About a true international competition taking place in San Francisco Bay right now - the America's Cup!
Today, TeamUSA, the defenders, took two races from the Kiwis, the challengers. Some grew racing by the Americans when the Kiwis have been one win away from taking home the cup to Auckland.
Two more races are scheduled for tomorrow and first team to 9 points wins. It is now 8-5 (but should be 8-7 as TeamUSA was penalized 2 points after illegal weights were found in a training boat). Racing catamarans is just weird - races are now clocked in minutes instead of hours and the sailors wear helmets and flack jackets), but it's still fabulous racing.
LJ, been down to see any of it?
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Caught a little of the LV Cup back in August after taking the kids to the new Exploratorium. (The Exploratorium is at Pier 15, America's Cup Park is at Pier 27.)
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They need to go back to the old 12- meter boats.
But other than that this is the best place to hold the competition in the world.
Yrs,
Rubato
But other than that this is the best place to hold the competition in the world.
Yrs,
Rubato
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I've heard that San Francisco expected a lot more people to show up.
A lot of people I know don't know or don't care about it.
SF ought to try hosting a cricket match. That will get people to show up.
A lot of people I know don't know or don't care about it.
SF ought to try hosting a cricket match. That will get people to show up.
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Now that would draw a crowd!
I found this interesting.
I'm supporting team USA, as we have a big rivalry here with the Kiwis, and Team USA is skippered by an Aussie.
I found this interesting.
hence "The Americas Cup".The trophy was originally awarded in 1851 by the Royal Yacht Squadron for a race around the Isle of Wight in England, which was won by the schooner America.
I'm supporting team USA, as we have a big rivalry here with the Kiwis, and Team USA is skippered by an Aussie.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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I used to be a big fan of the Americas cup until Dennis Conner (I think that's his name) made a mockery of it and raced a wind vaned cataraman against a regular equipped boat. I remember way back when the Austrailain team came in with their super secret winged keeled entry and took the long held Cup from the US of A. I think Ted Turner was the skipper during that loss. They used to sail here on the "right" coast off of RI.
I agree with rubato and they should return to the 12 meter boats.
I agree with rubato and they should return to the 12 meter boats.
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My god I'm SHOCKED. GOB IS SUPPORTING SOMETHING WITH THE TEAMUSA LABEL. Mark this day down in history folks, its a big one.Gob wrote:Now that would draw a crowd!
I found this interesting.
hence "The Americas Cup".The trophy was originally awarded in 1851 by the Royal Yacht Squadron for a race around the Isle of Wight in England, which was won by the schooner America.
I'm supporting team USA, as we have a big rivalry here with the Kiwis, and Team USA is skippered by an Aussie.
You know, of course, that the CEO of TeamUSA is Russell Couts, a very talented Kiwi.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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The yacht club I was in gave me the boot...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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The Australia victory was in 1983, and they took the Cup after 30+ successful defenses by the USA. Dennis Connor was the defender that year -- I can't recall the USA boat's name.oldr_n_wsr wrote:I used to be a big fan of the Americas cup until Dennis Conner (I think that's his name) made a mockery of it and raced a wind vaned cataraman against a regular equipped boat. I remember way back when the Austrailain team came in with their super secret winged keeled entry and took the long held Cup from the US of A. I think Ted Turner was the skipper during that loss. They used to sail here on the "right" coast off of RI.
I agree with rubato and they should return to the 12 meter boats.
BTW, the cat Cup in the late 80s, was Connor, sailing for the San Diego Yacht Club, against the Kiwis who had done some pretty funky stuff to their boat at that point --- so don't think he was the only one messing with the rules.
I also miss the 12-meter yachts. America's Cup racing in 40 minutes or less may appeal to the Domino's generation, but I think its just destroyed the romance of sport and I miss those graceful old boats. That being said, there was some interesting tactical racing on Sunday, and I'm slowing getting drawn back in.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Yes, exactly!Lord Jim wrote:I'm supporting team USA
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Groucho had the right idea....Rick wrote:The yacht club I was in gave me the boot...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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My brother is in San Francisco for a conference right now and he got to go see some of it. Here is a photo he snapped on Sunday...
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Rick wrote:The yacht club I was in gave me the boot...
Well it is a bit cheating to blow up the competition.....
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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Wow, wow, wow TeamUSA stomped all over the kiwis in two races today. It's all tied up at 8-8. Whoever wins tomorrow takes the Cup!!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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A great job for the Oracle team battling back from a huge deficit with no margin of error, one slip and elimination. They've made a great race for tomorrow.
And given the penalty points they overcame it would make the actual sailing victory pretty one-sided.
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rubato
And given the penalty points they overcame it would make the actual sailing victory pretty one-sided.
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rubato
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And the comeback is compete!!! TeamUSA smokes the Kiwis in the last race.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Amazing!!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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I see how they did it now...
Sir Ben Ainslie's Oracle Team USA sealed one of sport's greatest comebacks when they overhauled an 8-1 deficit to beat Team New Zealand in the America's Cup decider in San Francisco.
The British sailing legend, 36, a four-time Olympic champion, was drafted in as tactician in place of American veteran John Kostecki and was instrumental in the US outfit's resurgence.
Ainslie combined superbly with Oracle's Australian skipper James Spithill and strategist Tom Slingsby, another Australian who won Laser gold at London 2012, to drag the syndicate back from the brink in the most remarkable turnaround in the event's 162-year history.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
