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islander
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Initially Posted - 12/08/2015 :  14:39:44  Show Profile
Or at least the preliminary but still if your in the NY,NJ,Conn. area It still would be fun to watch these rockets. May 7-8. Lower NY harbor.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-to-host-americas-cup-races-1449550802
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
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Response Posted - 12/09/2015 :  08:50:30  Show Profile
Note that 5/8 is Mothers' Day... I might have to shoot for the 7th. It's on my calendar!
Dave Bristle
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 12/09/2015 :  11:40:16  Show Profile
I sort of glanced an article about the next AC competition this past week on my phone...will they be racing monohulls in the finals? It wasn't clear...
Jerry
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 12/09/2015 :  18:50:09  Show Profile
Not monohulls--about 49' foiling catamarans--just a little bigger than the ones they'll tour with.
Dave Bristle
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Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
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OJ
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Response Posted - 12/10/2015 :  01:58:54  Show Profile
Am I the only one who can't get enthused about catamaran style Amercica's Cup boats?

I miss the grandeur of monohulls.
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 12/10/2015 :  06:45:59  Show Profile
With you on that OJ...
Jerry
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 12/10/2015 :  07:21:46  Show Profile
I love to race monohulls, but thought the big hydrofoils at San Francisco put on one of the most exciting competitions I have seen in sports. Generally, the only people who can really appreciate monohull racing are experienced yacht racers, who understand the rules and tactics, and the difficulty of working those big boats efficiently. Non-sailors see monohull racing as unexciting and uneventful, because things happen slowly. A boat can't overtake the leader in a sudden burst of speed. But, when you see those big catamarans precariously balanced on their foils, blasting around the race course at 35-40 kts with spray flying, it's quite a spectacle! I think it's not only exciting, but it's good for the sport.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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islander
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Response Posted - 12/10/2015 :  07:36:01  Show Profile
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I think it's not only exciting, but it's good for the sport.

I agree, Sure those boats don't have much in common with monohulls but neither does a NASCAR race car have anything in common with a car on the road today but it's still very popular. We benefit from the technology that trickles down to us. Still they are powered by the wind and a race is still a race.
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 12/11/2015 :  18:49:36  Show Profile
Add me to the list who prefers monohulls and just can not quite get into multi/hydrofoils
Peter Bigelow
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 12/13/2015 :  10:10:10  Show Profile
I was blown away by the races in SF--particularly the last one that sealed the Cup. The foiling mark turns were scary--a few near pitch-polls. The tactics were different due to the characteristics of the boats... It had to be fantastic to see from shore, but it was also great with the technology they used to show us the lead margins and such. I was trying to imagine being wide-open in my boat, at 30+ knots, and being passed by one of those monsters!

That said, I was mesmerized by the races in Fremantle in 1987 when Dennis Conner regained the Cup 4-0, after blowing a sail on the final leg of the last race. ("The Doctor is in!")

To me it's like saying "I don't like football because I like baseball." There are plenty of sailboat races to watch, but people watch this one because it's always been on the bleeding edge of the technology, on a grand scale (rather different from Moths). The lawyers seem to like it, too!
Dave Bristle
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PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 12/13/2015 10:12:12
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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 12/13/2015 :  11:37:39  Show Profile  Visit Ben - FL's Homepage
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Originally posted by Stinkpotter

The foiling mark turns were scary--a few near pitch-polls.


Didn't one boat loose a crew when it capsized and he was caught under the trampoline?
Safe voyages,
Ben
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Edited by - Ben - FL on 12/13/2015 11:38:28
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 12/13/2015 :  12:26:21  Show Profile
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Originally posted by Ben - FL

Didn't one boat loose a crew when it capsized and he was caught under the trampoline?
I believe you're referring to an accident in a training run of the Swedish boat before the 2013 Cup--Bart Simpson (the other one) died.
Dave Bristle
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