[Alberg30] Disposable boats

[Gordon LACO]

on 2/27/03 10:47 PM, Bill Blevins at billblevins at mac.com wrote:

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> FYI - It's on TV tonight at midnight for everyone with espn2.
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> Bill
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> On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 10:36PM, George Dinwiddie
> <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org> wrote:
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>> It hasn't even shown on TV, yet, and you gave away the punch line.
>> 
>> James Davis wrote:
>>> What next?
>>> 
>>> From http://americascup.yahoo.com
>>> 
>>> Team New Zealand's Mast Breaks
>>> 28/02/2003 
>>> 
>>> NZL-82 was sailing up the second beat when the mast broke.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jim Davis
>>> S/V Isa Lei
>>> CT 35
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Okay guys - discipline!

Please, don't spill the beans tonight!  This is the big race, I don't want
to know any details before it's on TV at midnight here!

What a disaster for NZ.

I can put up with the general fragility of the ACC boats compared to
"normal" yachts - expecting them to handle heavy weather is like putting a
Formula 1 car in a cross-country desert rally - they just are not intended
to get beat up.   However, it is dissapointing to the see NZ's fragility
compared to Alinghi.

I wonder if politics in the NZ team got in the way of decision making - both
in gear choices and crew.   Interesting that NZ has been criticized for not
going through as harsh a working up period.  Interesting also that such a
large group of NZ sailors went over to the Swiss boat - yes they are being
paid well, but how did they get surplused from their own teams?  Interesting
stuff.  

The looks on the faces of the guys in Alinghi were interesting - nobody
wants to win that way.  For a second I wondered if they would not complete
the race and retire rather than take the easy win - but of course with such
momentum of backers etc they had to continue.

Well, there's a long message from me.

Gord
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