America's Cup To Be New Zealand's Cup Once Again?

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America's Cup To Be New Zealand's Cup Once Again?

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Anyone else (religiously) watching the racing in San Francisco? I am.

It's getting boring though.... NZ keeps thrashing "USA" and I have that in quotes because the USA team has 1 American on it, and 8 Kiwis and 7 Ozzies... whereas the NZ boat only has two non-kiwis on it... the rest true to their flag!

Live in 4 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11shiFtGO0

Geo-blocked in many places. If blocked for you, try this:

http://tvnz.co.nz/americas-cup-video

Given the money behind this, and the cheating nature of the American team (and previous US teams too), If we win much more, I'd not be surprised to see them simply ram us. This would give them a strong chance even if both boats were irreparable because they have a spare boat. It wouldn't put us out, though, as the previous team we beat in the Louis Vuitton cup have offered NZ use of THEIR boat should this occur. It's hard to say whether that boat would be competitive or not, but it could be. NZ beat them 7/1 and have beaten USA 6/1 so far.

The finish line: 3 more races to win, for us, or 10 for them. Why 10? They had minus 2 score before the first race and have recovered one. It's first to 9 wins. IE, they had to win 11. Though, so far, it wouldn't have made a difference anyway... :-)

GO NZ!!!

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In case you weren't watching, we nearly capsized and lost the first race badly! :-o Then the second race got cancelled while we were leading! :-(

Today is another two, and once again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI23dMgAD_k

Or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNqfkJDb9s

GO TEAM NZ!!!

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I can only find one link today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOv_m_xaJvA

About the second link last time: "This video has been removed by the user."

Weird.

ONE HOUR TO GO!

GO KIWIS!!!

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Last night we won the first race in a tight finish! Epic racing!

Second race was an amazing start by NZ, from the disadvantage they managed to get ahead, briefly, only to have the race cancelled due to wind.

What this means is the following:

The next race NZ wins is the end of the competition! And, Oracle/USA must win 8 consecutive races to triumph. Unlikely unless fowl play is used, I'd say.

Today's link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dLs7KzCszA

GO TEAM NZ!!!

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