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Voyager
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Initially Posted - 02/04/2012 :  06:58:24  Show Profile
ESPN Classic this weekend is broadcasting a retrospective of Dennis Connor's loss and 1987 recapture of the America's Cup from the Aussies. Very cool story, focusing on the technical developments from wing keels and bulb keels, aluminum vs fibreglass boats, new sail technologies and the first use of onboard TV cameras.
It's being rebroadcast all day so set your PVR and crank up your stratolounger.
Bruce Ross
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I taped the last 1987 race when, as I recall, S&S blew out a sail at the end and still won... all in Freemantle's famous "Doctor"--possibly the wildest conditions ever for the A.C. It'll be fun to see it again--thanks!
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Response Posted - 02/04/2012 :  09:54:28  Show Profile
Thanks Bruce - please share the title if you get a chance. I looked at our ESPN menu and it is all basketball
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 02/04/2012 :  11:14:23  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
It's titled "Stars and stripes anniversary", I just found it and set our DVR to record it this afternoon. Unfortunately we'll be en route to another Chinese New Year's party, so we won't be able to watch it "live".

Thanks for the head's up.

I was able to go watch some of the '88 races in San Diego between Stars & Stripes and KZ1. Prior to the race, we were sailing out of San Diego harbor and came upon S&S practicing along Point Loma. We were in a Catalina 35 making maybe 6 knots, they passed us like we were standing still. They were flying a rail on the catamaran at the time, very impressive to watch.
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Response Posted - 02/04/2012 :  18:01:31  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Stinkpotter</i>
<br />I taped the last 1987 race when, as I recall, S&S blew out a sail at the end and still won... all in Freemantle's famous "Doctor"--possibly the wildest conditions ever for the A.C. It'll be fun to see it again--thanks!
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The headsail blew out just as Gary was saying that he liked Cheney lake as possibly second to SF bay for sailing. We were all so excited because he had come several times over the years to sail with us, then the sail blew and there was no reason to "fill time" and he never got back to talking about us.
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