America's Cup

[Cobrar]

Don't know if anyone here follows this, but it almost wasn't, America's Cup, that is. Down 8 to 1, Oracle/Ellison/US et.al managed a huge comeback winning the next eight races to capture the Cup. The current yachts do not resemble anything like the past mono hull designs that sailed in classic 'offshore' venues. Revisions to the sport brought new design and technology, and importantly, a venue that was much closer to shore - a huge improvement for spectators (and I assume sponsors).

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...m-usa-beats-new-zealand-americas-cup/2871027/

A really interesting fellow, I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Ellison a few years ago while on Maui. A couple of years later he buys a neighboring island of Lanai'i.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324798904578529682230185530.html

You kinda' wonder what he'll do next.

 

[Lorenzo]

It was amazing, They are traveling much faster then it looks on TV

 

[DakotaGT]

Well, there's one guy who likes the LFA, at least...

 

[GTED]

I must confessed that I only became a fair-weather fan on this America's Cup after they pulled to 8-7......... Now I wished I spent more time sparing out of my office windows because the entire America's Cup, and the earlier warm up races were happending right across the street from my office (I'm at 4 Embarcadero Ctr). It was quite a feel-good feeling yesterday when I saw the US Team came around turn 4 and head straight toward my buidling for the finish line with the HUGE distance between the US Team and the Kiwi's. 40+ seconds, I'd say that was a good whooping.
Candidly, we were quite lucky because the Kiwi "actuall" won the the only race they needed to win to clinch the cup last weekend..... In that race, that actually reached the finish line before our team, but fortunately the wind that day was so low that the race exceeded the alotted race-time...., so that win didn't count. Otherwise, we would have lost the Cup last weekend already.
Our team did an amazing job for this comeback, wow!!

GTED

 

[Specracer]

An amazing feat, with amazing "boats" pushed to the absolute limit. Marvels in the use of materials and engineering.

Well with his salary ($76m) he has the ability to do a lot....

You kinda' wonder what he'll do next.