The technology of the boats are amazing. My design team (Parker
Aerospace, Hydraulic Systems Division, Kalamazoo, Michigan) was
responsible for the winch driven pumps used for the foil controls and
winches. They are two-speed, 3000 psi aircraft hydraulic pumps. We
also provided DC Motor pumps for the practice boats. The race boats
must be human powered. I worked with the DC motor pumps but retired
before the human driven pumps were finished.
I still prefer the old J Boats and 12 meters.
Neil Schiller
1983 C&C 35-3, #028, "Grace"
Whitehall, Michigan
WLYC
On 12/20/2020 3:35 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Funny video.
The problem is, that is exactly how the producers at NBC Sports view
it. Let’s show the 1^st and 2^nd legs, then cut to commercial, then
come back for the 5^th and 6^th legs of the race – no one really wants
to watch this stuff. Can anyone imagine what would happen if they did
that to a football game, drop out the 2^nd and 3^rd quarters. Oh
wait, remember when “they” cut away from a playoff game to start the
movie “Heidi” on time… Never did that again.
The technology of the boats is amazing, but agree, is more like NASCAR
than anything else. Boring.
Longing for the Fremantle Doctor and 30+ tacks on the final leg with
the 12 meters. Now that was racing.
Brian
*From:* Donald Kern <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, December 20, 2020 1:12 PM
*To:* Stus-List <[email protected]>; David Knecht
<[email protected]>
*Subject:* Stus-List Re: Americas Cup racing
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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S/V Aries
1990 C&C 34+
New London, CT
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