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Will the AC boats race tonight?

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nate
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Initially Posted - 02/20/2003 : 13:52:52

After the postponement yesterday.

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mqp
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Response Posted - 02/20/2003 : 15:06:03

They race Friday, not today.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 02/20/2003 : 15:49:07

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They race Friday, not today.

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If you really want to throw a loop into it, they technically race on Saturday, we watch it live on Friday the day before!!

D. Wolff - "The Flying Wasp" #401 sr/sk
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Response Posted - 02/20/2003 : 19:11:36

Okay....help me understand this....They will make up Race 4 on Friday and stay on the same schedule that gets pushed back? Time zones aside, Duane!
Well now I don't have anymore excuses not to was the car.

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 02/21/2003 : 06:01:35

Nate:
The entire schedule is delayed by the postponement. If the AC goes to 9 races, then the ninth race would be held (For us) on Saterday night, March 1 (that would be Sunday afternoon in Aukland). Additional postponements would slide the racing further into March. Hope this helps!

Don Peet
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Ed Montague
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Response Posted - 02/21/2003 : 14:38:05

For anyone concerned about the end of time arriving today just remember that it is already tomorrow in New Zealand.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Response Posted - 02/22/2003 : 11:39:51

Rats! No race again last night, and company for dinner tonight... <img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle> Non-sailing company. I suppose watching the AC for them would be like watching bowling for me. Maybe the race will be becalmed again...

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 02/22/2003 : 12:02:28

Hmmm.. I guess they need between 18.8 - 19.1 kts to race sailboats in the AC anymore. If they have light air and are worried about time limits, why don't they just shorten the course a bit?

- CB

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Response Posted - 02/22/2003 : 12:24:49

It appears that the committee is worried NZL82 can't compete in light air, and takes on too much water in heavy air... This may take a while! When it gets to 4-0, they won't race unless the wind is between 16.2 and 16.8. I hope NZL wins a few to keep this going.

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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tinob
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Response Posted - 02/22/2003 : 14:04:57

Perhaps they will fair better if they drop their skirt (hula that is)... How the he$$ do they get the zebras mussels and other growths from between the skirt and hull? Is the skirt detachable for cleaning? In the Patchogue River they'd have a problem with eel spawn.

Has anyone figured how the skirt effects a longer waterline??? Can't wait to hear their rationale for the skirt.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 02/22/2003 : 15:04:16

The skirt has the same shape and form of the hull, and the gap between it and the hull is so small that it doesn't generate much turbulence.

Imagine bolting a 2' extension on your boat that was only fastened at one spot below the waterline and had 1/8" gap between itself and the hull.

IMHO they are bending the rules a bit further than should be allowed.

Currently maintaining two holes in the water...'77 Venture 23 and new to the family,
'78 Catalina 25

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William Matley
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Response Posted - 02/22/2003 : 22:21:11

Val, they pull the boat out of the water every night and clean the hull. No worry about stuff growing on those babys.

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Response Posted - 02/23/2003 : 12:45:32

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Rats! No race again last night, and company for dinner tonight... <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Are they making up a race tonight? The schedule says today is a day off.

Bryan Beamer
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 02/24/2003 : 10:21:02

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
Hmmm.. I guess they need between 18.8 - 19.1 kts to race sailboats in the AC anymore. If they have light air and are worried about time limits, why don't they just shorten the course a bit?

- CB

Currently maintaining two holes in the water...'77 Venture 23 and new to the family,
'78 Catalina 25
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

I believe the course length is dictated by the deed of gift

D. Wolff - "The Flying Wasp" #401 sr/sk
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capn rick
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Response Posted - 02/24/2003 : 11:06:42

hey, no worries about growth on the hulls.

these things wont last out the month anyway. the carbon fiber will be stressed out the wazoo and the sails UV destroyed by April 1st.

Its all high tech throwaway technology. Maybe when they move the venue to France we can see Beneteau come up with something...

better yet, why not Lake Constance? we have shifty winds all the time....
capn rick
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