Thom Stewart wrote:

There's Il Moro with Spinnaker Flying. Now I hope they get thru.

That was the elimination Series.


Hmm, I don't remember that one. IIRC Il Moro didn't fly an
asymmetric thru the final races. The one race they did win
(3rd one?) was an excellent demonstration of tactics...
clearly America3 was the faster boat, but Cayard kept them
behind using excellent tactics and one very aggressive (and
very predictable... what was Buddy Melges thinking?) luff,
right before a gybe mark I think it was.

I'd sit down and watch that series over again. The last
series was also interesting for the races between the SF
team and the Swiss; the NZ team displayed a comedy of
errors. I wish I had some film of some of our races.

DSK

Doug,

That isn't a ASSY., its the regular Spinnaker releaded from the pole and
let fly across the finnish line as Am Cube was passing at the finnish.
Il Moro didn't break the finnish line ahead of AmCube; her spinnaker
did. I think it was the only race they won.


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Thom Stewart wrote:
That isn't a ASSY., its the regular Spinnaker releaded from the pole and
let fly across the finnish line as Am Cube was passing at the finnish.
Il Moro didn't break the finnish line ahead of AmCube; her spinnaker
did. I think it was the only race they won.


If that's the race they won, then their stem did cross the
line before America Cubed did. I remember one of the judges
explaining this point, he said it eliminated any arguing
about "gear in normal position" which is how the rules are
worded.

Il Moro didn't win by much, and it only proved that A3 was
the faster boat (by a lot IMHO)... and of course, that the
slower boat can sometimes win. Textbook case! A3 caught up
to them several times during that race, only to be shoved
back by Cayard's tactics.

The courses used for that America's Cup was also unique, an
X-shaped course intended to give some fast reaches. We did
some college races on a similar course, I liked it. Very few
other people did though, windward leeward is the standard.

DSK