Walking on water

Fern

Fern

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Walking on water, that's what the Cats look like.. I don't know whether I enjoy watching the Cats, 72feet long, or the yachts. The Cats sure can go at speed.
Yes it's a rich mans sport, but it sure is exciting to watch. The Americas Cup.Next race is on Friday.
Go Kiwis.

 

.. and go hard! You're giving them a good scare.

Wouldn't you know, we're hardly seeing anything at all of it here, or else I'm just not paying attention.
Saw some footage last night and omg, those things are beautiful aren't they?

I was a bit put out when they dropped the 12metre thing and lost interest for years so these cats came as a bit of a surprise to me. I'll be looking for coverage Friday, they're eye candy.

'n go Kiwis.
 
The races this morning ,Speed was 82kms hour, Team NZ took both races. Those Cats sure look a spectical going at speed.No wonder the guys have to have peak fitness.
 
dbeyat45 said:
Try getting a nuclear-powered yacht next time .... do the Kiwi's still ban nuclear-powered ships ??
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Well . . . since the wind is a product of the sun's influence on our atmosphere and that ol' ball of fire is a great big reactor . . . I guess sailing could be considered "nuclear powered" . . .
 
I'll get back to you TG when I decide if I'm more impressed with his inventiveness or his sense of balance!

(Speaking as someone who can't even ride a bike, balance is winning.)

What great things are around for you surfer boys now. I've watched some windsurfing lately, again out of respect for the physically adept and the sheer spectacle of it.
I prefer to see an 'athlete' doing something like that than running around in a circle at the Olympics.

Sooooo, when are you buying one of these 'flyurf' boards?
 
Oh boy, the guys nearly flipped her, heart stopping stuff, we lost that race.The second one cancelled until more favourable wind conditions. What a cat to have righted itself, 1 deg. more and she would have gone over.Yikes

Yes, NO nukes allowed.
 
Diwundrin said:
Huh, flipping it's nuthin, we broke one of our 12metre versions in half and sank her in an America's Cup race.
We claim the embarrassment crown of yacht racing in perpetuity.
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Yere, I remember that 'incident'. It did look funny.

Calling the race on "excessive" wind is just lame to me. I'm very tired of the over controlling rules committees.
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Have to agree.

They wiped the floor with us on this morns. race.
 
:triumphant: yes, team N.Z. won the 2nd race of the day, but boy it was close, nail biting stuff that was.
 
Diwundrin;33347 Sooooo said:
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Leaving that to the younger guys.
 
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