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Forums > General Discussion   Shooting the breeze...

America's Cup

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Created by evlPanda > 9 months ago, 3 Oct 2012
evlPanda
NSW, 9205 posts
3 Oct 2012 1:11PM
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World Series is on. Can watch live on YouTube at a reasonable hour this weekend:

?feature=watch

(The whole 'Add to calendar' feature works too, 'cause I'll need a reminder come Saturday morning)

Sheesh, talk about riding the fin:

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
3 Oct 2012 11:20AM
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Very sinister looking in black. Whats the deal with that folding fin??

evlPanda
NSW, 9205 posts
3 Oct 2012 1:37PM
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^ I like your new haircut.

I'm guessing it's a hydrofoil.

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
3 Oct 2012 11:44AM
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evlPanda said...
^ I like your new haircut.

I'm guessing it's a hydrofoil.


Thanks

I thought the same but the other one is straight, are these boats asymetrical?<<spelling

Wineman
NSW, 1412 posts
3 Oct 2012 3:23PM
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It's a foil/fin combo.

Notice the port rudder has a foil at the base.

evlPanda
NSW, 9205 posts
3 Oct 2012 3:24PM
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doggie said...
evlPanda said...
^ I like your new haircut.

I'm guessing it's a hydrofoil.


Thanks

I thought the same but the other one is straight, are these boats asymetrical?<<spelling


No. You can pull the rudders in/out of the water.
See the rudder? Look up.

...so it's live, on TV, via YouTube. I see why Google bought it now. It all makes sense.

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
3 Oct 2012 1:25PM
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Wineman said...

It's a foil/fin combo.

Notice the port rudder has a foil at the base.


I did see that but wasnt sure if it was a problem with the pic.

Ben Lexan would be loving this new tech

evlPanda
NSW, 9205 posts
3 Oct 2012 3:27PM
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All they need is a canting mast.

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
3 Oct 2012 1:28PM
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evlPanda said...
doggie said...
evlPanda said...
^ I like your new haircut.

I'm guessing it's a hydrofoil.


Thanks

I thought the same but the other one is straight, are these boats asymetrical?<<spelling


No. You can pull the rudders in/out of the water.
See the rudder? Look up.

...so it's live, on TV, via YouTube. I see why Google bought it now. It all makes sense.


Ok yea I see, wow!! I love watching these new yachts. Why did they move from the 12m formula?

Stuthepirate
SA, 3590 posts
3 Oct 2012 3:09PM
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Both Centre/Daggerboards have the 'L' shaped foil.
If you look closely the rudder blade on the back has a "T" foil

CJW
NSW, 1721 posts
3 Oct 2012 7:08PM
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This 'Add to calendar' feature has eluded me?

DPSP4242
WA, 28 posts
3 Oct 2012 8:46PM
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Anything special required to watch via you tube?

evlPanda
NSW, 9205 posts
12 Oct 2012 5:16PM
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^ nup. (I been watching on the TV in the lounge. comfy)

Bump.

Racing's been better than expected. Races only take about 10-15 minutes. There are usually two match races per day, followed by a fleet race. Or something like that.

They aren't slow.

Winners go through to the big boats:
tvnz.co.nz/sailing-news/jury-decision-boosts-team-nz-video-5124078

You can even play drinking games: a shot every time you here an Australian accent/Aussie skipper rounds a buoy in first place. (You'll be on the floor)

Spithill tries to forward loop:



Pitbull
WA, 1267 posts
12 Oct 2012 2:47PM
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Geez! They're like rockets.

Simsurf
WA, 238 posts
13 Oct 2012 9:07AM
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In a former life I was a deckhand on Gretel, Australias first 12m. We used to "match race" Southern Cross up the whitsunday passage on almost a daily basis doing the day trip thing for the tourists. Amazing memories.....I remember thinking that going away from the 12m rule and allowing just about anything to enter made it a technology battle and not a sailing battle. Great to see the new boats are following a similar design rule again. Clearly high tech but very very impressive to watch. Would love to have a run on one.

dinsdale
WA, 1227 posts
13 Oct 2012 10:39PM
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simstat said...
IGreat to see the new boats are following a similar design rule again. Clearly high tech but very very impressive to watch. Would love to have a run on one.

Nothing like the 12m rule. The new cats are VERY strict one-designs, not formula boats at all. In fact, I understand there's only one set of molds and one source - a factory in NZ. However, I definitely agree with your sentiment.

swoosh
QLD, 1927 posts
14 Oct 2012 12:43AM
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Should be noted, that this is only the precursor to the actual americas cup event. The actual event is definately not one design, and the teams have been working pretty hard on their individual AC72 designs (72 foot wing-sails cats)

cRAZY Canuk
NSW, 2528 posts
14 Oct 2012 10:32PM
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The pictures of the NZ 72 foiling are unreal. The Oracle boat hit the water a couple weeks ago but they snapped the foils.

Point of the 40's was to help the lesser teams with the tech. make so they could buy the smaller boats with the wingsails and they could reverse engineer em.

Not sure hwo it will all turn out but my monies on the Kiwi's, and some awsome spills.

Gizmo
SA, 2865 posts
18 Oct 2012 9:47AM
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BUGGA !!!!!!

jusavina
QLD, 1471 posts
18 Oct 2012 2:39PM
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CJW
NSW, 1721 posts
18 Oct 2012 11:46PM
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Quite a mess hahaha. These things live on the ragged edge!



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