Maybe I do....... But Dubai wont have the Rugby World Cup either....Originally Posted by Hitcher
could catch a monkey
Maybe I do....... But Dubai wont have the Rugby World Cup either....
Forum whore
Yeh go team NZ.
Radical
Woo! back on track!
I only posted this because of the global economic crisis
Deus ex ukulele
Are we there yet?
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Forum whore
The finish was on just as I walked into the living room with T NZ crossing the line. After race commnts seemed to suggest that we won through a tactical mistake by Alinghi. I get a bit pissed off with some of these commentators. Why can't they say it as it is. We won because of better seamanship.
Good one Dean.
Skyyrder
Free Scott Watson.
Forum whore
Well yeah... better seamanship, because we didn't make a mistake when they did. Those commentators are about as biased as possible towards Team NZ, especially the old loud-mouthed one who speaks over all of his co-commentators lol.
I was cracking up when Butterworth started blowing off at the boat that was creating chop/blocking wind/something on the first downwind leg. `It just pisses me off, f*@# this, f*@# that'. The commentators seemed to speak up a little louder over the top of him, are there rules against obscenity that late on TV?
Forum whore
The man who's always smiling, cool, calm and collected, CAN be rattled!
Well done TNZ. The boatspeeds were even up and down, they are both very fast boats, it's going to be a race of tactics, and seamanship and Alinghi are not going to be easy. TNZ still need to lift their game a notch.
They have shown that Alinghi can be beaten, but Alinghi are going to came back stronger and tougher next race. We've got the best in the world going head to head and sorry Hitcher, but I'm hooked again! These guys are good!
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
needs to work harder
Actually that kinda is the case. Alinghi "bet" that the right hand side of the course would have more wind given the underlying conditions. Team NZ thought differently and the two teams split tacks, TNZ got the pressure and won their 60m back before tacking over to cover Alinghi. With TNZ approaching them on port Alinghi got all rattled and put in the least decisive tack in America's cup history and ended up just getting rolled by TNZ. They'll be hating that.
Even more amusing was Brad Butterworth screaming abuse at the spectator fleet.
Besides, the race was great news for the America's Cup in general - the first non-whitewash final in, what, ten years? Although I do miss the twelve metre style of sailing - all noise, fighting and sail changes - in exchange for this standoff where two teams prepare and sail to an almost perfect level waiting for one or the other to make a mistake. Any mistake. Nasty stuff.
Dave
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Forum whore
Got ya. Fair call but hey I'ma Cantab and down here we are all one eyed.
Skyryder...............totally blind pulling too much pudd.
Free Scott Watson.
could catch a monkey
Snigger. You said seaman.
And before anyone comments, I know the spelling difference.
Forum whore
Is this just a 'seminal' quote?
Skyryder
Free Scott Watson.
The instructions are simple...
Keep it seamly (sic) or (hic)
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
Deus ex ukulele
That probably depends whether or not the seaman is coming in short pants.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
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