Recent comments from Members

  • David Bains
    12/02/2011 - 12:36
    In response to: Record breaking weekend ahead
    At 1000mls behind and with 43 days left to match Joyon's record, Sodebo will have to make up almost exactly 24mls a day! So sail at 1kt faster all the time to equal the record! I suppose theoretically the boat is slightly faster than Idec but this is a big ask. Joyon only had a couple of slow days ascending the Atlantic and Coville doesn't seem to enjoy this kind of luck. Too late in the season to start again!
  • Blackburn
    11/02/2011 - 09:45
    In response to: Energy Team unveiled
    Two nice videos now posted from the YCF Energy Team presentation. To switch from one to the other I think you are supposed to snap your fingers - this is not a YouTube facade, you know - it is a proper Yacht Club! http://www.ycf-club.fr/HTML/homeparis.html
  • Blackburn
    09/02/2011 - 15:28
    In response to: Energy Team unveiled
    Brittany would be nice! (given ACRM must be considering an ACWS 'fête' for the AceyQuaranteCinqs)
  • Blackburn
    09/02/2011 - 11:29
    In response to: Peyron brothers take on 34th America's CUp
    Today's conference at the Yacht Club de France, twittered here by Pierre-Yves Lautrou: http://twitter.com/PYL
  • Jburnie
    08/02/2011 - 09:57
    In response to: Sail Auckland concludes
    Well done Jez Fanstone - a great loss to the UK Olympic struggle and a huge NZ gain. Hope the wife and kids will let you come back one day!! On the the other hand the weather here is s**t - and to be honest Lymington is really a bit quite at this time of year! Even Nick Rogers (retired) seems to be in NZ - so I'm off to Antigua in that case. Love ya!
  • David Bains
    05/02/2011 - 16:45
    In response to: Banque Populaire pull the plug
    Well it took G3 three attempts before they got round in one piece. B.Pop were always likely to need more than one attempt, which is why I was surprised they've waited so long to make it. Still I'm just an armchair critic!!
  • Blackburn
    05/02/2011 - 08:49
    In response to: Video: Damian Foxall on the Volvo Ocean Race
    Worked here in Safari, but it's a very long HD segment and took 5-10 minutes to load ... Spent the intervening minutes admiring how BanquePop seemed hove-to in the quietest spot of the South Atlantic as dawn arrived - hopefully in order to regain some utility from their centerboard?
  • 156071
    05/02/2011 - 03:50
    In response to: Video: Damian Foxall on the Volvo Ocean Race
    Are the videos not working for anybody else or just me? I've tried in Safari and Firefox.
  • David Bains
    02/02/2011 - 11:30
    In response to: Stop-start-stop
    The weather's demonstrating that all models are just models, and waiting a year for the "perfect slot" is not imho justifiable! However BP has caught up G3 rapidly in the last 24hrs and with luck they'll ride the present low into the the virtual lead.
  • 738272
    31/01/2011 - 03:07
    In response to: Holy heart failure Thomas
    easy now boys...
  • Mats Ohlsson
    30/01/2011 - 16:16
    In response to: Creating the AC45 in just 4.5 months
    This is pornography to an old Tornado sailor :-)
  • Blackburn
    28/01/2011 - 11:26
    In response to: 34th America's Cup dates confirmed
    Coutts breaks his own news embargo with these remarks yesterday? "In fact, I'm extremely confident, and we will probably get more like 10 (AC34 teams) by the time entries close at the end of March," he told journalists in Auckland. (see link below for more) Well, supposing there is no embargo, then the secretiveness of all these teams/backers/sponsors means they are all emulating Larry, by haggling to the last minute? http://tvnz.co.nz/sailing-news/oracle-expect-many-challengers-4009463
  • Blackburn
    26/01/2011 - 09:30
    In response to: Foncia breaks her masthead
    Loïc Le Bras has a blog entry on this, 'History Repeats?' http://www.voilesetvoiliers.com/club/blogs/voir/Lebras/billet/1043/
  • Blackburn
    22/01/2011 - 08:34
    In response to: Banque Populaire 'code amber'
    Believe it or not, BanquePop may, perhaps, be casting off this morning, depending on circumstances, and departure still appears uncertain... Fortunately they are not sponsored by an airline; but they are the best advertisement for flying instead!
  • 641117
    20/01/2011 - 18:26
    In response to: VIDEO: Day out on the Groupama VO70
    Grinding...So much Grinding
  • Blackburn
    20/01/2011 - 13:21
    In response to: AC45's maiden voyage
    Some nice shots of the ACQC by aerial artist Thierry Martinez here: http://www.thmartinez.com/en/thumbs.php?FolioID=254&stat=1
  • ptweetybus
    20/01/2011 - 10:08
    In response to: New German TP52
    Good to see the Container Programme continuing, great that they've stepped into the TP class, the Owner/Drivers are going to have a fantastic time this year.
  • Blackburn
    19/01/2011 - 21:39
    In response to: AC45's maiden voyage
    Did I say 'Gladstone'? Of course I meant to say Gladwood...
  • Blackburn
    19/01/2011 - 14:30
    In response to: AC45's maiden voyage
    Some multihull veterans must have had difficulty chewing their croissants this morning, when they saw Gladstone's eyewitness description from windier day 2: "It was very hard, or impossible to find fault with the AC45 ... Handling was an absolute dream... Tacking was unbelievable - far quicker than a monohull - even an AC class yacht - and more akin to a very well sailed foiling moth..." http://www.sail-world.com/Europe/Americas-Cup:-AC45-ticks-all-the-boxes-...
  • Mats Ohlsson
    18/01/2011 - 13:13
    In response to: AC45's maiden voyage
    If there is someone who doesn't know what "cool" is all about, just watch this! I was petrified to hear that the old AC boats would not continue. I love the Chess game of match racing, and the finish of the AC32 was the ultimate sail race finish. However, I did own and sail a Tornado, and by god, this looks pretty cool.
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