Anybody is following the Prada America's Cup from NZ?

HobbyTrading said:
So you have to find the right portions of the livestream to see he actual races, and not all the filler material.
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Is that so hard? Takes about 10 seconds to locate the beginning of the race. And some people enjoy the commentary and explanations.

Anyhow Thursday is the next planned race day.
 
The Brits surprisingly win one, so Italy 5 : UK 1

Maybe it was using the bigger jib.


Tonight at 10 pm is the live race and the Italians could finish off the Brits.
 
The start of both races today were interesting to watch.
The Italians need to win two more races to win the Prada cup and become the challengers for the America's Cup. Let's see whether they can do this tomorrow.
 
At this point the Italians can win pretty much anytime. I have a feeling they "lost" by purpose, using the smaller jib. After all, more race, more practice and probably the organizers like the additional ad revenues too. And it is not a big accomplishment to beat someone silly.

So they are playing it easy, and would let the Brits win maybe two more times before they end this.
 
The main event has started: the America's Cup is underway. The first day saw interesting racing, with interesting results. I'm looking forward to the coming race days.
 
Yeap, I fall asleep, live sport starts 10 pm EST. They put up the summery a few hours later on YT:


Today is no race, after that everyday 2 runs...
 
Pekelo said:
They put up the summery a few hours later on YT:
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I tend to wait until the races for the day have ended. Then I look at their YT channel for the full live-stream. The live-stream replay lasts about 2 hours, although each race lasts for about 30 minutes. I'm not interested in all the blah-blah surrounding the races, so within that live-stream I search for the races themselves and watch those portions.
 
Only 3 minutes highlights, but these were the most dramatic races so far. This is also the most contested match up in 150 years.


The Kiwis' boat is faster and I have the feeling they have been throwing races, just to make the Cup more interesting and longer.

Here is the longer version:

 
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