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It is amazing to me that we have heard practically
nothing about the America's Cup here, yet we just had
our nineteen millionth skating special on TV last
night. Go USA!
- Scott
Charleston
--- "Sayer, Chris" <ChrisSayer@StratfordGroup.com>
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> I'm nationalistic enough to be hoping that ANY US
> team brings the cup home,
> but I have to say that I'd love for it to be one of
> the San Francisco
> syndicates. Having the Cup here in the Bay would
> lend itself to some very
> interesting Pottering. Watching the damage being
> done to these lightly built
> boats in 15-20 kt winds makes me think that they
> would have to build
> considerably tougher vessels to compete here
> (Prada's was the third mast to
> break since racing began, and Young America buckled
> her hull and almost
> sank.) Sounds like they would need something a bit
> more seaworthy... Perhaps
> the gang at IM should start drafting a Potter 75.
>
> Chris Sayer
> As yet unannounced contender for America's Cup 2003
> P15, #2380, Akala
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Johnson [mailto:etj@nwlink.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 8:13 AM
> To: Thos. Westerman
> Cc: West Wight Potter Mail List
> Subject: RE: SAILING!! America's Cup 2000, going on
> NOW in New Zealand
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> > A little late night insomnia last night, so
> watched the ESPN coverage of
> > the America's Cup 2000. The event is going on
> NOW! 13 miles off of
> > Auckland, New Zealand. And let me tell you, its
> *exciting*.
>
> yes, i watched it to. very cool. This isn't the
> actual cup, AFAIK, but its
> the series to determine who gets to go for it.
>
> > These boats are amazing. They are long and sleek,
> with 16 person crews.
> > And very high masts. There has been some
> "carnage" as they call it.
> > Yesterday I watched in amazement as the carbon
> fiber mast of the Italian
> > boat "Prada" snapped in 1/2 in the middle of a
> race run.
>
> Prada was an early favorite too, very well financed.
>
> > Another highlight showed a huge spinnaker that
> ripped horizontally in 1/2
> > under stress. It was amazing. Winds were running
> about 12-15 knts with 1
> > foot seas--realatively calm. Still another, the
> Italians (or was it the
> > french) rammed into the stern of the USA's "Stars
> and Stripes" during a
> > race as they approaced the turning buoy. They put
> sticky back fabric over
> > the rip crack to patch it in race while underway.
>
> I want some of that stuff! i wonder what exactly it
> was? A tube of that
> under a quarterberth would be handy in an emergency.
>
> > One thing I haven't figured out is how they get
> these boats to the race
> > course from around the world. do they ship them
> there (theyre very long,
> > and with 15 foot deep keels) do they manufacture
> them there, tow them
> > there? Fly them in in parts and assemble them
> there???
>
> I presume they ship 'em on container ships or
> something like that. I can't
> imagine they'd risk towing 'em.
>
> > Stars and Stripes is based in NYC yacht club. San
> Francisco has two USA
> > entries "America One" and "America True" with the
> St. Francis yacht club.
> > Japan "Nippon", France, and Italy "Prada" have
> formidible entries. Also
> > does Australia.
>
> I was a little surprised (and thrilled) to see
> Dennis Connor's single-boat
> program "Stars and stripes" kicking everyone's butt,
> while most other teams
> are two-boat programs. Sure would be cool if he won
> the cup a fourth time.
>
>
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