America's Cup

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

All because the Brit Ben Ainslie took over as Team Tactician

You forgot that it was the Aussie skipper that brought the pom on board.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by TarJak

You forgot that it was the Aussie skipper that brought the pom on board.

I had to stare at that a while to see if it was porn or pom.


But for someone who has recently gotten back into competitive sailing, this has been an amazing event. In our tuesday night race, One of the guy's wife kept calling and giving updates to the second race. Loud cheer went up when we heard they took the second race.

If you want to see a matter of inches, check out the starts of the 17th and 18th races. In the 17th, Oracle gained an overlap and challenged Emirates upwind, gaining a penalty. In the 18th, Emirates attempted the same thing, and when they called for right of way, Oracle told them to shove off. At that point, the only way to prove they impeded Emirates right of way is to physically hit Oracle. They tried and missed, by inches. That takes balls of steel to not give way there.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TarJak

You forgot that it was the Aussie skipper that brought the pom on board.

Yep...the best decision he made all week