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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: ThunderMuffin] #218183
08/25/10 01:22 AM
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I believe they had two A's at the SD staging area. Both with wings for design test and or crew training?

Steve Clark posted a note on the Anarchy forum regarding why the original hard wind A failed to thrill against the other A's...something about a problem with how the leading edge on the flap bent off to lee and was consequently way slow. Was corrected on the test rigs at the Oracle camp.
Which raises the question as to why we have not seen hard wing A's springing up all over?


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Tornado] #218224
08/25/10 10:03 AM
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More photos from ICCC - this time CAN 9 platform.
No sailing yet wind 20(+/-) with gusts of over 25kn.

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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: lesburn1] #218242
08/25/10 01:04 PM
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it's on! boats are on the water. I'm watching it live via the Justin.tv iphone app and SA's coverage - and it's AWESOME. I can tell I'm not going to get much work done today. 1 minute to the start! JC talking about what's happening,.


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218243
08/25/10 01:07 PM
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spithill and ashby port tacked the fleet and NAILED the pin end - they're off to a great lead! They were Mf'in FLYING!

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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218244
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steve clark's boat just flipped while sailing upwind and broke - boat is turtled! it's in pieces.


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218245
08/25/10 01:10 PM
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and.....I got a phone call and lost the feed. AAAAA!

crap and then a voice mail notification disconnected me again....

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08/25/10 01:11 PM
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steve clark and his crew are sitting on the upside down hull hugging. They're obviously mentally destroyed. These guys have put years into that boat.


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218247
08/25/10 01:13 PM
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ashby and orion headed upwind - ashby / spithill on the layline with a 20 boat length lead over Canaan.

SA coverage is focusing more on the boat damage at the moment but will probably jump back to the race when the boats are near the bottom of the course again.


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218248
08/25/10 01:17 PM
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looks like patient lady has broken at least the port rudder


Spithill/Ashby rounded the top mark with a healthy lead. They're screaming downwind now with Canaan behind (Magnus Clark).


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Just loaded the app, very cool and good quality video. JC's doing a great job.

Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218250
08/25/10 01:23 PM
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dang I wish people would quit calling me.

seeing some video now of the boats coming downwind. Canaan now leading ahead of Spithill/Ashby. downwind cross coming.....canaan on the layline...looks like the fleet has tightened up a little.

(sorry if I'm misspelling boat names.s)


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218251
08/25/10 01:24 PM
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1st of 3 laps almost complete...canaan running a little deeper than Alpha (spithill/ashby) and with a 16 boat length lead now.

cannan rounding...looks good, nice and easy. Conditions are VERY choppy and pretty windy. Alpha rounding now about 20 seconds behind. They overstood a little


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218252
08/25/10 01:26 PM
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they were pushing Alpha much harder - they were working hard and driving the bows much harder through the chop.


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218253
08/25/10 01:28 PM
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Alpha sailing higher than Canaan. Canaan tacking. Canaan having trouble with the tack....


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08/25/10 01:29 PM
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Alpha Canaan crossed with Canaan's lead down to ONLY 1 BOAT LENGTH! Ashby / Spithill crossed just behind and with the bit in hard in their teeth! That slow tack cost big.


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08/25/10 01:30 PM
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Jimmy / Glen tacked. much better tack. Chasing down Canaan.


note: ashby is driving - spithill is trimming the wing.


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08/25/10 01:32 PM
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Canaan still has the lead on the layline. Both of these boats have a HUGE lead over the fleet.


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218258
08/25/10 01:34 PM
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Looks like Canaan will maintain their lead at the top of the course...6 boat lengths.

both headed downwind now and canaan running a little lower and slower.


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218259
08/25/10 01:35 PM
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alpha into better pressure...canaan going a little soft as they split down the course.

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Why can't their camera man keep the camera pointed at the BOATS instead of the clouds and the back of someone's head??


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