can they do it?
what are your thoughts?
somehow the increased competition and competitivenes from actual race time leading up to and during the louis vuitton seems to give the eventual challenger a slight advantage,
seemed that way last time,
looking good
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//somehow the increased
//somehow the increased competition and competitivenes from actual race time leading up to and during the louis vuitton seems to give the eventual challenger a slight advantage
I thought this as well. Although I guess we've been racing Alinghi a bit this time round. Dunno if that will make a difference...
A friend told me that
A friend told me that although the challenger has the benefit of previous competition, the defender has an advantage of setting the timing of the races; they can optimise their boat for specific conditions. The challenging yachts need to be all-rounders that can handle all types of seas/wind/etc.
even so, it'd be fair to say
even so, it'd be fair to say that they can only guess in round numbers how the weather will be on:
Race 1 June 24
Race 2 June 25
Race 3 June 27
Race 4 June 28
Race 5 June 30
of course... although it's
of course... although it's not too wild a guess to say it's likely to be a whole lot balmier than it was in april/may.
judging by the past few new
judging by the past few new zealand summers, i would say thanks to our ancestors and current learders' assumptions that they could rape the environment indefinately; there are no longer any givens when it comes to weather on this rapidly imploding ball of dust and piss.
yachting is boring!
yachting is boring!