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05-26-2017, 04:14 PM
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City: Boston Area
Join Date: Feb 2017
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AlaskaProf....you can watch it on Amazon for $2.99
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05-26-2017, 04:40 PM
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City: Tacoma, WA & Ashland, OR
Vessel Name: boatless, ex: Seeadler
Vessel Model: RAWSON 41
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Originally Posted by Benthic2
AlaskaProf....you can watch it on Amazon for $2.99
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I may well have to do that, but im leaving for my summer afloat next Friday. I've been diligently ripping movies to a usb hard drive. Got a hundred or more now. (See the thread "Movie Night").
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05-26-2017, 04:46 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Mount Pleasant
Vessel Name: Endeavour
Vessel Model: '87 Island Gypsy
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 40
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Originally Posted by dimer2
Are you sure the movie wasn't called "Wind"?
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Yeah, it's "Wind".
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05-26-2017, 07:25 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
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We patrolled one of the Americas Cups in San Diego. The actual racing was about as exciting as watching paint dry. I welcome the faster boats of today. As least something is happening, and fast.
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05-26-2017, 07:58 PM
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City: San Diego
Vessel Name: Circuit Breaker
Vessel Model: 2021..22' Duffy Cuddy cabin
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dimer2
Are you sure the movie wasn't called "Wind"?
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I believe Dimer is correct! 
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05-26-2017, 08:12 PM
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Senior Member
City: Houston
Join Date: May 2017
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Now the sailors are spending too MUCH money? Based on another thread going on here I was waiting to hear that the AC crews will show up at the Yacht Club bar and eat all the free popcorn, then skip out on their slip fees.
This contest has always been huge money by the uber-wealthy...for a trophy. Sort of like offshore Cigarette boat racing.
Regarding the catamaran class, the AC has also always been about developing and using new technology - carbon fiber, Kevlar, etc. - it's never been a One-Design contest. (Remember Australia's new winged keel? When the US Americas Cup committee sued them over it...and lost. Very sportsmanlike!).
Good thing other professional sports aren't about big money. Certainly not Triple Crown horse racing...or the Super Bowl. I guess the difference on TF is, "these are just more of those @*#! sailboats...gettin' in my way, don't know what they're doing....not
payin' for that mooring ball...it's an outrage! Now, let me get back to ripping me some free movies."
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05-26-2017, 08:17 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
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Gee, lots of excitement perhaps largely due to possible boat break-up or flipping over. Just getting over the finish line is a challenge for these boats built to sail "on the edge."
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05-26-2017, 09:26 PM
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City: Boston Area
Join Date: Feb 2017
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I was originally dismissive of the trend.....but watching these vessels is pretty impressive. They can go close to 50 miles per hour !! When they get up on the foils its quite a balancing act, and the switch to match racing will most likely cause a more aggressive racing strategy. I'm looking forward to it.
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05-27-2017, 12:11 AM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Heron
Yup.....If you get a chance, watch the movie "Sail" with Jennifer Gray and Mathew Modine. All about a shoe string syndicate and the boat being built in the desert to retake the Kiwi loss. Great movie and sailing scenes..A little hokey but fun for enthusiasts..
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VERY hokey, but a great movie.
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05-27-2017, 12:14 AM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter B
Well do I remember that regatta Bruce.
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Actually Dorsey, no Bruce. She has more sailboat racing credentials than most folks I have met.
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05-27-2017, 05:11 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Originally Posted by dhays
Actually Dorsey, no Bruce. She has more sailboat racing credentials than most folks I have met.
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Oh dear, thanks Dave. So wifey D, Bruce B's better half is Dorsey, and the yachting expert. Sorry, my bad, but I'm sure she understood where I was coming from. 
PS. This is the yacht I won the race with at that same time there was all that core sample talk by big Dennis C., prompting my fellow sailors to demand core samples from her back at the clubhouse. Boy those beers tasted good..
She was named 'Black Widow' by the way. By the original owner who was the builder as well. He named all his boats with intimidating names. He won lots of races. Always said Black Widow was the best of the bunch. My wife never liked the name much. Wonder why..?  . Some of his other Gazelles were called 'Intimidator', 'The Wasp', 'The Black Adder'...get the picture..?
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05-27-2017, 05:49 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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I do not think anyone would put an AC on their mantle instead of a 12 Meter or a J boat.
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05-27-2017, 06:30 AM
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Curmudgeon
City: Stoney Creek, MD
Vessel Name: Moon Dance
Vessel Model: 1974 34' Marine Trader Sedan
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Black Widow looks fast even sitting on the trailer!
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05-27-2017, 07:11 AM
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Guru
City: San Diego
Vessel Name: Circuit Breaker
Vessel Model: 2021..22' Duffy Cuddy cabin
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Benthic2
I was originally dismissive of the trend.....but watching these vessels is pretty impressive. They can go close to 50 miles per hour !! When they get up on the foils its quite a balancing act, and the switch to match racing will most likely cause a more aggressive racing strategy. I'm looking forward to it.
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I couldn't agree more! These AC boats are very exciting to watch! 
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05-28-2017, 06:56 PM
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Senior Member
City: New Tazewell
Vessel Name: Saoirse
Vessel Model: 1983 Nauticat 44 Ketch
Join Date: Mar 2017
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Watching the Louis Vitton pre-AC races being held in Bermuda. Gosh, Bermuda is gorgeous, and not many boats at anchor. 72 degrees, 0--.5 foot waves, 12 knot breeze.
So far, France over Sweden, USA over Britain
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05-31-2017, 09:12 AM
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Guru
City: Cypress Landing Marina (NC)
Vessel Name: Heron (2)
Vessel Model: '88 Cape Dory 28 Flybridge #115
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Heron
Yup.....If you get a chance, watch the movie "Sail" with Jennifer Gray and Mathew Modine. All about a shoe string syndicate and the boat being built in the desert to retake the Kiwi loss. Great movie and sailing scenes..A little hokey but fun for enthusiasts..
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaProf
Poop. My library doesn't have it, and video stores are extinct. BTW, the woman mentioned in the message above is Weatherly, named for the 1962 (successful) defender of the Cup.
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Sorry for the brain infarction...The movie is titled "Wind" and still available:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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05-31-2017, 09:13 AM
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Guru
City: Cypress Landing Marina (NC)
Vessel Name: Heron (2)
Vessel Model: '88 Cape Dory 28 Flybridge #115
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lowcountry
Yeah, it's "Wind".
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LOL..Correct....Sorry!
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05-31-2017, 09:55 AM
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Guru
City: Annapolis
Vessel Name: Ranger
Vessel Model: 58' Sedan Bridge
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ex Sailor
I respect and appreciate what you are saying but for me, certain things are meant to be un touched and timeless ...... FB
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And I get that, too...
But sometimes it depends on where in history you inserted yourself, so to speak.
Untouched and timeless could also mean Roman sailing (rowing) ships or Viking longboats or some such. Or Phoenician whatevers... Or Polynesian canoes.
IOW, the "good ol' days" were maybe preceeded by some earlier good ol' days... changes from which might in turn have been lamented by those who came before...
-Chris
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05-31-2017, 10:04 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 5,539
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05-31-2017, 10:47 AM
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Guru
City: Boston Area
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 2,504
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FF
I do not think anyone would put an AC on their mantle instead of a 12 Meter or a J boat.
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No....but if I was going to spend the afternoon as a passenger on one...give me the Cat, every time !!! That would be a blast !!!
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