Americas Cup

Snowy

@canefan said in Americas Cup:

@Kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:

that's pretty cool

This is not what the Americas Cup is usually about!

I don't thin you'd find people like coutts and spitall doing something like that...but then I don't think they would have offered help (off the water, think all sailors would have helped at the time) like these teams did

Very much the "on the water" distinction. Artemis had a sailor killed in San Fran so it isn't a joke when one of these rocket ships goes tits up.

Getting a team back on it's feet off the water is novel and very cool.
Maybe the days of Connor, Coutts, Butterworth, Berterelli, Ellison et al are gone. Let's hope so. The lawyers will be spewing though.

mariner4life

@Snowy said in Americas Cup:

Maybe the days of Connor, Coutts, Butterworth, Berterelli, Ellison et al are gone. Let's hope so. The lawyers will be spewing though

they were the best parts

"get off the stage loser"

followed by 8 legal challenges.

rich fluffybunnies acting like rich fluffybunnies makes the Americas Cup seem more real

Hooroo

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

@Snowy said in Americas Cup:

Maybe the days of Connor, Coutts, Butterworth, Berterelli, Ellison et al are gone. Let's hope so. The lawyers will be spewing though

they were the best parts

"get off the stage loser"

followed by 8 legal challenges.

rich fluffybunnies acting like rich fluffybunnies makes the Americas Cup seem more real

Kind of was the making of Paul Holmes too.

Snowy

@mariner4life Nah. Fuck that, it went on for too long. I have sailed for most of my life and I want to see deign, development, and boats on the water deciding the outcome, not lawyers.

Agreed that they are fluffybunnies.

Snowy

@Hooroo said in Americas Cup:

Kind of was the making of Paul Holmes too.

Another down point.

Kiwiwomble

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

@Snowy said in Americas Cup:

Maybe the days of Connor, Coutts, Butterworth, Berterelli, Ellison et al are gone. Let's hope so. The lawyers will be spewing though

they were the best parts

"get off the stage loser"

followed by 8 legal challenges.

rich fluffybunnies acting like rich fluffybunnies makes the Americas Cup seem more real

I don't mind a bit of back and forth in the lead up, builds some tension, concentrate on the racing once it all starts though

mariner4life

@Snowy said in Americas Cup:

boats on hovering above the water deciding

fixed

mariner4life

i thought the time that us and the yanks turned up with two totally different boats was hilarious. how the fuck does that even happen?

Snowy

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

i thought the time that us and the yanks turned up with two totally different boats was hilarious. how the fuck does that even happen?

Because Connor is a fluffybunny and Fay not much better.
However the deed of gift did stipulate a "match race" so define that how you will. It isn't an easy document.
Fay challenged in a "J" (from memory) class monohull. Connor showed up with a catamaran. Not a "match" which is why we now have the proper measures for the boats. All the same as motor sport now, in terms of weights, specs, etc. The AC 75 specs are pretty specific but leave room for teams to innovate. All good as I see it.

mariner4life

@Snowy said in Americas Cup:

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

i thought the time that us and the yanks turned up with two totally different boats was hilarious. how the fuck does that even happen?

Because Connor is a fluffybunny and Fay not much better.
However the deed of gift did stipulate a "match race" so define that how you will. It isn't an easy document.
Fay challenged in a "J" (from memory) class monohull. Connor showed up with a catamaran. Not a "match" which is why we now have the proper measures for the boats. All the same as motor sport now, in terms of weights, specs, etc. The AC 75 specs are pretty specific but leave room for teams to innovate. All good as I see it.

it was sort of tongue in cheek dude

Hooroo

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

@Snowy said in Americas Cup:

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

i thought the time that us and the yanks turned up with two totally different boats was hilarious. how the fuck does that even happen?

Because Connor is a fluffybunny and Fay not much better.
However the deed of gift did stipulate a "match race" so define that how you will. It isn't an easy document.
Fay challenged in a "J" (from memory) class monohull. Connor showed up with a catamaran. Not a "match" which is why we now have the proper measures for the boats. All the same as motor sport now, in terms of weights, specs, etc. The AC 75 specs are pretty specific but leave room for teams to innovate. All good as I see it.

it was sort of tongue in cheek dude

No! You will sit and learn!

mariner4life

@Hooroo said in Americas Cup:

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

@Snowy said in Americas Cup:

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

i thought the time that us and the yanks turned up with two totally different boats was hilarious. how the fuck does that even happen?

Because Connor is a fluffybunny and Fay not much better.
However the deed of gift did stipulate a "match race" so define that how you will. It isn't an easy document.
Fay challenged in a "J" (from memory) class monohull. Connor showed up with a catamaran. Not a "match" which is why we now have the proper measures for the boats. All the same as motor sport now, in terms of weights, specs, etc. The AC 75 specs are pretty specific but leave room for teams to innovate. All good as I see it.

it was sort of tongue in cheek dude

No! You will sit and learn!

sorry dad

Hooroo

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

@Hooroo said in Americas Cup:

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

@Snowy said in Americas Cup:

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

i thought the time that us and the yanks turned up with two totally different boats was hilarious. how the fuck does that even happen?

Because Connor is a fluffybunny and Fay not much better.
However the deed of gift did stipulate a "match race" so define that how you will. It isn't an easy document.
Fay challenged in a "J" (from memory) class monohull. Connor showed up with a catamaran. Not a "match" which is why we now have the proper measures for the boats. All the same as motor sport now, in terms of weights, specs, etc. The AC 75 specs are pretty specific but leave room for teams to innovate. All good as I see it.

it was sort of tongue in cheek dude

No! You will sit and learn!

sorry dad

Just respect your elders, and when I say elders, I mean @Snowy who must be about 100?

mariner4life

@Hooroo said in Americas Cup:

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

@Hooroo said in Americas Cup:

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

@Snowy said in Americas Cup:

@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:

i thought the time that us and the yanks turned up with two totally different boats was hilarious. how the fuck does that even happen?

Because Connor is a fluffybunny and Fay not much better.
However the deed of gift did stipulate a "match race" so define that how you will. It isn't an easy document.
Fay challenged in a "J" (from memory) class monohull. Connor showed up with a catamaran. Not a "match" which is why we now have the proper measures for the boats. All the same as motor sport now, in terms of weights, specs, etc. The AC 75 specs are pretty specific but leave room for teams to innovate. All good as I see it.

it was sort of tongue in cheek dude

No! You will sit and learn!

sorry dad

Just respect your elders, and when I say elders, I mean @Snowy who must be about 100?

yeah, pretty sure he's old as fuck

mariner4life

i mean, he likes sailing.

actually, quite the picture is forming. Former pilot, now in to sailing. i bet he flounces in to a country club, all silver hair and whitened teeth, pastel sweater crossed over his shoulders, blood under his fingernails....