Americas Cup Uncovered #21

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As always there will be people resisting change, useless legal discussions were a waste of time in the past but in the end you can´t stop evolution, temporary forced brakes, are just that.
The old establishment always trying to keep their personal power, like some mnas did with the Tornado and multihulls out of the Olympics.
After this, only hard headed, stubborn and self-serving dinos will like to go back to monohulls.
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Edit: Hi Jeff, good reference, here it is the Perth Match Racing Finals , the link goes directly to the action
https://youtu.be/h8bwGVV0Abc?t=5m52s
Really good action, but as you said lots of umpire calls and boats rolling constantly, I think is good action on the wind. And that’s where we also have a better range.

I also enjoyed the 2007AC Final, while listening at the office by the live radio channel and it was lots of fun.
But you can´t beat these AC45s or any other close Multihull match racing in my opinion.
The broadcasting at Plymouth and Cascais were the best sport events I ever saw, and I like to watch and practiced football, rugby, tennis, windsurf – surf, squash, snowboarding, Golf … you name it , and even enjoyed MLB and American football I followed once.

Below Perth Women Match racing Finals got directly to 5Mins 52 Secs or follow this link 
https://youtu.be/h8bwGVV0Abc?t=5m52s

3 Responses

  1. Jeff Dusek says:
    December 19, 2011 at 3:04 pm

    Martin,
    I have enjoyed watching the ACWS coverage, and have had more fun sailing my F18 than probably any other boat I have raced. But I can't help but think that the Women's Match Race finals at the ISAF worlds were much more compelling than the ACWS racing. Maybe it's because I am an umpire and enjoy technical match racing, but the races were simply awesome in Perth. Did you get a chance to watch? What did you think? Enjoy the site, keep up the great work!
    Best,
    Jeff Dusek
    Eastern Area Rep USF18
    US Sailing Umpire in Training

  2. Anonymous says:
    December 19, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    The Uncovered series is getting a bit stale with repeated clips. I had to double check that I was watching the latest one..

    They should do some more in depth looks at various topics such as the wing how it works and how they build it, hull design theory, maybe some more on the rules and how they work etc.

  3. Martin says:
    December 19, 2011 at 11:32 pm

    Hi Jeff, thanks for the comments.

    I will try to keep the pace, lots of mails with good vibes all these years, many thanks to everyone pushing forward for this site.

    Check the post, I linked Perth Match Racing Finals.

    Cheers,
    Martin