America's Cup

VinLieger

Its on sky sports 2 as well if you can find a feed for it or know someone with it.

Stheno

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Aw crap, is coverage breaking down for everyone, or is it just that my mobile wifi can't cope???

I'd say the feed is being overloaded HH, we can give you commentary here to supplement it

It doesn't seem to be on sky go either, I just checked it.

ENTZ have port entry and Grant Davies is on board.

miss no stars

MMMM PHLEGM on the mic.

Have to say, the mic feeds have been brilliant :P

HeidiHeidi

I'm getting three or four seconds every minute :mad:

Hadn't even occurred to me that the streaming wouldn't work - I've even bought extra data especially for this!

dloob

Come on the kiwis!

miss no stars

Right, predictions based on start


I'm going with oracle to retain the cup

Stheno

miss no stars wrote: »

Right, predictions based on start


I'm going with oracle to retain the cup

Did you see that skid at the first mark?

I'm 50/50 Oracle faster now though

HeidiHeidi

Who got the start??? I'm torn between relying on you lot to do commentary for me, and waiting till i get home and watching it then on replay......

Stheno

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Who got the start??? I'm torn between relying on you lot to do commentary for me, and waiting till i get home and watching it then on replay......

Oracle but ENTZ almost caught them, ENTZ kept the overlap and Oracle had a slight skid at the first mark, ENTZ first around the first mark

miss no stars

Stheno wrote: »

Did you see that skid at the first mark?

I'm 50/50 Oracle faster now though

Oh I saw it alright :P

Thing is, oracle are faster and NZ choke every. single. time.

dloob

Don't let them split the course this time.

neris

Kiwis have been rubbish at the starts. Really slow off the line with no acceleration they got lucky at the mark and the yanks seem to have better speed.

Stheno

dloob wrote: »

Don't let them split the course this time.

Aw jeez they split and Oracle now ahead, but down a tack

Jeepers this is like cat and mouse

HeidiHeidi

It's crashed on me :mad:

I'm going to go away and watch it when I get home, and catch up on here at the same time.

aaaaaaaaaargh :mad::mad::mad:

VinLieger

Stheno wrote: »

Aw jeez they split and Oracle now ahead, but down a tack

NZs tacking has been incredibly slow compared to oracle

neris

Kiwis on starboard dont **** this up

HeidiHeidi

Over 100,000 watching - no wonder the stream is struggling! Or is that the way it works??

VinLieger

America ahead on the upwind, looks over if the previous races are anything to go by

Stheno

Oracle seem to be building a bit of a steady lead

HeidiHeidi

keep the commentary coming, guys - i've changed my mind! Can't resist!!!

Is it a done deal?

neris

Do the kiwis deserve to win this? 8 races up and theyve practically thrown it at this stage

Stheno

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Over 100,000 watching - no wonder the stream is struggling! Or is that the way it works??

Yes too many people trying to access it at the same time.

Oracle now 162m ahead on leg three

HeidiHeidi

Stheno wrote: »

Oracle now 162m ahead on leg three

Oh FFS!

VinLieger

Once Oracle go around the windward in first its over unless they make a BIG mistake

Constantly building their lead

neris

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

keep the commentary coming, guys - i've changed my mind! Can't resist!!!

Is it a done deal?

140m in it half way up to mark 3

Stheno

neris wrote: »

140m in it half way up to mark 3

Now up to about 230 m

neris

VinLieger wrote: »

Once Oracle go around the windward in first its over unless they make a BIG mistake

Constantly building their lead

Yep and lead will get bigger to

miss no stars

VinLieger wrote: »

Once Oracle go around the windward in first its over unless they make a BIG mistake

Constantly building their lead

It's not over unless they make a big mistake AND NZ get the finger out and exploit the mistake! Which they never seem to do!!!

neris

Well at least in 4 years for the next cup we can watch it after dinner and not some ungodly hour in the early morning before breakfast

VinLieger

Gutted for NZ, have never seen someone so actively throw a competition away, whatever about Oracle being faster NZ tactics have been questionable at best the last few days, specifically during the starts.
They kept giving away windward advantage which you can only do if you have speed which they haven't had for a week

neris

This is the sailing equivilant of liverpool winning the champions league few years ago.

Stheno

Course split, and ENTZ 26 secs behind, lead 500 metres to Oracle

HeidiHeidi

where are they on the course?

Stheno

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

where are they on the course?

Oracle halfway down leg four, ENTZ 600 metres behind so only a few mins left.

neris

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

where are they on the course?

Approaching mark 4 then round up and into finish

VinLieger

About halfway to 2nd leeward, Oracle at least 500 metres ahead

VinLieger

Oracle rounding leeward now

dloob

Not even close oracle is several kts faster

Stheno

And it's over, congrats to Oracle, what a comeback!

Very dissappointed for ENTZ

neris

**** sake tnz lost another 10 seconds on that leg

neris

Bang

HeidiHeidi

Awww jaysus, that'll be a long flight home for them :mad:

HOW did they manage to lose it???

Stheno

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Awww jaysus, that'll be a long flight home for them :mad:

HOW did they manage to lose it???

Speed and tactics on the windward legs? There was an article in the NZ Herald this morning where they talked about how Oracle just got faster.

Given the significant difference in the average age of the crew, would stamina also have been a factor with such a long regatta?

I guess Jimmy Spithill and crew are in for a big payday!

neris

All of new zealand must have come off youtube my pictures after going back to normal when the race ended

miss no stars

Did he just say the comeback of 2014?

Ghost Train

Hard to believe they could turn things around from where they were 7 days ago. Unlucky for NZL

HeidiHeidi

Can't believe I gave O2 good money to watch this, and all I got was barcodes and fuzz :mad:

Oh well, I suppose I was spared the look on the poor Kiwis' faces and the jubliation of the Yanks (Aussies/Brit)

dloob

Obviously Larry sold some of the souls of his employees to satan in some kind of deal to win.

Stheno

miss no stars wrote: »

Did he just say the comeback of 2014?

YUP

God love Dean Barker, about to be interviewed.

neris

Im surprised larry ellison didnt put himself on the crew especially for today not like larry to let an ego inflation go amiss