I taped Day 2 of the Prada series a couple of nights ago. I was able to record the broadcast at 1AM. I think the boats are spectacularly impressive and the racing is unbelvievably boring. Races are won and lost on pure boat speed. There is no tactics other than the start and it is unclear if that actually matters. Nothing matters except staying on the foils going fast. The boats are going 35 knots in 15 knots of wind so it all looks the same, upwind and downwind. No spinnakers, no crew running around the deck hoisiting and lowering sails, or tacking. Everyone stays in the same place throughout the race. There is absolutely nothing happening except the boat going through the water and nothing that a normal sailor can related to. It is impossible to tell why one boat is ahead and another behind and why they change places at times. Even the graphics for who is ahead are really hard to decipher. I also found the commentary to be unhelpful. I don’t think the people calling the race have any more iidea of what is happeneing than the famous video of the Irish announcer calling the Laser race at the Olympics who had never seen a sailboat race before thinking the starting sequence was actually the race (if you haven’t seen that one- you should. I can find the link). I know I am being critical and I will probably watch the final America’s cup when it happens, but I was really disappointed. Dave
> On Dec 19, 2020, at 11:11 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks Edd, > I'll stay up an d check out the Americas Cup race. I've been watching the > Vendee Globe coverage daily and the interviews have been great. > > Chuck > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu David Knecht S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
