There was a thread on SA a good while back showing them digging out the pond. At the time everyone thought it was for AC promo, but looks like they missed that window, even as long as it stayed open.

DJI quad promo from the AC. pretty cool. Great top view of ETNZ's wing at 0:38 .

http://vimeo.com/75981253

How do you insert a vid that's not one of the 4 listed, like Vimeo or Ustream?

As far as I know, you can't. Other vid formats aren't supported within the forum..

Don't forget TONIGHT Spithill on the Colbert Report with Stephen At Home on Comedy Central 11:30/10:30 Central

Good Video Report - Spithill

Men's Journal Article

Spithill on Colbert Video
Colbert "To be fair, the wind did a lot of the work". . .
"You beat those Hobbit Humpers"
Spithill "I'm not going to lie to you Mate, it feels fantastic"

Best part of that Colbert piece was the noises from the crowd when they saw the foiling AC72's.

Backstage with Colbert

I spent most of last week on a RIB. Fastest I got it going was 38 mph or 33 knots (per its speedo, not overly accurate, but close). I remember looking at how fast the water was rushing by, and thinking about those guys that were hauling at 10-15 knots FASTER on the AC72s. Hard to wrap your head around it!

Jimmy talks about coming down from the training, lead-up and racing routines, but how are these guys ever going to handle going slow ever again?

To put it even more into perspective, I sat in on some protests last week, and this statement came out in more than one hearing: "It was windy, and we were reaching, so we were going really fast. I'd say the boat speed was 6 knots." And all parties agreed...

Mike

Some friends and I chartered a sailboat and watched two days of AC34 racing on San Francisco Bay. Here are a few snapshots from our trip:

One of the support boats towing a start mark out to the course:



Team New Zealand foiling:



Team USA foiling:



The two boats racing:



Team USA approaching the edge of the course and preparing to tack. If you look closely, you can see the green boundary light on the boat. We were watching from the other side.



And, just for grins, a spectator boat with NZ fans:

[img]http://www.nautiknots.com/misc/AC_NZSpectators.jpg[/img]

As compared to a spectator boat with USA supporters:

[img]http://www.nautiknots.com/misc/AC_USASpectators.jpg[/img]

I hope you enjoy the pics,
Eric

The fact that this is not for sale makes me want it even more

http://www.wristreview.com/?p=4591



“This was a first for sailing and a first for Swiss watchmaking,” said Stéphane Linder, TAG Heuer President and CEO.
“It represents the next-generation of competitive sport technology. We’re looking forward to participating in similar
ventures with teams across the full spectrum of professional sports.”

I was thinking that the pebble smart watch and iregatta app may do a similar job as that watch.

They need to put normal functions on that and sell it. I would definitely buy one just to have it. I bought an analog Citizen Stars and Stripes watch in the early 90s, and I don't think those were even considered rare.

Anyone else have/had one of these? Mine has a metal band.



Mike

Nice!

Now, how much for the wind sensors, installed on my Blade, and the Oracle software to run the whole show?

There is the Samsung Gear smartwatch which actually looks promising as an advanced sailing watch.
http://reviews.cnet.com/samsung-galaxy-gear/

You could write all sorts of software for it and maybe even leverage its onboard camera for realtime sailshape analysis.



Its a real shame that it only works together with a Samsung phone.

Waterproof?

I just picked up a Note 3 - but I'm waiting until the Galaxy Gear watch drops to $100 or less before I bite. Its just not that impressive right now.

I don't think its waterproof either.