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Right, thank you for the heads up!

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@upandfoilingLove a top 5! How about your opinions on venues that would be perfect for SailGP where they haven’t gone yet? Need a bit of a goldielocks venue where you can get consistent strong winds close to shore, space for grandstands and a cashed up host city 😂

That's true, we had completely missed that one. Checking out articles online they were also saying it was their first win but it isn't!

@upandfoilingYeah that info followed from the commentators making the mistake 😂 Wish there was a simple stats page on the website or app! I track it in my own spreadsheet as a hobby

Hahahah, yes, GBR had no chance really!

Indeed! Tough and fair defenders. They will be hard to beat!

We have to be careful about that. At the beginning of democracy only men voted, now most voters are women. Hence biased custody, support and employment laws. I keep losing my office jobs to women and don't want men to lose their sailing jobs, unless it is due to merit and not gender politics. To avoid my comment being deleted, i have to mention women empowerment. I'm all for a womens ac40, but dont kick men off the big boats unless skill based.

Under the right conditions, maybe... We will never know!

​​@@upandfoiling The right conditions are the keywords you stated. I don't think there was much difference in speeds when it came to the boats. It feels like the other teams designed their boats based on the last Kiwi boat that won. Like an updated version. The kiwis I feel designed their boat based on the conditions they would race in at that time. Over the past 4 years they knew what conditions they were more likely to sail in throughout the regatta and it showed.

What cost them the Louis Vuitton Cup? Reliability, boat handling, wind and sea conditions or something else?

Spot on! NZ failed time and time again before they succeeded, and then failed again. ...this is the normal process before any team can become proficient and establish any form of dominance. This is the baptism of fire ALL successful teams must go through in order to be good enough to first win the cup, let alone defend it. Remember when ETNZ first defended it, most of those Kiwi sailors went to Alinghi and came back to beat ETNZ. ETNZ had the determination to start all over again to win the cup back and defend it twice. A team needs determination perseverance and talent in designs and sailing. Most important is to never give up. ETNZ are the masterclass of AC sailing but it did not come easy, a lot of sweat tears and heartache before the victories.

@@Dwb.x The Aussies did the really hard yards. I think they had six unsuccessful challenges before finally squeaking across the tryline in '83. I always think of NZ' s successes as being a somewhat ANZAC campaign, not least with Clouds, Gashby and now Outeridge being so pivotal, and fitting in so well. The Italians and kiwis have also had each other's backs at times when the US defenders were behaving particularly badly. Comrades in arms, and even faint shades of the liberation of Trieste...

@@Gottenhimfella I wouldn’t diminish the Aussie’s effort but the reality is the winning boats for some time are built in New Zealand, and skippered by kiwis but with a sprinkling of Aussie input. The Swiss was largely kiwis with Swiss money. The Oracle team was Spithall and Ainslie with Oracle money. I’m surprised the Aussie’s haven’t entered again given Spithill is such an accomplished helmsman and the sprinkling of Aussie’s in most teams, if under one boat, would surely create a formidable challenge.

The passion, dedication and financial investments needed to win the cup are immense as you rightly point out! It takes a lot to be in the position compete for the cup, even more to win it, and an even greater effort to defend! I agree, New Zealand are worthy AC holders!

You are right; I should have mentioned it! I also find it interesting how the positioning of the helms means that a boat approaching from behind is in a bit of a blind spot. It is hard to steer your boat if you are also keeping an eye on your opponent, looking backwards. This is challenging when you are the leading boat at the start!

The tactical race software (or possibly the data inputs to it) were a bit unreliable. That may have contributed to some of the errors in a few races.

@@Gottenhimfella yes, i think so too, the most notable when NZl after gating on port a bit late than 2.10 gybed and came off foils in the light wind. Nathan with visual contact of GBR was actually calling that they can cross, but Peter behind the sail looking at the tactical software overrides and calls last minute gybe

@@ilya_baraev_sail_racing Indeed. Both boats were late into the box by the same amount in time terms (but GB was I think 3 knots faster) , and I checked on Virtual Eye later and there was no question of NZ not being able to cross on port, so I thought (knowing Peter was blind as far as the visual situation) that it might well have been the race software playing up.

Thank you for the wonderful comment @phillipmurray1724 ! You are right 1988 was a messy one and we've seen lots of ACs in the past fought more in court than on the water. I think we are now in a golden age and I hope they keep it up! PS: Google translator + Italians' comments in the chat must really be an explosive combo 😆

Yes they did, the silver bullet! Probably INEOS shape is best for the waves

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