JPN and SWE tied 1-1, what a great second race!
Mike
Thanks Jake,
You an MN3 feel free to start a new separate thread, sounds like a good topic.
Today's Presser
Thanks Philip
Must be tough for Ben. Problems in the round robins, problems in light air, he's involved in pre-start crash, and then first day of playoffs his boat breaks the wing and team is handed two losses with out completing a race, then, then, . . you have to sit through a live interview, . . . WITH . . . . YOUR . . . . . WIFE! <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" />
Good thing I'm not a conspiracy theorist, otherwise I may be tempted to think this is all just part of the show...
Mike
Today's races
14:08 Bermuda
JPN vs SWE (R3)
14:36 Bermuda
GBR v NZL (R3)
15:00 Bermuda
SWE vs JPN (R4)
15:30 Bermuda
NZL vs GBR (R4)
Heads UP regarding today and this week's US broadcast.
NBCSN will be broadcasting to the
NBC Sports App
today, Wednesday, and Thurday. I interpret this to mean that there will be no broadcast through your cable, Uverse, dish, etc. provider. You will need to use a streaming app (Roku, FireTV, Nexus Player, web player, Playstation Vue, NBCSN app, etc.). You should also be able to open a browser and go to http://www.nbcsports.com/ and login with your provider username and password. Then you will get exactly the same feed as the broadcast. I've been using this also and it works fine. Again, I believe this to be accurate but you're on your own so be prepared.
Also, America's Cup app for Android and Iphone.
and
BAR sailed 47.5 knots in practice this morning. With winds building should be an exciting day. Will the 50 knot threshold be shattered?
clicking a solid 20-21 knot wind speed. NZ still on the dock changing out the wing
Lucky for NZ, first race postponed to high winds . . .
Oh no, SWE with some gear problems early in the race (parts flying off, stuffing the boat in too much). They're still going, but JPN is about half a leg ahead now.
Mike
Ken Read is nauseating. Put a sock in it.
Now JAP boat fairing failing
SWE retiring near the end of the race, will try to rebuild Humpty Dumpty for the next race. Winds in low 20s.
Mike
Fuji Foiling Fairing Failing. . . .say that 3 times real fast
GBR and NZL in prestart now. Kiwis sailing with spare wing GBR leads at the start.
Mike
BAR very fast downwind.
Burling made a horrible turn (tight and slow) at the first leeward gate, lost a bunch there. Rain squalls coming down the course.
Mike
The foils on BAR are much smaller than SWE.
NZL takes the lead on leg 5, after a horrible GBR tack. Then, NZL almost capsizes during their next tack. Amazing race to watch!
Mike
good lord these guys barely have control of these boats. If you watch the boat's motion through the water vs. the steering inputs, they aren't that closely linked. Wow. That has to be exhilarating and terrifying. High pucker factor.
Pretty much paraphrased what Burling said on the hot-mic.
Kenny and company speculating that the Kiwis are having a gear problem, while the boat mic pics up
Pressure coming, so we're happy!
as they're blasting down the course...
3-0, NZL
Mike
Duck Tape. It's magic <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" />
SWE way out of control, can't turn downwind, trying to get back onto the course.
Mike
Percy is losing his mind, can't shake the penalty. SWE actually was going well coming into the gate.
I'm going to rip his head off!
Sums it up nicely...
Mike
Looks like RC blundered it again. Can't wait for their explanation.
Richard (chief umpire) explaining that they gave SWE a double penalty for going so far out of bounds, saving themselves at least one gybe. Then NZL slowed at the leeward gate, so SWE caught up too much, so they held them until they were back in position.
The presser ought to be interesting...
Mike
The presser ought to be interesting...
Mike
Yet SWE was sailing upwind on the downwind coarse near the boundary. BS!