Don't be a "Debbie Downer" New Zealand didn't have to help. There have been many America's Cups with only one Challenger like Sir Thomas Lipton, Sopwith etc. New Zealand against Conner. America's Oracle against the Swiss Alinghi. In fact more single challengers than multiple ones. New Zealand is a "class-act".
Yeah the competition is expensive. It's never been for the average guy. It's for JP-Morgan, Vanderbuilt, Ellison, billionaries, etc. And it pays for a lot of sailmakers, boat builders, electronic companies, hydraulic mechanics, etc, etc. "The sails aren't canvas anymore." How much money did Ken Read pay to commentate the races so he could advertise his North Carbon sails? It's big business. C > On 01/30/2021 2:44 PM Graham Collins via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > > 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 > Secret Plans > 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 > > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com 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 < cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > 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 > > > > > 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 >
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