I don't think NZ had much choice but to help fix the boat, otherwise the
series would have immediately lost 4 to 7 races - a big hit to
advertisers. And this running of the AC already looks fairly sad in
terms of number of participants. At one point Ken Read was going on
about the teams and threw out the number that it costs $100,000,000 to
field a team. Crazy...
Graham Collins
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C&C 35-III #11
On 2021-01-30 3:10 p.m., CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List wrote:
Hi Dwight,
I think Italy got faster, during the time America needed to repair
their boat plus I think America tweaked some things on their boat that
complicated their performance and reversed the progress they had made.
It's a shame they didn't win one race.
The bigger story that I'm hoping will come out regards the help
America got from the Italians and New Zealanders that prevented the
sinking and the repairs. New Zealand laminated the big panel for
them. What great sportsmanship.
Chuck
On 01/30/2021 12:59 PM dwight veinot via CnC-List
<[email protected]> wrote:
American Magic lost those races before they crossed the start line.
They had no confidence in their repaired boat and a reason for that
showed up in the last race. The foil got stuck up so they had no way
to tack. I thought for a moment they might run her into the spectator
fleet or go aground on shore. I suppose they might have had
capability to drop sails but that would have been a mess too
traveling at about 30 kts way outside the lay line and way outside
the course line
On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 12:31 PM CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List <
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
America's Cup News
FWIW, America patched their boat (amazing story) and got back
racing but lost four races to Italy. They're out. England and
Italy will race each other to decide who will challenge New Zealand.
Thanks to YouTube I'll get to see the amazing coverage with so
many onboard cameras, audio of the skippers, aerial drones and
helicopters. Ken Read is commentating.
Chuck S
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