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Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: drbinkle] #235869
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this is the kind of sail-porn I need on Monday! The onboard cam is great, and you can do the tactical map with laylines and speed overlays in the summary video...


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Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: drbinkle] #235872
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Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: pgp] #235880
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hey, what's the blinky thing (red) on the beam?


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warning signal for the course boundary

Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: waterbug_wpb] #235882
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It lets them know if they are outside the (virtual) course. No bouys.


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Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: pgp] #235887
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I don't think I want to be on the French team... But it was funny to see Loik light the fag before the first race...


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Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: drbinkle] #235905
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Originally Posted by dbncsu
I just finished doing the same. It's great to watch sailing on tv, even if it's not technically on tv.

Is there a schedule for the rest of the events anywhere?


I had a heck of a time finding the schedule the first time...
http://www.americascup.com/en/Event...-portugal/ACWS---Cascais-Event-Schedule/


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Originally Posted by pgp
It lets them know if they are outside the (virtual) course. No bouys.


Well...it lets them know as they approach the boundary (wouldn't be much help if it just let you know when you were outside it). It blinks faster and faster as they near the boundary line and turns solid when they go past it (and they get a penalty). They also have some sort of distance readout because I hear them call the distance to the boundary - but I'm not sure what that device is or where it is located. The race committee also appears to have the ability to reprogram the devices when they reset the course. I suspect that the red blinky on the boat actually gets it's signal from race command - where the GPS signals from the boats are processed in the judges command room (where they monitor the extremely precise GPS data/course map for penalties and reduce the need for on the water judges).

They were also experimenting with anchor-less mark boats that use thrusters and gps units to maintain position. I presume they're using this because I didn't see any anchor rodes on the mark boats (that I noticed). Feed all this back to a central computer station and all the devices get tied together with the same data. Pretty cool.


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Originally Posted by Jake
I had a heck of a time finding the schedule the first time...
http://www.americascup.com/en/Event...-portugal/ACWS---Cascais-Event-Schedule/

Thanks Jake. I see that the next stop is the UK in September, but I don't see a schedule for those races or where they go after that.

Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: drbinkle] #235921
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Originally Posted by dbncsu
Originally Posted by Jake
I had a heck of a time finding the schedule the first time...
http://www.americascup.com/en/Event...-portugal/ACWS---Cascais-Event-Schedule/

Thanks Jake. I see that the next stop is the UK in September, but I don't see a schedule for those races or where they go after that.


Ahhh...well...I banged around on there for a while myself and couldn't find any mention of anything past Cascais...so dunno.


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http://www.americascup.com/en/Discover/Race-Format/The-AC-World/


"The America's Cup World Series could continue beyond the 34th America's Cup, allowing for a regular calendar of Cup racing to the benefit of sailors, fans, teams, and all stakeholders.

2011-2012 America’s Cup World Series Schedule*

Event One: Cascais, Portugal, 6 – 14 August
Event Two: Plymouth, England, 10 - 18 September
Event Three: San Diego, 12-20 November

*The remaining schedule will be revealed by October 2011."

Lest we forget:

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Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: pgp] #235931
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What is the EST time for a 2:00 start in Cascai?


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Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: Team_Cat_Fever] #235936
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Originally Posted by Team_Cat_Fever
What is the EST time for a 2:00 start in Cascai?

9am, which is IMO actually better then the 3pm over here.

Anyone else going to the Plymouth event?

Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: Tony_F18] #235961
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I'm confused...which is pretty easy lately...Is it going on and being streamed now?


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Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: Chris9] #235971
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Originally Posted by Chris9
I'm confused...which is pretty easy lately...Is it going on and being streamed now?


It will be on Wednesday...its Tuesday today.

Originally Posted by Jake
Later this week, we move onto the fleet series/elimination that feeds the match racing events. Racing (and I presume continued online coverage) starts at 9:10am EST on Wed (Aug 10th) through Friday (Aug 12th). Thankfully, my iPad is connected to our guest WiFi network that doesn't block YouTube! ;-)


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Ahhh, so it is Tuesday. Thanks. Since I'm note racing tonight, I totally forgot today is Tuesday.


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Originally Posted by Chris9
Since I'm note racing tonight, I totally forgot today is Tuesday.
Therein rests the answer to all your problems grin.


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Originally Posted by Chris9
Ahhh, so it is Tuesday. Thanks. Since I'm note racing tonight, I totally forgot today is Tuesday.


That sounded like the case! ;-)


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Light wind in Cascais, racing postponed until 16:00 their time. 11:00 EST.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo...;min=0&sec=0&p1=1420&p2=2123

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Re: America's Cup Cascais Coverage [Re: pgp] #236014
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Thanks for the conversion...since I didn't race last night I'm continuing to have a hard time today with that type of stuff...I did make some pretty good coffee, better get some more...I should be better tomorrow, since I'll be watching my daughter making the other teams girls cry on the lax field tonight...maybe we should put her in football.


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