America's Cup - Race 13
Sep 20, 2013 18:34:20 #
Race 13 abandoned during racing.
ETNZ achieved a lead of I,025 metres over team usa, and 2 minutes 27 seconds at Mark 4, the last mark sailed before abandonment.
The rules give a maximum time for the boats, or one of them, to cross the finish line and in the low wind speed that was impossible to achieve.
The oracle crew was gathered for a brief Thanksgiving service.
Roll on.
Race 13 Rerun
oracle wins by 1 minute 24 seconds.
Score: Aotearoa 8 (Match Point) - oracle 3.
ETNZ achieved a lead of I,025 metres over team usa, and 2 minutes 27 seconds at Mark 4, the last mark sailed before abandonment.
The rules give a maximum time for the boats, or one of them, to cross the finish line and in the low wind speed that was impossible to achieve.
The oracle crew was gathered for a brief Thanksgiving service.
Roll on.
Race 13 Rerun
oracle wins by 1 minute 24 seconds.
Score: Aotearoa 8 (Match Point) - oracle 3.
Sep 23, 2013 22:46:22 #
Blincs
Loc: Auckland, New Zealand
Another Kiwi watching in frustration and almost disbelief that this is happening.
We've heard enough excuses now from ETNZ - the Cup is slowly slipping from them.
Enough is enough - they need to get their heads in the right place, collectively; regroup; put some dynamite in their shoes and a rod of steel in their back bones to make them go and out kill Oracle - on the start line.
They lost this morning by not being awake and accelerating hard and fast.
No one wants to listen to excuses and I'm tired of them now.
C'mon Emirates Team New Zealand - we know you can DO IT.
We've heard enough excuses now from ETNZ - the Cup is slowly slipping from them.
Enough is enough - they need to get their heads in the right place, collectively; regroup; put some dynamite in their shoes and a rod of steel in their back bones to make them go and out kill Oracle - on the start line.
They lost this morning by not being awake and accelerating hard and fast.
No one wants to listen to excuses and I'm tired of them now.
C'mon Emirates Team New Zealand - we know you can DO IT.
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