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America's Cup 37 underway -

Post by macdoc » Mon Aug 19, 2024 10:27 am

The lead in racing to determine the challenger is underway in Barcelona :pop:

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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Aug 20, 2024 12:22 am

The American cup is a cooking thing, right?
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Post by L'Emmerdeur » Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:24 am

:rimshot:

The relatively new (to the America's Cup) hydrofoil boats are impressive--they can get up to around twice the speed of the wind. I remember watching the races held in San Francisco Bay in 2013 when they were first introduced--rather entertaining.

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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:06 am

I prefer the old big boats.
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Post by L'Emmerdeur » Tue Aug 20, 2024 5:12 am

Aye, for aesthetics I'd go with the original schooners but it's about speed under sail, not aesthetics.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Aug 20, 2024 6:40 am

It's about rich guys waving their dicks in the breeze.
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Re: America's Cup 37 underway -

Post by macdoc » Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:25 am

I watched pre-foils and while the start was exciting - the rest was paint drying.
Now it is F1 and closed course that people can watch from shore and online.
The next round of tri-foil 100' boats will circumnavigate the globe in under 40 days.
They outrun the waves in the Southern Ocean !

Rich guys can't afford America's Cup boats....big corporations barely can.
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