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U.S. challengers close in on America's Cup
Reuters ^
Posted on 02/13/2010 5:30:29 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) - Challengers BMW Oracle, within one victory of landing the 33rd America's Cup, and Swiss holders Alinghi fine-tuned their giant, hi-tech boats on Saturday.
The Americans hold a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series going into Sunday's second race, which will begin two hours later than scheduled at around noon local time (6 a.m. EST).
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americascup; chat; sailing; sports; teamusa
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To: Vince Ferrer
To: Vince Ferrer
that is one incredible boat!
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posted on
02/13/2010 5:50:07 PM PST
by
valkyry1
To: Vince Ferrer
THANKS.
SOUNDS EXCITING.
MISSED IT . . . WHERE ARE THE BEST VIDEOS AVAILALBE?
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posted on
02/13/2010 5:53:41 PM PST
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Quix
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To: valkyry1
To: Quix
To: Vince Ferrer
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posted on
02/13/2010 6:16:57 PM PST
by
rabidralph
("Precedenting" is a lot tougher than community organizing.)
To: Quix
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posted on
02/13/2010 6:24:24 PM PST
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: rabidralph
It seems like the second race is now going on your link.
To: Vince Ferrer
Thanks.
I’ve seen that one 4-5 times last Sunday or some such.
I think there’s a link to WEd’s race below. Will check that out.
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posted on
02/13/2010 6:25:15 PM PST
by
Quix
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To: Boiler Plate
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posted on
02/13/2010 6:25:34 PM PST
by
Quix
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To: Boiler Plate
Ah welllll, my DSL is via Qwest. Not an ESPN affiliate.
Thanks anyway.
Maybe I can find it on YouTube
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posted on
02/13/2010 6:29:37 PM PST
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Quix
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To: Quix
To: Vince Ferrer
THANKS THANKS.
Can you tell me, is there netting strung from fore to aft across that wide expanse of the trimaran?
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posted on
02/13/2010 6:34:02 PM PST
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Quix
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To: Quix
It looks to me like the netting is just around the center hull.
To: Vince Ferrer
Ahhh. Thanks.
I’d think it would be safer all the way across but also more drag.
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posted on
02/13/2010 6:41:25 PM PST
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Quix
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To: Vince Ferrer
No, I believe that’s the race from yesterday, Feb. 12. The next race is tomorrow some time—around 11 CET? I don’t know what CET means or how to interpret it for our time zone.
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posted on
02/13/2010 6:57:31 PM PST
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rabidralph
("Precedenting" is a lot tougher than community organizing.)
To: rabidralph
oops, you’re right. It looked like this was a triangular course, and I thought that was the second race.
To: rabidralph
The next race is Sunday morning at 3:45AM EST
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posted on
02/13/2010 8:56:19 PM PST
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: Quix
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02/13/2010 9:05:34 PM PST
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Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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