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South Carolina | definitely Oracle covering. They dropped 10 degrees and footed down to Alinghi and dropped a lot of lead as a result. They must not be too concerned about their downwind speed. they definitely seem to have an advantage upwind...but this is a one lap race...I'm not sure that you don't take off and try to get as far away from the other boat as you can instead of covering. then again, Alinghi still owes a penalty turn.
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North-West Europe | Scooby,
both boat are often clocking in the range of 17-22 knots VMG !
in 6 to 8 knots of speed.
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Looking for a Job, I got credi... | I thought you had to do your turn before the nest mark? Depends; some match races just require the unwinding at the end; gives the burdend boat more time to get a reciprocal penality against to cancel out.
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42.904444 N; 88.008586 W | As far as boat speed, they are both very even now. A seems to be pointing equally well now.
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Scooby,
both boat are often clocking in the range of 17-22 knots VMG !
Wouter
VMG!!! WOW; So what angle and velocity are they travelling ? Could be a one hour beat with that VMG.... !!!
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In training A. did the full course in 2 hours 3 min I believe in 5 knots of wind.
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Hamburg | Looks to me like Oracle are in a nice position to cover Alinghi at this point. Why blast off into la-la land and find a hole? If they can tack quicker than Alinghi they look golden at the moment well, the last manoeuvre from BMWO was a desaster | | | Re: America's Cup Countdown
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I agree with smith here, If you got so much extra speed and pointing upwind why risking the race on another such foul up.
I'm not at all a great match racer, but isn't a few nm lead one of the best ways to "cover" your win ?
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Essex, UK | BMWO powering away a little bit now - around 2m/s increase
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Yep, BMWO is the better upwind boat in these conditions 6-9 knots upwind)
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