Return to Hobie.com
Hobie Forums
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:41 am

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 15 posts ] 
Author Message
PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:34 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:35 pm
Posts: 26
Location: Las Vegas Nv
Has anyone been watching the races at all. I have been trying to catch what I can on TV and mostly on you tube. Wordering if anyone is up in the San Fran area watching the races live. I was awsome to see the big cat do a pitch pole in the bay.

_________________
Don
Las Vegas NV
2012 Yellow TI


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:48 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:55 pm
Posts: 87
Location: Virginia - USA
I did DVR it and watched the races from Sun(?)...they were great and I learned a lot just by watching and the commentary was good/informed as well... Bob

2013 Hobie Oasis

_________________
Bob
2013 Oasis w/ Sail
Virginia


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:37 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:58 am
Posts: 2893
Location: Forster, NSW, Australia
I haven't paid much attention since 1983 8) 8) 8)

Seriously though, the Cup has lost most of its appeal once it morphed into billionaire d*ck measuring with rules changing like underpants.

_________________
Tony Stott
2012 Tandem Island "SIC EM" with Hobie spinnaker


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:01 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Admiral

Joined: Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:07 pm
Posts: 169
Tony 83 was certainly special for all Aussie's and we are not involved with an Aussie syndicate at the Cup - we certainly are involved with personel. James Spithill to name one of many. A couple of our Olympic sailors are also very involved in The Cup challenge and defense.

America's cup racing is the sailing equivillent of F1 racing. The people are the best of the best the equipment is cutting edge stuff and there are rich people pouring their ill gotten gains in big time. The end result for the weekend sailor is technoligy developments in sails and materials that flow on.

There is a site that covers a lot of big sailing events www.tractrac.com/ check it out. I was watching the Etchell Worlds this year on Trac Trac and discovered that the "greyhounds of the sea " (Etchells) tack through 90 deg. The AI must tack through 110 deg.

Happy sailing


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:56 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:29 pm
Posts: 2763
Location: High Point, NC
How do you access the coverage of the AC? Is there a particular cable channel it can be found on?


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 4:09 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:07 pm
Posts: 405
Location: CLEARWATER, MN
I was told that some of the carbon-fiber(?) masts used in the America's Cup races are costing $10-20 million dollars just for one mast. Not sure if that is true...but wow...that would buy quite a few Tandems.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 4:22 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Tue May 08, 2012 8:16 pm
Posts: 56
Location: Tampa, FL
I saw a bit of it - the CGI overlays of the racecourse are really cool!


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:06 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue May 18, 2010 2:31 pm
Posts: 3068
Location: Kailua 96734
I caught a couple of the prelims in HD on the networks. Amazing. Controlled chaos. One little mistake can cost a race.

They had NFL style graphics and stats, and cameras/mics on every boat.

A real pleasure to watch. Especially knowing that someone spend billions so I could watch it free. :mrgreen:


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:39 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Wed May 28, 2003 1:12 pm
Posts: 1464
I hear the they just capsized the 72 today on the bay - that will make for some interesting photo sequences... everyone is okay from the report I read, but the Wing is a total loss...

I wonder how many $$ that mistake will cost Larry?

_________________
Jacques Bernier
http://www.hobie.com/
http://www.facebook.com/HobieCatCompany


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:22 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:29 pm
Posts: 2763
Location: High Point, NC
Not enough to deter him from building another.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:04 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Admiral

Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:05 pm
Posts: 237
Location: New Hampshire
Looking at the videos out of San Francisco news stations it looks like the boat is toast and breaking up. It doesn't look like they're going to be able to salvage a lot out of this. There's a few million dollars going out to sea.

Best of luck,

Jim Clark-Dawe


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:59 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue May 18, 2010 2:31 pm
Posts: 3068
Location: Kailua 96734
6-8 million each from what I heard on the news. That's pocket change for Larry.

Assuming it's the same boats, they have almost a year till the next race, which really helps.

They're #1 in the standings, so motivated.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVuY5BqI5qA&sns=em[/youtube]

http://m.youtube.com/?reload=3&rdm=mc3dk85ps#/AmericasCup?uid=0gzXt1Ms4WVQ7tyGgjTmqA&desktop_uri=%2FAmericasCup


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:35 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:14 pm
Posts: 3323
Location: South Florida
Larry is worth $41,000,000,000. So, losing 72 may decrease his wealth to $40,992,000,000. Ahh, poor Larry. Some days just don't go right.

Keith

_________________
2015 AI 2, 2014 Tandem

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex ... It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." A. Einstein

"Less is more" Anon


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:04 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Admiral

Joined: Sun Apr 17, 2011 3:57 am
Posts: 244
Location: Fairfax, CA USA
My daughter and I watched one a week or so ago from Chrissy field, they did a big tack in tight to the beach which was cool.
I work in SF a couple of days a week, and I see them zooming around from our office nearly every afternoon.
Fishing buddy picked up a few pieces of blown up carbon fiber boat while out salmon trolling....
There was also this crazy sailboat the Hydroptere here...basically it was flying


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:30 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:35 pm
Posts: 26
Location: Las Vegas Nv
I like all the tech that goes into these boats. The main sail looks like part wing and part sail. THe daggers are bent in on the bottom. Soon they will be racing hydro-foil boats.

_________________
Don
Las Vegas NV
2012 Yellow TI


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 15 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Jump to:  
© Hobie Cat Company. All rights reserved.
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group