Jim Craik
Lifetime Supporter
They take a licking and keep on ticking......................
Oracle +33
They are now even at eight races each!
Without the two penalty races, they would........
I have noticed that starting some time last week, Oricle is now sailing with a pronounced bow down angle.
Where both boats were sailing with their hulls level or slightly up at the bow, Oracle is now trimmed out bow down. With that, they have also suddenly gotten much faster both up wind and down.
One thing that trimming down the bow would do is move the center of lateral resistance forward, kind of like moving the mast forward or the boards aft.
They may have had a balance problem, it seems to be working!
Oracle +33
They are now even at eight races each!
Without the two penalty races, they would........
I have noticed that starting some time last week, Oricle is now sailing with a pronounced bow down angle.
Where both boats were sailing with their hulls level or slightly up at the bow, Oracle is now trimmed out bow down. With that, they have also suddenly gotten much faster both up wind and down.
One thing that trimming down the bow would do is move the center of lateral resistance forward, kind of like moving the mast forward or the boards aft.
They may have had a balance problem, it seems to be working!
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I remember watching Dennis Connor lose that last race to Australia2, I sat alone on the sofa and cried.
