that different mainsail is kicking butt on Alinghi! (or they've redlined their ballast water). We have a race! It will be interesting to see them get back into the same breeze.
That penalty was school boy. Basics of match racing, before the warning flag for entry, don't go between start boat and pin. Must stay on your side. They have judge you on vertical lines from each start mark Being between is just stupid.
But why wasn't Peyron steering the first race???
looks like a fuller main today for alinghi. surprising how they could improve in 1 day
The A5 mainsail looks a bit fuller.
Yedi master on the helm.
Scoob,
They keep saying Loick is on the helm and not Ernesto.
Wouter
What does this mean for the wing?
what's Alinghi protesting!?
Something to do with the prestart?
Or windshift?
Dunno
lawyers back in race
Looking at the plots on the Sky sports it looks like A is pointing higher a bit; but speeds appear to be similar and so the layline will NOT be the same for both boats; it COULD mean A is in fact a bit more ahead
They say it is a technical or measurement protest. Who know. Now we will see a drag race. If the pitching keeps up Alinghi may pitchpole.
Doug
This is going to be close........ But USA17 one tack ahead.....
Doing 28 to 30 kts in 7-8 kts; Fantastic!!!
Both of them hitting 30kts, in what? 8kts of wind?
only bmwo going 30kts
Randy's commentary is splendid.
wider boat is faster as simple as it is
guess it is 5kts for bmwo.
The small jib is hurting Alinghi. I am interested in seeing what the protest is. Oracle boat speed is killing them. 4 knots is huge!!!
Doug
Oracle is walking away from them now....1100 plus meters.
Doug
Feckers have stopped coverage!
its about 3min now. I would say race is over if BMWO makes nothing stupid, still I am afraid about that protest flag
30 knots vs 25 knots...Alinghi is toast!!!! Protest should not fly. Jobson saying Oracle was one to many people today. What the &(&(*( does that matter?
Doug
Is BMWO wider? Cam Lewis keeps saying that, but I thought both boats were 90' x 90' ?
BMWO is carrying their gennaker hoisted but furled and draging the sheets through the water and still faster.
Looks wider to me too. Think just the waterline matters in rules?
the rules say 90 x 90 static water line. Actually alingh true lwl is 101ft and BMWO 130ft, BMWO is 90ft wide, Alinghi somewhat less, two tennis courts. You can see it if you look from top. But now that's history. I hope this protest is nothing serious.
Another 5+ minute butt-kicking, wow.
I had hoped it would be closer with more crosses, tighter racing, etc. But you cannot deny how much faster and more stable BMWO was, although Alinghi did look much better today, still a lot of snake-wake on the downwinds vs. BMWO who looke to be on rails.
Protest does not really matter that much I think. This is going to the courts anyway methinks.
Question is what will AC34 look like now that Larry have won.