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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218298
08/25/10 06:58 PM
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Dang, missed it live. Is there a link to the video for replay??


Philip
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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: P.M.] #218306
08/25/10 09:25 PM
08/25/10 09:25 PM
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hey folks,
I was on the SA boat and have to say that was the most incredible thing I have EVER seen. I got some great pics and vid. You haters really need to lay off the SA gang. When the cam ain't on what matters it's because it'll either get soaked or is un-focusable.Petey is the shiznit and I challenge anyone to do better. Aaron sat IN a center console half the size of a shower stall, ALL DAY, running the electronics. These guys work their azzes off. I f they didn't the guys who know me know I'd call BS on it.
When I get home and can sort out the pics I'll post some stuff.
Glenn and Jimmy were like butter. Some of the most amazing sailing I've ever seen. My heart goes out to Oliver, his family and Steve.Their flip ended years worth of effort, heart, and soul put in to that boat and wing. I gave 2 N-20 boards to Paul Larson(Invictus) to modify if needed for their boat. Oddly enough they slid into the assy. trunk fairly well. Now it's a matter of rather it's easier to fill or cut. we'll see. I saw the other half of their board floating and Glenn missed hitting it by about 10 feet.
Tawd


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Team_Cat_Fever] #218307
08/25/10 09:33 PM
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Thanx for the 1st person report. Multi? Mono? Objectivity and inclusivness(sp) is the key.


Eric Arbogast
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Miami Yacht Club
Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Team_Cat_Fever] #218309
08/25/10 10:24 PM
08/25/10 10:24 PM
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Petey could use a camera director to help him find his present shot and the next one: The Spray must be awful. The commentary is pretty darn good, tho I would like some more vmg speed indications. Often it is hard for us to tell which boat is in the shots because they may be looking at something Petey isn't, except when Alpha is seen all white and Fredo is not. I guess we know who is in the match race, eh?


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: dacarls] #218315
08/26/10 01:55 AM
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IMHO Steve's capsize wasnt that bad, had he (or his crew?) not fallen on the wing I think they could have saved it.
Checkout the capsize sequence on ValenciaSailing: http://www.valenciasailing.blogspot.com/
Ouch!

Last edited by Tony_F18; 08/26/10 02:02 AM. Reason: Added link.
Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Team_Cat_Fever] #218317
08/26/10 05:09 AM
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Well put Tawd, I bet none of the guys moaning have ever tried to film from a RIB or chase boat, especially for 3 hours non-stop.

The trouble with these set ups is that the guy driving the boat only knows how to drive the boat. The driver needs to be the director and have good knowledge of the racing so that HE can put the boat in a position where the camera has got something to film.
I still enjoyed it a load.


Paul

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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Tony_F18] #218318
08/26/10 06:47 AM
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South Carolina
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Originally Posted by Tony_F18
IMHO Steve's capsize wasnt that bad, had he (or his crew?) not fallen on the wing I think they could have saved it.
Checkout the capsize sequence on ValenciaSailing: http://www.valenciasailing.blogspot.com/
Ouch!


Oooooohhh. That had to be an excruciating carbon crunch when he fell into the wing. I really feel for those guys.

[Linked Image]


Jake Kohl
Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218319
08/26/10 07:15 AM
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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Jake] #218320
08/26/10 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Jake
Originally Posted by Tony_F18
IMHO Steve's capsize wasnt that bad, had he (or his crew?) not fallen on the wing I think they could have saved it.
Checkout the capsize sequence on ValenciaSailing: http://www.valenciasailing.blogspot.com/
Ouch!


Oooooohhh. That had to be an excruciating carbon crunch when he fell into the wing. I really feel for those guys.

[Linked Image]



That's Steve going through the wing at speed. To bad he could not miss it by going the other way. But hitting the hull from 14 feet up would probably hurt him more!

Last edited by lesburn1; 08/26/10 07:41 AM.

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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: lesburn1] #218322
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Its too bad that Tawd couldn't give him some pointers:
[Linked Image]

Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: lesburn1] #218323
08/26/10 07:55 AM
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man that's tragic

Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: fredsmith] #218325
08/26/10 08:02 AM
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southern Ontario
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Fred
Orion broke a chainplate, not sure if they are racing today?


Ryan
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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: Twister] #218333
08/26/10 09:51 AM
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gps tracking shows one of the boats is off the beach.


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: lesburn1] #218335
08/26/10 10:21 AM
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looks like Patient Lady (Fra 1) went over


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Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: lesburn1] #218339
08/26/10 11:11 AM
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4 min to start.

Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: hobiephil] #218341
08/26/10 11:15 AM
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Start of race 4. 8 to 10 knots of breeze.

Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: hobiephil] #218342
08/26/10 11:39 AM
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Going to C mark 2nd time. 2 boat race again. Caanan much deeper (15 degrees) and better VMG downwind.

Last edited by hobiephil; 08/26/10 11:40 AM.
Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: hobiephil] #218343
08/26/10 11:48 AM
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Lap 3 Canaan way out in front. Other 3 bunched. Alpha was very slow downwind.

Last edited by hobiephil; 08/26/10 11:49 AM.
Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: hobiephil] #218344
08/26/10 11:53 AM
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Alpha pick up shift and back in good 2nd.

Re: Little America's Cup Under Way! [Re: hobiephil] #218345
08/26/10 12:05 PM
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Canaan wins by 1/2 leg. Alpha slow downwind again, but takes 2nd by blanketing Invictus.

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