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Pastimes : America's Cup 2000
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To: Kona who wrote (35)2/2/2000 5:34:00 PM
From: RocketMan  Read Replies (1) of 47
 
Yes, I had to keep waiting for the GPS data to catch up. But when it does, it's neat you can fast forward.

That's possible about the logos on the chutes. My sailmaker (Quantum) last season told me most serious racers are now using white cloth to keep temperature expansion even. Of course, he might have been saying that because it's cheaper to make white chutes, but they charge you just as much :-)

Did you notice how Cayard let Prada separate a few hundred yards from the finish? He had starboard over them and could easily have kept them close and taken them up if Prada got a gust. Instead he dashed for the finish, and was lucky that Prada didn't get a gust. That's how he lost the third race. Talk about fingernails, Prada caught up to within two boat lengths within 50 yards or so of the finish, then got a puff and Cayard sailed into a wind hole and fouled Prada just before the finish.
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