beautiful coverage of alpha sailing downwind - spithill sitting on the rear beam. ashby hiking hard and they're really pushing it...BIG stuff of the bows. wow! don't break it! they gybed and are back underway.

ALPHA HAS PASSED CANAAN!!!! They stuffed again hard!

alpha with a 20 second lead at the bottom of the course. Cover cover cover.

invictus, in 3rd, just around the top mark now.

Alpha maintaining a controlling position upwind.

Canaan back in the lead over Alpha on the last trip to A-mark. They're about 1 boat length apart!

Note: I'm parroting the Sailing Anarchy Coverage provided through Justin.TV.

ASHBY FLEW THE HULL ALL THE WAY AROUND THE MARK AND JUST PASSED CANAAN!!!!! HOLY COW THAT WAS AWESOME!

they. are. duking. it. out. to. the. finish!!!!! VERY CLOSE RACING

looks like Canaan slightly back into the lead headed to the finish.

jimmy nad glen are smoking! whooooo!

the race is finished but we can't tell who WON!!!!!!!

Wow
photo finish between Alpha and Canaan.

Alpha ftw.

Alpha WINS the FIRST race!!! Ashby/Spithill take the first Little America's Cup race.

They may run a second race today.

if they run a second - you guys are on your on. I've got to get some stuff done.


You guys should really go to Justin.tv and watch the live feed - it's killer.

Great race. Exciting finish. I just caught the end of it on SA.

Start rant......If we as a sailing community are going to work to get more mainstream media exposure to our sport, then something must be done with SA. Having a website with frequent nudity, showcasing an event and then having commentary for the video laced with profanity is certainly not going to get us the exposure we are after.

Rant over....flame away.

good stuff! Now if they could keep the camera on the boats.

Sex and profanity worked for Howard Stern

Who is in charge of the camera?!
Its pointing either at the sky or the floor most of the time.

Link to the official site, with results...

http://nyyc.org/CCLASS/

Mike

Those guys rely on volunteers for a lot of the coverage operations - including the boat. Honestly, the boat type is probably not the best one for the coverage and they could stand to have someone at the helm that had a good understanding for the capabilities and lanes for the racers. I'm not sure who is running the camera (don't touch the zoom anymore!).....but one thing's certain. Flaws included, it's still TONS better than reading a three paragraph article and shuffling through some photos a day after.

Anyone know why Orion retired .

Fred