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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 4:05 pm 
Holy cow did you guys see the Team New Zealand boat smack down!! I couldn't believe it, it was astounding to see and the men going over board!
Plus poor Luna Rosa with their broken paddle!
Just now getting to watch since it was tape delayed on NBC Sports, but wow!
Now to see if they will race the second race or not.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 4:24 pm
Hmm, looks like the wind may screw up the second race giving both teams enough time to fix their boats.
These guys are so funny trying to trick each other that they are ready to race again, LOL.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 4:41 pm
Lucky guys, the second race cancelled due to wind.
Can't wait to see what will happen tomorrow.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 1:57 pm
Amazing, Another great race, Luna Rossa wins since NZ had a problem and was drifting towards the Golden Gate and out of the bay, LOL. Of course they got it fixed before they were swept away.
As I cook over here in WC, the race was in winter and summer weather. So weird to see cold and ugly it was at one end and then lovely and bright at the other end of the raceway.
Race two coming up in a bit
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 1:58 pm
Oh and sometimes it does seem like Judd is talking, LOL, you really have to pay attention with all the different accents for these sailors an commentators.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 2:17 pm
Well shoot, second race is cancelled because of high winds.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Monday, August 19, 2013 - 9:00 am
I am going to SF to see the America's Cup races on the weekend of September 14th. I am so excited!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, August 19, 2013 - 12:31 pm
OH, that is so cool!
Damn, another break, the wing on the Luna Rossa boat is stuck, not sure exactly what is wrong but they are saying its the wing.
We really need both teams to win races so that we can have races all week.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, August 19, 2013 - 4:19 pm
Forgot to update, second race cancelled because of high winds.
Day off tomorrow so no races until Wednesday.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 8:14 am
Dipo, for the Saturday, I paid for seating in one of the marina viewing stands just to make sure that I would have a spot for viewing. I just hope that if they have races on the Sunday or Monday that I will be able to see it from the waters edge.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 2:35 pm
Nice Kookliebird.
Two races today. I really thought that Luna Rossa was going to win the second race, I can't figure out how they got behind after closing it down to 75 meters.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 2:43 pm
It looks like the Kiwis might make it to the finals.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 24, 2013 - 2:17 pm
Well darn!!! Kiwis won again today so it is 6-1 and now the second race has been cancelled because the wind is too high!
Racing tomorrow though!
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 2:08 pm
I can't wait! I wish I was going sooner than the 14th to see the races.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 2:43 pm
Wow!!! That was amazing, too bad Oracle lost both races, but we haven't been able to see how good Oracle was. And we say how good NZ was in all the trials.
The Oracle boat looks cool! Hope they and fix that wing and figure out how to jibe better.
Kookliebird it should be really cool, hope the weather holds for you.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 3:38 pm
Bummer! But, I still can't wait to see it.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, September 08, 2013 - 4:09 pm
So annoyed that I forgot the races today, but I see that Oracle won the 4th race, yeah!!
No more races until Tuesday but sounds like maybe Oracle has figured out what to do so they should be great races going forward.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 2:39 pm
Exciting race, Oracle takes the start and leads until the 3rd leg then bad tack and lost speed and Kiwis caught up and passed them and finally win race number 5.
Surprisingly, Oracle has used their postponemnet card cancelling race number 6! No races tomorrow so Oracle can get their confidence back, it was a strategic move, not because of boat breakage.
Poor Spithill, Oracle skipper got pulled off the boat for a little chat with Russel Couts (CEO, Oracle), LOL. I doubt that that was a very fun meeting.
Next race is on Thursday.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 2:42 pm
Kooliebird, I am jealous that you are going to be there, I hope your seats are really good.
I was checking out going out on one of the yachts and I about died when the one I picked was basically $450!!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 2:21 pm
Taped race number 6, but I think that Emirates won.
Now Race number 7, I think I heard the announcers say that someone was switched off the oracle boat, maybe the navigator.
Oh, USA didn't get the start and now in bad air, team NZ took the first mark. Hope US can catch up.
Wow they are moving fast on the water at the start! It is so pretty to see the golden gate in the background.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 3:53 pm
Well Heck! Two more races down.
Kookliebird you are going to luck out with a couple of the last races unless Oracle can win both of them!
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 4:20 pm
Yeah, I head down there tomorrow and figure I'll just enjoy the atmosphere of the races because the USA just doesn't seem to be doing well.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 1:23 pm
The race is on!!! And both teams are looking good, team NZ has a slight lead.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 1:31 pm
Holy Crap, the Kiwis nearly flipped their boat. OMG!!!! Unbelievable and now they also get a penalty.
Can't wait to see the replay on that one.
Whatever little changes Oracle did to their boat sure has made it go a little faster, and then the Kiwi screw up, Oracle may win this one!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 1:32 pm
That was so exciting! Not that I want anyone to crash but the races are so much more fun when they are close.
Of course that was almost a little to close.
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