Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Probably no fireballs, though - I'll probably pass. 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 Sonny Carter Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 6:10 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] America's Cup - BORING Most Yacht races have some collisions, but not so much on mericascup. Nice thing about NASCAR, if there is a wreck, and you are napping, they will play it ten times, so you get to see it. On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information