David, Here is the link to the Irish announcer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iz1de7Lwyw
Don Kern
On 12/20/2020 11:34 AM, David Knecht wrote:
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] <mailto:[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
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David Knecht
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