Ohh, there is one thing I don't like about the sites like sailing anarchy.
Every gain made by BMWO is attributed to the design of DOGZILLA of the superiority of the BMWO crew and never to any favourable windshift.
while
Every gain by Alinghy is invariable "explained away" by refering to favourable differences in pressure or a "lucky" windshift.
They bitch endlessly about E. and A. but act themselves as a bunch of the greatest vinegar pissers I have ever met.
Do I like the personality of Ernesto ? I don't know, but I'm beginning to understand why he is giving the cold shoulder to any reporter from such fan bases.
I think the BMWO team themselves are alot more respectful of their opponents and the varying conditions then their fan base.
Point in case. When BMWO rolled up their jib in race 1 team A. won back alot of ground over the next 10 minutes. Spithill simply explained that such a sail change is always followed by a period of dialing in the rig to the new settings; obviously a thing team A. also had to content with when they switched over from the genoa to the solent jib (blade jib) and BMWO made great gains. On Sailing Anarchy this 10 minute stretch of losing ground by BMWO is simple ignored alltogether and they make it sound like removing the BMWO jib was like hitting the turbo boost button, when it REALLY wasn't. Of course they make a great point of saying the wing just motored over A. when A. made their sail change. Could it be that E. and fan bases like Sailing Anarchy deserve eachother ? I don't really see the latter occupying the high ground here (where team BMWO itself does)
Tell it like it is guys !
Wouter
If you are directing this at my article, Swiss Miss on
Sailling Anarchy (scroll down, no link yet), I'm gonna tell it to you like it is right now, just like I've done to you for years.
You do one post above explaining how USA 17 worked over Alinghi, then you start cry-babying right after that. Sounds like you should have come to the show here so you can throw EB some softballs. I did say it was a windshift. Listen to the broadcast. The gain Alinghi did make was because of a pressure patch. In your childish rant above, you even said that USA pulled away from Alinghi during that time. Don't put words in my mouth, like "turbo boost." I never said that, only that they pulled away......AND THEY DID! I had a nice talk with the wing desingers and they gave me some insight about the move and MORE, which I'll do a piece soon.
I have never taken the high ground and SA has never claimed that either. You obviously have no idea how this all works.
Wouter, if you're going to call out someone, just come out with it and don't say "like" in front of it. There are no other sites like SA.
We did tell it like it is this week. You know your buddy EB banned us and any other media who ask him the tough questions, right? To me, if he wanted to set it straight they would invite all media, not just the ones that help boost his Stalinist grip of the Cup, but he got owned in every way, so I guess it doesn't really matter.
What am I thinking, you are the absolute expert on multihulls that nobody has heard of in Holland. Keep bringing it! I get so much joy every time I decide to waste my time replying to you.
