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Posted: Sep 25, 2013 - 10:40am
Coaxial wrote: You are correct...The tally now is Oracle 10 and the Emirates 8 so tomorrow is it...Winner take all. Times article linked says But by winning seven races in succession, including two on Tuesday, Oracle has tied the series at 8-8.

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Posted: Sep 25, 2013 - 10:23am
Oh, Crap, I had given up. Now I have about 6 more races to watch on youtube.

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Posted: Sep 24, 2013 - 4:22pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I haven't been following the race, so I had to Google it up, and found this:

Oracle Sweeps Two Races to Tie America’s Cup
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Team USA swept two races against Emirates Team New Zealand in the America's Cup on Tuesday, completing a monumental comeback to tie the event and forcing a winner-take-all race on Wednesday.

Only problem is: Kiwis need to win 9, but Oracle needs to win 11 to take the cup. Oracle was found guilty of some infraction in the lead-up and were penalized...

edit: maybe not. Could have sworn I heard that when I was watching the first race.

You are correct...The tally now is Oracle 10 and the Emirates 8 so tomorrow is it...Winner take all.

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Posted: Sep 24, 2013 - 3:51pm

islander wrote:

I haven't been following the race, so I had to Google it up, and found this:

Oracle Sweeps Two Races to Tie America’s Cup
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Team USA swept two races against Emirates Team New Zealand in the America's Cup on Tuesday, completing a monumental comeback to tie the event and forcing a winner-take-all race on Wednesday.

Only problem is: Kiwis need to win 9, but Oracle needs to win 11 to take the cup. Oracle was found guilty of some infraction in the lead-up and were penalized...

edit: maybe not. Could have sworn I heard that when I was watching the first race.

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Posted: Sep 24, 2013 - 3:00pm
islander wrote: A journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step. This could be the greatest come from behind victory ever! Or maybe we'll just get a couple more days of good racing out of it.

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Posted: Sep 24, 2013 - 2:37pm
One.

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Posted: Sep 20, 2013 - 4:29pm
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: quote of the day: " it's like a whole country waiting to have a baby" My guess is the baby will come tomorrow.

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Posted: Sep 20, 2013 - 2:47pm
quote of the day: " it's like a whole country waiting to have a baby"

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Posted: Sep 20, 2013 - 2:41pm
Right, this time. hopefully.

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Posted: Sep 19, 2013 - 1:33pm
Looks like Oracle got this one, as expected.

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Posted: Sep 19, 2013 - 1:29pm
this new format is pretty exciting. 31m lead at 30 knots is just a whisker, soooo close.

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Posted: Sep 18, 2013 - 5:01pm
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: one A journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step. This could be the greatest come from behind victory ever! Or maybe we'll just get a couple more days of good racing out of it.

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Posted: Sep 18, 2013 - 4:04pm
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: one New Zealand has always been good for the Cup and they deserve to win. I'd just like them to stay at one for a while so we can see more racing.

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Posted: Sep 18, 2013 - 3:24pm
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Posted: Sep 16, 2013 - 10:40am

aflanigan wrote:

Race 10 offered the kind of racing I was hoping to see. A really close start at the gun, lead changes on the upwind leg, tight roundings in the gates, more close crossings downwind. Hopefully Oracle can pull out a few more wins just so we can get one or two more close races before it's over.

Agreed, I think it is going to be really close from here on in.

I imagine Oracle will close the gap but ETNZ only needs a couple of wins to take it. It will be a nail-biting finish, depending a lot on which team make the next big performance gains. Even then, one stupid mistake at this level and you lose the race, even if you do have the better boat.

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Posted: Sep 16, 2013 - 7:53am
Race 10 offered the kind of racing I was hoping to see. A really close start at the gun, lead changes on the upwind leg, tight roundings in the gates, more close crossings downwind. Hopefully Oracle can pull out a few more wins just so we can get one or two more close races before it's over.

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Posted: Sep 15, 2013 - 3:41pm
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: we now have a race on. Oracle have done something. Don't know what it is, but ETNZ no longer have the advantage upwind with Oracle winning the last three races. Yup, they've ditched John Kostecki and got Ben Ainslie on board. And the Kiwis nearly went swimming.....

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Posted: Sep 15, 2013 - 2:24pm
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: we now have a race on. Oracle have done something. Don't know what it is, but ETNZ no longer have the advantage upwind with Oracle winning the last three races. Really? I was ready to write them off after race 7. Now I'll have to check in the next few races.

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Posted: Sep 15, 2013 - 1:37pm
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: you just got honourable citizen status, oh wait, you had that already.. Love the way the boats groan like constipated hippos: spend much time with constipated hippos?

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Posted: Sep 15, 2013 - 1:34pm
we now have a race on. Oracle have done something. Don't know what it is, but ETNZ no longer have the advantage upwind with Oracle winning the last three races.

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