America's Cup

[Zargon]

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/sep/25/americas-cup-team-usa-finale


ends today with a winner take all race

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

I just spent the past 2 hours watching stuff from the videos... this is actually pretty interesting and fun to watch

 

[Ns1]

I just spent the past 2 hours watching stuff from the videos... this is actually pretty interesting and fun to watch

that's what i did yesterday. 6 hours of youtube

 

[Ns1]

So what are we thinking, start time + race time means the race will last from 1:15 - 2p? Or longer?

 

[Ns1]

AMERICA FUCK YEAH


caps.

 

[StinkyPinky]

One of the great sporting comebacks.

Granted money probably had a lot to do with it but hey. Winners are grinners.

 

[Ns1]

What happened to nzl? Turned on the liveblog and they were up 7 seconds. Turned on the live stream a few minutes later and they were down 25 seconds.

 

[PottedMeat]

AMERICA FUCK YEAH


caps.

lol

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/oracle-wins-7th-straight-americas-cup-20362229

 

[StinkyPinky]

What happened to nzl? Turned on the liveblog and they were up 7 seconds. Turned on the live stream a few minutes later and they were down 25 seconds.

Nothing happened, it's just that oracle has the faster boat and overtook them.

 

[quikah]

"AMERICA" FUCK YEAH


caps.

fixed. The only thing American about that boat is the money behind it. Most of the crew is from Australia or New Zealand.

 

[dr150]

Loved it when they were even and drag raced it.

Wished the ending was closer/more dramatic.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

AMERICA FUCK YEAH


caps.

The only American part of the America's Cup these days is the money.

Congratulations on having more money than a country with a hundredth of your population.

 

[StinkyPinky]

It's just a boat race dude. No one will remember it tomorrow anyway.

 

[Ns1]

The only American part of the America's Cup these days is the money.

Congratulations on having more money than a country with a hundredth of your population.

oh you mean Emirates TNZ's cache of corporate sponsers aren't completely loaded with money?

 

[pyonir]

I have no interest in boat racing, or the Cup, but that was a pretty incredible comeback. :thumbsup:

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

oh you mean Emirates TNZ's cache of corporate sponsers aren't completely loaded with money?

Touché

 

[Printer Bandit]

NZ team got about $40 million from their gov't.

US team got $0 from our gov't.

 

[Nox51]

Over the past couple of cups, it was reckoned that Larry Ellison put close to a billion dollars in the team. Granted some of it was for advertising and indirect sponsorship but I don't think you're making a convincing argument.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

NZ team got about $40 million from their gov't.

US team got $0 from our gov't.

Because, apparently, it is a matter of national importance.

And because a defense would be really good for tourism. This tenuous grasp is all the NZ government needs to get involved.

 

[StinkyPinky]

NZ team got about $40 million from their gov't.

US team got $0 from our gov't.

I'm pretty sure Larry Ellison has more than $40m 😀

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

I'm pretty sure Larry Ellison has more than $40m 😀

The total budget for ETNZ was about $100M apparently.

Don't know about Oracle.

 

[StinkyPinky]

$100M to enter to a boat race. That shit is crazy.

 

[Blackjack200]

Jesus, this ceremony is awful.

 

[Nox51]

The total budget for ETNZ was about $100M apparently.

Don't know about Oracle.

Double that at the very least. They have two full boats. NZ design shared the boat with Luna Rossa.

 

[Meghan54]

Because, apparently, it is a matter of national importance.

And because a defense would be really good for tourism. This tenuous grasp is all the NZ government needs to get involved.

I don't think NZ's gov't thought the grasp was tenuous at all, esp. considering NZ has won the Cup before.

I'd think NZ thought, and rightly so, that the odds of them regaining possession of the Cup was at least a 50/50 proposition.