America's Cup To Be New Zealand's Cup Once Again?
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:41 pm
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!!!
Fred.
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!!!
Fred.