Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do they at least have wrecks, like NASCAR? Ken -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of lrzeitlin at aol.com Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 12:19 PM To: lug at leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] America's Cup - BORING To a real sailor the America's Cup race is a joke. It is a contest between multibillionaires, using thoroughly impractical boats, and hired crews racing around a very limited course. True, the boats are fast. Up to 40 knots in the right wind conditions. But that's slower than the speed of a bicycle racer. Perhaps it is faster than watching grass grow, but not much. The boats fly across the water on hydrofoils. They are so delicate that races are cancelled when the wind is over 20 knots. Wing foils the height of a 13 story building cannot be reefed and, of course, will not pass under most bridges. Naval architects claim that the adaption of America's Cup technology to commercial waterborne transport is almost impossible. Commercial ships actually have to carry cargo not just a passel of hired crank turners. Besides the races are BORING. Watch one and see. Larry Z _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information