Got my bag packed and will fly over in a few hours, its quite windy so it should be cool to watch from the shore. Driving on the wrong side of the road should be interesting...
Re: AC 45s at Plymouth
[Re: Tony_F18]
#237376 09/10/1109:12 AM09/10/1109:12 AM
If you have Direct TV you can watch the youtube replays on your TV. Just search Americas Cup in smart search. In fact you can watch anything that's on youtube that way.
If you don't have Direct TV.....loser.
Last edited by catman; 09/10/1105:26 PM.
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Re: AC 45s at Plymouth
[Re: TEAMVMG]
#237382 09/10/1105:02 PM09/10/1105:02 PM
If you have Direct TV you can watch the youtube replays on your TV. Just search Americas Cup in smart search. In fact you can watch anything that's on youtube that way.
If you don't have Direct TV.....loser.
Um.....ever heard of HDMI?
Re: AC 45s at Plymouth
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#237394 09/11/1108:28 AM09/11/1108:28 AM
Conditions for Sunday fleet race (18 gusting to 30+) Best fleet race so far! Insane speed (one boat touched 30knts), capsize, pitchpoles, lead changes. Don't miss seeing it!
Last edited by hobiephil; 09/11/1108:29 AM.
Re: AC 45s at Plymouth
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#237397 09/11/1110:27 AM09/11/1110:27 AM
Yep, but I during the last series I lost the feed a few times missing the finish of one race. Frustrating. This way you can see it without that and when I want.
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Re: AC 45s at Plymouth
[Re: catman]
#237406 09/11/1111:18 PM09/11/1111:18 PM
If you have Direct TV you can watch the youtube replays on your TV. Just search Americas Cup in smart search. In fact you can watch anything that's on youtube that way.
If you don't have Direct TV.....loser.
I watch it live on the big screen by piping it through my xoom's HDMI plug. Must suck to have to wait to watch replays.
Some of these teams could really do with some multihull experts though, just watch the GreenComm capsize where pretty much everything goes wrong. They are actually sheeting in during the capsize and dont release the sheet when they right it causing it to flip over the other side. You dont even have to be a pro sailor to prevent mistakes like that. We where watching GreenComm prepare their boat before the races on saturday and you could tell from their bodylanguage that they somehow didnt feel confident.
Re: AC 45s at Plymouth
[Re: Tony_F18]
#237425 09/12/1109:48 AM09/12/1109:48 AM
I've been really impressed with the coverage coming from Plymouth. The commentary is much better than in Cascais. The big breeze conditions really show you what the boats can do, and reward the teams that can keep the boat upright and the gear working.
Agree it seems like some of the teams are pretty green when it comes to cats, it was even more obvious in Cascais but the consequences weren't as great. Overall I think this was an eye opener to some of the teams but also to spectators and TV viewers.
My friend who has little sailing experience and his friend who has none were glued to the screen watching a replay of day 1. He said it was more exciting to watch than soccer and baseball, obviously way more physical. Thats my opinion too but since I'm an avid sailor I wasn't sure how non-sailors would respond. But it looks like they really enjoy watching it.
If you have Direct TV you can watch the youtube replays on your TV. Just search Americas Cup in smart search. In fact you can watch anything that's on youtube that way.
If you don't have Direct TV.....loser.
I watch it live on the big screen by piping it through my xoom's HDMI plug. Must suck to have to wait to watch replays.
Actually, it must suck to have to stay home on a weekend morning and watch TV instead of sailing.
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Re: AC 45s at Plymouth
[Re: catman]
#237430 09/12/1111:36 AM09/12/1111:36 AM
Sadly, they didn't take our advice on upgrading the checkered flag waver...
However, if all the races are sailed in this much breeze, I will definitely retract my issue with the champagne spraying...
Mike
I have some down time (thanks to a kidney stone or something) but had tm e to watch the same day 2 coverage. That was absolutely stunning. The speed trial runs, though, were run at what appeared to be an awful angle.