Americas Cup

[Donnyboy]

now out of the courts and finally on the water

2 billionaires fight it out with their multihulls

Challenger- BMW Oracle- Larry Ellison 90 foot trimaran

Defender - Alinghi-Ernesto Bertarelli 90 foot catamaran

Race 1 (best of 3) starts 3.45 pm (thai time)

you can watch the action live here

[Donnyboy]

still no go on racing as its been unsuitable for racing, big waves over a meter? , hope they get the green light today

[Donnyboy]

its on! just halfway up on leg 1, Oracle leads 523m, boats are doing 20 knots upwind!!! headwind is 8 knots.

amazing to see 2 cutting edge boats flying up the coast with chase boats going flat out trying to keep up.

[Donnyboy]

Oracle leads @ the top mark by 1000 M, Alnghi also requires to do a penalty turn.........

Oracle looks so spaceage with their massive wing/mainsail

Edited February 12, 2010 by Donnyboy

[Donnyboy]

25 knots downwind!!!! Oracle leads 2000M

[Donnyboy]

Oracle certainly looks the goods, very impressive. 3000M lead. She powers ahead.

look at the sail, awesome

Edited February 12, 2010 by Donnyboy

[Donnyboy]

Oracle wins race 1 by 10 mins

and one hand on the cup

[cdnvic]

This year's race is a poor incarnation of the series' that were played out in Auckland in 2000 and 2003. Two teams? *yawn*

[Donnyboy]

i would agree but interesting to see the technological advances made in multihull and sail/wing design

[Donnyboy]

Oracle wins Americas cup 2-0

[angiud]

Sad final of a sad, fake, America's Cup.

We just wait for a real competition, with real boats.

Not a caprice of a rich boy.

[cdnvic]

*yawn* I agree. Bring on a real competition. Worst AC since 88.

[steelepulse]

Amazing how fast those boats go, but 200 million should buy pretty fast boat.

[Donnyboy]

oh well, there goes another AC, who knows what/when the next one might bring

Now Oracle has named the next challenger, from Italy.

suppose its different from what we expected, but it was fascinating to see how far they could push the designs

[Donnyboy]

*yawn* I agree. Bring on a real competition. Worst AC since 88.

yawn no more mate

The America's Cup is poised to return to its traditional multiple challenger format after US side Oracle won the 33rd edition of sailing's oldest and most prestigious trophy held in Spain. Oracle boss Larry Ellison said he had not yet decided on where to stage the next Cup - although he mentioned Newport, San Diego and San Francisco in the United States as possibilities - but he said the location must have room for many teams

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