$ behind the effort though. It was fun to watch, but it's pretty rare air when only 4 teams can afford to even build a boat to enter. There were only 7 AC72s in the world and 3 of them are wrecked/retired.

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09-26-2013, 08:59 AM	#3
jazzman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mont Vernon NH & Big Barndoor Island Posts: 320 Thanks: 4 Thanked 184 Times in 62 Posts	Well, the NFL doesn't bill itself as the oldest international sporting competition in existence. I personally enjoyed the event and despite my extreme dislike of the owner, I did end up pulling for his team to win in the end because I was so impressed with what they did. So big kudos to "team Oracle"...