America's Cup

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by beamie

I guess it’s progress
More speed more efficient etc

Like catamarans more speen for the hp. But I don’t want one

How about they give each country x amount of white oak mahogany cedar etc
Build a boat not to exceed curtain dems like the 12m calculation

Then give em a compass and some yard for telltales

Then you’d find out who can sail

And/or make it a round robin
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I like the way you think.
The americas cup has been NASCAR’ized to hold peoples attention. I guess its also just pushinf the evolution of wind power but its just gone too far
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[JohnR]

It is exhilarating and it is exciting and it is pushing the technical and the athletic envelope. But there is none of the majesty that existed with the 12 meter hulls.

[nightfighter]

The photo is a one in a million, though... Crazy! Flat open sea and it did not hit the carbon fiber mast.