I think it says the "as live" broadcast will start at 14:30 EST on the "tube", but there's that other thing that says "subject to local broadcast agreements" so who knows?
But it does look like Sunday will be live on NBC Sports - just don't know which one. I am getting Olympic Swimming Trials on my NBC sports channel now, and if they're covering something as relatively obscure as swimming trials, it may also be the channel covering AC races...?
Lots of activity in the ETNZ tent tonight. Four wing panels are off, and they are grinding a fifth. Plenty of honeycomb damage. They are already dismantling the spare Red Bull wing to salvage parts.
Lots of activity in the ETNZ tent tonight. Four wing panels are off, and they are grinding a fourth. Plenty of honeycomb damage. They are already dismantling the spare Red Bull wing to salvage parts.
Slow-motion capsize at the top gate, they had split, rounding behind Luna Rossa. They nearly landed the wing on the left mark boat's mast and cabin.
could have used Jeremy today. We had three photogs on our boat, but not one of them was facing the right way, and didn't hear me or the driver yelling at them to turn around until the wing was in the drink.
How are they righting these boats now? I remember seeing Energy Team righting their boat by just towing it forward into the wind and which generated enough airflow on the wing to have the wing right the boat. I've wondered if they all took cues from that.
I spoke with someone as high up (or higher) than you can imagine tonight who told me "the problem is fixed."
Personally, I don't see this as a good thing for Joe Six Pack, nor the cat-nay-sayers. Cats flip, that should be expected and easily fixed. Having a team be out for more than the one race can't be good in the big picture.
On the plus side, reportedly 50 youth teams have expressed interest in the Red Bull event.
Got the impression that there is no standard procedure to right the cats once they go over. They just seem to hold onto whatever it is they where holding on to and wait for the support RIB to come save them.
This is how the French did it in Plymouth, they went over a few minutes before the start sequence and still made it (fast forward to 2:26!):
I've seen the various ways you guys mentioned from the prior events. It's hard to say which is best, whatever gets it up quickest, I guess.
They tried just about everything. They pulled it sideways, had it bows-up at one point, etc. We thought they were trying to ground it on Rose Island at a different point as well. Not sure how that may have helped, unless they were just going to start removing parts right there?
Anyway, the problem is that the wing extention is not water tight (by design) and fills with water quickly. That is a massive amount of weight exactly where it hurts the most, at the tip of the mast.
Really Jay? I suspect you're feelin a bit frisky because the wife finally touched your fun bit but you and I both know how this is going to end, right?
Pete, I'll tell you the same thing I tell Ricky, just walk away you're only going to get your feelings hurt.
Docking out now, seabreeze is starting to fill in, 1400 start. Two match races then one fleet race.
ETNZ went back into the water, a little naked looking. The Red Bull wing has positively been plucked bare of all moving panels.
Spoke with another ETNZ crew this morning, a long-time multihull guy, who is equally amazed that the wing extensions are designed not to be water tight...
Very exciting finish of the fleet race, ETNZ led from the gun to the third windward gate. They split the gate, with Spithill rounding us and heading away from shore. USS caught some huge puffs on the way downwind to the final turning mark for the reaching finish in front of the fort.
ETNZ timed their final gybe poorly, and USS sailed through their lee to take the lead and the race.
It was also reported that ETNZ damaged their dagger, but the boat wasn't pulled. This was actually the first night all week that the crane wasn't being used (which sort of stinks for the spectators, as they lift the boats over the spectator walkway to get them in and out, giving folks the best views of the boats).
As an aside, there were two Red Bull wing panels in the tent, and a third panel was having some grinding work done, which means that ETNZ was able to salvage most of their old wing.
We've got 18 f18s rigged up in newport this morning! We'll be sailing up until the ac starts just to the west of fort Adams where all the spectators will be!!
Sorry guys, my phone just wouldn't load catsailor at all yesterday or today, and was ridiculously slow with all sites.
Anyway, the F18 show was brilliant! Gave the early fans something to watch while waiting for the AC action. I got our driver to line up for some good shots of the F18 action, I'll try to post a link when I catch up with the photogs.
Glad to hear it was well received! Racing in front of a couple thousand people cheering was certainly an incredible experience! Looking forward to the photos, and I will have an event report written up soon.
My job: "I lift things up and put them dooowwwwnnn." Flags, that is, 3, 5 or 7. I also got to use my PRO experience and keep the gate square. Best mark boat job ever.
I was originally slated to be on the left windward mark, you know, the one that got hit several times, and just about got out of the way when ETNZ lost it...
I did walk the shore on Sunday morning before we went out, the crowd was definitely watching the F18 races, with surprisingly knowledgeable comments.
Really Jay? I suspect you're feelin a bit frisky because the wife finally touched your fun bit but you and I both know how this is going to end, right?
