Which is why I don't watch drag racing. However, many sports attract fans for different reasons. Once you understand a sport and its intricacies and strategies, you often become hooked. For instance, after attending a few sumo matches with knowledgeable fans who explained a lot to me, it became much more interesting. Did you know there are 82 kimarite?
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/techniques/ -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 10:34 AM David Knecht <[email protected]> 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]> > 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
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
