Americas Cup just got interesting.

[george formby]

This is sailing I will watch, specially when they get the big boats out.

Squillionaires having their toys broken.

[2Seat_Terror]

I've always enjoyed the America's Cup racing. I can certainly imagine it's popularity soaring, though, with the feature that so many people watch other forms of racing for: CRASHES!

[slofox]

I've done that myself a few too many times in bloody catamarans...

[Woodman]

Well it couldn't possibly get LESS interesting.

[slofox]

Somebody should organise a race for steamships - coal fired maybe...

[Blackbird]

I've done that myself a few too many times in bloody catamarans...

Me too Used to race Paper Tigers and a nosedive on a broad reach was terrifying - hurled out the front and getting tangled in the rigging with the boat on top of you.

[mashman]

unhook the crew and you could have a catapultaman competitions

[slofox]

Me too Used to race Paper Tigers and a nosedive on a broad reach was terrifying - hurled out the front and getting tangled in the rigging with the boat on top of you.

Yeah. I had a mad mate had a Hobie - I was once flung about ten metres out ahead of the boat when it dug its shoulder in during a jibe in a storm on the Northern Wairoa River. It then buried the top of the mast into the mud on the bottom of the river. Took about half an hour to right it again...

Bastard thing it was...went like stink though. A better skipper might have helped - this guy was about as mechanically inclined as a fish. He actually managed to bend one of those substantial alloy frame pieces once - also in a storm. Fortunately I was absent that particular day...

[Indiana_Jones]

Somebody should organise a race for steamships - coal fired maybe...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Steamboat_Race

-Indy

[slofox]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Steamboat_Race

-Indy

Of all the boondoggling!

I was thinking more along the lines of ocean going steam ships though...

[Indiana_Jones]

Of all the boondoggling!

I was thinking more along the lines of ocean going steam ships though...

Fair enough.

Got the Blue Riband for fastest Atlantic crossings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Riband

But a good old steam ship race would be mean!

-Indy

[paturoa]

Remember where your read this - some numpty is going to get killed soon on these boats. I'm not looking forward to a down hill gust squeeze t-boning a pitch pole in front of them!

[Maha]

I did some work for Oracle (who are based here in Warkworth now) several months ago, it was a shipping container that they take with them to regattas to use as a smoko room/gear storage. They were in the throws of finishing thier two boats for Portugal at the time. Those things look a mighty quick on the water!...

[Big Dave]

'Interesting' sure is a relative term.