If you scour the terrestrial and satellite TV channels hard enough you can catch a glimpse of some action on the water, but you really need to be looking for it. You are also likely to have to record it to watch at another time as it’s probably broadcast when normal people are busy sleeping…
Tag Archive: America’s Cup
The Nonsense is Over (we hope)
There’s no denying that this 33rd America’s Cup has been a mixture of farce, ego, frustration, ego, anger, ego, apathy, ego, speed, ego, courts, ego, money, ego, screamingly fast boats and … ego! (Can you spot the main theme there?) “It’s always been about ego”, you might say. I wouldn’t disagree, but I would argue…
3 wings better than 2 sails
BMW Oracle Racing have been testing in San Diego. Some great footage of the beast with the 3 wings… 2 horizontal ones on each side of the hull and 1 vertical foil. It looks strange but it moves like a dinghy. In just 7 knots of wind the massive trimaran flies on only one of…
