America's Cup is live in a few days (8th 10 & 12th)
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A good friend of my brother, Joe Newton (Yeppoon boy) is a trimmer on this beast. It is an amazing machine and (cost aside) I think it's great to see the most modern technology fighting for the cup.
Please excuse my ignorance, but...
How better (rough percentage) will the multihulls perform compared to single hulls?
they might be quick in a straight line but i dont think we will see any tacking duels
A little birdy told me that Alinghi will be embarassed very quickly once they start racing. Only a couple of days to wait to see how true this is.
communication must be difficult on those boats ? "hello ! you over there on the starboard hull !!! ....boat speed 30 knots , prepare to jibe!!!"
After all the years of legal battles about location, boat type etc, I am so stoked that this is about to happen! Nothing like getting 2 billionaires - Ernesto Bertarelli, Swiss entrepreneur, former owner of biotech giant Serono VERSUS CEO and founder of ORACLE Corporation Larry Ellison duke it out for the cup and throw some serious dollars into the effort.
what global financial crisis?
This is going to be AWESOME
(if they hold together)
i'm with martin on this one.
yes i'll watch it and yes i'll feel the hype,
but, what a load of crap! it's supposed to be match racing.
next cup i wanna see antione albeau enter!!!!
he's even got his lightwind kit sorted now.
^^ strongly disagree there
the hydro fin on the big board was a joke but seriously there aren't too many boats that can beat a windsurfer around a course. it will be interesting to see the data from the races. a top of the line formula setup only costs around 10-15K and that makes the american cup boats look like a massive waste.
Also just a note for anyone interested both boats are on course for race 1 atm. Start has been postponed however, live streaming on americascup.com
mate, i've taken on 18 footers at the lake and they can't match a formula board.
as for big tri's, go down to redland bay next time the winds 10-15 and watch the twin masted tri cruising around, dragged that off a few years back also .
you need to sail formula more.
even overseas the uk guys (guy cribb and mates) took on a 40' cat on slalom gear and beat it, trimarans have taken on formula kit and lost
can you point me to where the data is about 20 knots upwind and at what angle?
because i can guarantee you that a cat or a tri is not fast at tight angles to windward and has to foot. don't look at the apparent wind data, look at the true wind data. if these boats can point higher than a traditional mono as is being suggested then they truely have defied physics.
time will tell i guess once the data comes out.
here is what a formula board can do.
<10 knots = 60-65 deg
>10 knots = 55 deg
>20 knots = 49 deg
All these angles are usually at around 15-16 knots boardspeed
Gestie you would get hosed by an experienced 18 footer crew, not some folk trying to get it all together.
Maybe you should put your money where your mouth is, but it is easier to sit behind a keyboard and preach about how fast you are 
& just to clarify swoosh formula will plane in 6 knots, but yer ya pretty much right with the rest.
MK, since i sail all the time and bump into you at the beach, i am hardly hiding behind a computer screen. keep it real.
i also think you will find the 18 foot cats at the lake are not "some folk trying to get it together" granted though, i am hardly sayin i can beat a quality skipper around a course. actually, i'm not saying "I" could beat any of the american cup boats around a course. hmm, i think from memory i am still waiting for you to crack a faster peak formula speed....... [}:)]
i am sticking to my guns that a formula board would give these boats a run for their money and only cost 1% of the budget.
p.s. swoosh, the formula figures are not vmg and the bor90 speeds are vmg,
only way to really know is to race them. so many other things come into play.
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ok, cjw,
i'll humbly accept defeat, you have proven it solidly, good use of maths there.
you other guys are all hot air, money where your mouth is, can do 20 knots upwind....lol
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Gestie stop talking s***. I do see you sail occasionally, when you not talking garbage on the beach. But you never come out to play on your amazing slalom board. You're always blasting on a freestyle/wave/freeride board attempting vulcan's and re-entry's off the lip... in the bay 
my 20 knots upwind speed comment was a response to bc.
^^^^^^^^^ Did I miss something? Hey I was thinking....do you reckon a sailboard would beat these boats racing? (just stirring )
Racing cancelled for the day due to light wind - I guess they couldn't point it upwind (just stirring again)
Rescheduled to Wednesday.
PS - didn't realise both these boats pump water into hulls for ballast when going upwind (at what angle they can sail into the wind I'm not sure - and again) and dump it for downwind or broader reaching.
