Wow. Never thought I'd see anyone who was worse at docking than me.
Mike
I want to be a Barry
Racing cancelled for Friday due to 40 knot winds. . .
I just checked the weather at the Bermuda airport, (TXKF) it is showing winds of 21 knots right now (noon east coast time).
Earlier it was showing 14G28.
Is there an upper and lower wind limit in this AC series?
Supposed to be lighter tomorrow, hopefully we can see some racing then.
Is there any way to watch the racing from the US? I don't have cable or satellite TV. I have a decent internet connection and that is it. I'm willing to pay a
reasonable
subscription to a service if anyone can vouch that it works. I don't care to watch LIVE but would like to see it same day delay or even one day delay. Any ideas?
Set up a VPN or go stealth
or
Sling Blue $25 and it is pro rated. You can cancel anytime.
This gets you subscription rights to NBCSN to view on any device or app and replay.
FYI, a lot of the broadcasts are NOT live and will be heavily edited and you have to put up with Todd Harris.
It will be very difficult to repeat what we had in AC34. You will be disappointed. It will be more of what we had in the ACWS, which was horrible.
If you want it clean you will have to proxy from another country.
Your best feeds will probably be UK.
Tried to send this before but hit the Tab and it all went away. Now I'll try again:
Don’t know if this is relevant but I just noticed 6PM 5/26/17 that the Americas Cup Round Robin Races in Bermuda are being covered on NBC SN HD channel 26 Spectrum Tampa Florida. The race today was called off due to 40 Kt. Winds and they were showing the last Cup Race in Cal. Watching wind surfers and small talking.
Looking forward the races seem to be covered and I am recording them on about 1PM 5/27, 5/28, 5/29, 5/30, 5/31, 6/02, 6/03.
Don’t know the real schedule but these programs seem to be covering the races so I scheduled recordings of all. Can always review and delete if necessary.
Terry
reasonable
subscription to a service if anyone can vouch that it works. I don't care to watch LIVE but would like to see it same day delay or even one day delay. Any ideas?
There will most likely be some videos put on YouTube not long after the races are over. Check out that Water World link I put in the What's up with the America's Cup thread. That should get you to their latest stuff.
Nice 20 minute primer . . .
35th America's Cup Opening Day Preshow
Website doesn't seem to support YouTube embedding anymore.
Damon??
So livestream is in real time and you get more content. I'm watching the 3rd leg of 2nd race and NBCSN is still showing commercials.
NBCSN is not really live and way behind on tweets, social media, and the app.
Now NBCSN showing commercial in the middle of the race . . .
Thanks for that link, PM!
I'm watching on live TV on NBCSN, no problems at all (comes up as NBCSH on my guide). I'm using old-school cable (Charter/Spectrum). Looks much better on my 46-inch Sony than my Motorola Android!
Ugh!!!!! Just when I was about to say that without Jobson, we won't get to hear my most dreaded phrase, then Kenny just blurted it out:
The old-timers say you can't have tacking duels and match race these things...
I'm going out to cut the grass.
Mike
NBC just missed an overlap due to commercial for fock sake.
Wow, aggressive moves and great racing between USA and NZ, nobody can say this isn't real sailboat racing any more.
The PitBull Luffs!!! Wow. Burling will learn from that. Awesome leg
Thanks for the stream link. My connection kept dropping, but the VirtualEye worked. It was about a minute ahead of the BT video stream.
USA vs NZ was awesome! Shifty and puffy conditions with multiple lead changes - wow.
Then in GBR vs JP, Ben Ainslie nearly took out the Softbank crew in the pre-start. Luckily nobody appears to have been hurt. I expect we'll see some YouTube video of that crash soon.
That prestart collision was nasty! GBR would have taken on a lot of water if their hull had been in the water during the race.
Yes. GBR's hull came down on top of JP, holing her hull on the bottom, and narrowly missing all the JP crew in their grinding stations. Team JP could have been crushed. Both shore teams are going to be busy fixing the boats tonight.
It won't be long now for the nickname
Crash
Ainslie to stick.
You can watch for free in the US without all of the commercials, etc. using the Android or iOS America's Cup app.
I just plugged my tablet into the TV (their chromecast implementation appears to not work) and watched the whole day in HD.
Nicknames aside, I guess Ainsle isn't happy unless he's on top of another boat??? (Think about it...)
Can't believe I missed it because I was cutting grass! How do I get to see a replay of that and the USA / NZL race???
Mike
Mike
You can full replay on NBCSN app for now. It's listed under
fleet
racing. Lol.
https:/
Team Softbank Japan is lucky that their raised foil caught BAR's hull and kept it from landing on the crew. Otherwise, the encounter could have become tragic.
Groupama (FR) just beat Artemis (SWE) by 3 seconds! Way to get back into the game France.
Three Races today.
12:00 Bermuda
GBR vs FRA
12:30 14:30 Bermuda
SWE vs NZL
13:00 15:00 Bermuda
FRA vs JPN
NZL looks to be the Challenger to beat so far. Burling needs to fire his image consultant, pronto. He looks like Marilyn Manson behind the wheel...
Mike
Let's see what SWE does in the breeze, which they are fast in. Yesterday had 30 degree shifts all day in lighter breeze. Being in the right place paid off huge.
Don't rule out JPN or GBR, still a lot of experimenting going on with their foils and setup. Everybody has a chance less FRA.
Wow, did Cammas blow that start! Great comeback on the weather leg, though, and held it to the first gate. Ainsle isn't exactly looking like he's up to the task since the collision two days ago.
Mike