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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264400
09/20/13 02:21 PM
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wow really light conditions

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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264401
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wind is now building big


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264402
09/20/13 02:24 PM
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Mixed reports:
"The original forecast called for winds of 10 to 15 knots with clouds increasing throughout the afternoon. But Regatta Director Iain Murray says the wind is already building.

“It’s getting windier than that on racecourse. Already it’s blowing 15-18 knots at Anita Rock, in the sheltered part of San Francisco Bay, and more than that on Treasure Island,” said Murray."

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264403
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the decision to foil upwind is one that was taken very late in the Oracle campaign, but now they are learning fast and can out perform the Kiwis uphill. I'm also hearing that you sail these boats as if they have distinct gears rather than a sliding scale of performance for a given true wind angle. In other words you can't trade a couple of degrees for a few knots it's either pop it up or sail in displacement mode. Typically two of these gears might be 22knots boat speed at 40 degrees true or 30knots boat speed at 48 degrees true, the latter being the filing gear.

We saw a hint of this yesterday when they went a bit too quick and saw the speed peak at 37 knots


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264404
09/20/13 02:41 PM
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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264405
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Wind 225 at 7.8 kts, 11.8 kts peak


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264406
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racecourse shrouded in sea mist and winds just over the 5 knot minimum in the start


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264407
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Wind 230 at 7.4 kts, 8.7 kts peak


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264408
09/20/13 03:07 PM
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I'd bet Oracle wins the first race.


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264409
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I think ETNZ might do better in the light stuff, hulls seem to sit on the water a bit more.

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264410
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That doesn't make for very good TV now does it?

and, for whatever reason I can't get it to play on YouTube. Being computer retarded has its disadvantages....


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264411
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Race postponed


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: Karl_Brogger] #264412
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Originally Posted by Karl_Brogger
That doesn't make for very good TV now does it?

and, for whatever reason I can't get it to play on YouTube. Being computer retarded has its disadvantages....

This is what someone else was using to get around the YT location restrictions:
https://www.tunnelbear.com/

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264413
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Wind 225 at 8.9 kts, 10.4 kts peak


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264414
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Android App isn't working right, either. What are the chances we're overwhelming the system?

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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264415
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Is anyone else getting the message that todays coverage has been concluded on NBC live sports stream?

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264416
09/20/13 03:23 PM
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I'm live and good.


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264418
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I'm up. Had to find the video with Stealthy disengaged, engage it, click the link, then click Stealthy off immediately.

I am getting some lag though.

Displacement mode. **yawn**


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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264419
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Kiwis just really pulling away now, Oracle made the mistake of sailing too low and maybe their Code-0 is too flat?

Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed [Re: P.M.] #264420
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Wind 275 at 9.4 kts, 12.0 kts peak


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