"nobody" (nobody13)
08/06/2013 at 16:00 • Filed to: boatlopnik, americas cup, louis vuitton cup, lvcup
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"nobody" (nobody13)
08/06/2013 at 16:00 • Filed to: boatlopnik, americas cup, louis vuitton cup, lvcup | 0
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In just 15 minutes, elimination racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup will begin, with Artemis Racing and Luna Rossa Challenge starting their best of 7 series. The winner will go on to face Emirates Team New Zealand for the right to challenge Oracle Racing for the America's Cup.
Artemis Racing's boat, Big Blue, is only two weeks old, and the team has only had 7 days of sailing with it. After their other AC72 capsized and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , Artemis designed their new boat to be much stronger.
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Luna Rossa Challenge's Chrome Cat has been racing since the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup, but it's a big 0-fer against Emirates Team New Zealand.
Luna Rossa had trouble staying up on their foils during the Round Robin races against ETNZ, so watch to see if they have made any progress on that front. Luna Rossa would pop up onto their foils, but then fall off. Artemis, on the other hand, has had trouble in practice getting up onto their foils. Artemis looked like it was too far bow down and was plowing through the water.
Winds are currently 16.7 kts gusting to 17.9, with a 0.2 kt flood tide.
delete-me-please123
> nobody
08/06/2013 at 16:56 |
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Damn, I missed it. Please keep up the AC posts. Thanks dude.
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nobody
> delete-me-please123
08/06/2013 at 17:04 |
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They're back tomorrow at 4:15p eastern. I tried to get this up earlier, but I wrote too much preview.
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delete-me-please123
> nobody
08/06/2013 at 17:12 |
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Ima be back up there two more times before the final cup race. Cant wait man, love watching these animals.
Do you live in SF or are you going to any races?
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nobody
> delete-me-please123
08/06/2013 at 17:14 |
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Negative on both. I'd love to go up for the LV final or the America's Cup races, but I've got school.
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delete-me-please123
> nobody
08/06/2013 at 17:18 |
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School shooml!
Racing is obviously more important than education. duh!
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nobody
> delete-me-please123
08/06/2013 at 17:28 |
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Well, school and a 12 hour drive.
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delete-me-please123
> nobody
08/06/2013 at 17:33 |
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Yeah, that's a bit much. Let me know if you would like a pic of anything in particular.
Iwishicoulddrive
> nobody
08/06/2013 at 17:34 |
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I saw a race between the Kiwis and the Italians in person a couple weeks ago. Just sat out on Fisherman's wharf and watched them go back and forth. They are really impressive in person. Even when that means from 1/4 to 1/2 a mile a way