[Rhodes22-list] Americas Cup

[Mary Lou Troy]

Wally,
I agree it was a great race but I think they cut the jib sheet (after 
rigging another sheet) so they could tack. As fouled as it was 
(spinnaker cloth and jib sheet entangled through the block), they 
couldn't tack without cutting the sheet. In fact they had to cut it 
in two places when they did come about. And even then it was still 
fouled in the new leeward block although they were able to tack out 
of that one before it became the mess it was on port tack. It's 
amazing to me that they were still in it all after such a screw-up.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 02:41 PM 6/26/2007, you wrote:
>Anyone watch the America's Cup race today? Awesome.....NZ had some big screw
>ups and there were many passes. I wouldn't mention results in case anyone is
>watching replay later today. At NZ approached the leeward mark they messed
>up the spinnaker drop. First just  prior to dropping the spinnaker the NZ
>fore deck guy was tossed overboard and somehow hung on to a line (not sure
>which one) and was suspended just above water line. He pulled him self back
>aboard. He actually never hit the water! So then they have a problem with
>Spinnaker  down haul and the fore deck crew had to grab the sail and pull
>down. Well it was a huge mess and the sail starting going over the side. At
>one point it looked like half the crew was messing with the spinnaker. The
>sheets and sail were fouled in what looked  the leeward jib block. The
>spinnaker could not be stowed below decks and they were working hard to free
>spinnaker sheets. So picture the jib set for upwind beat and somehow part of
>the spinnaker and spinnaker lines became snarled in jib block. Anyway NZ
>tacked with the fouled spinnaker and sheets all over the foredeck. They
>could not free the spinnaker sheets and eventually had to tack again and
>they finally cut spinnaker sheets to free the sail.
>
>Wally
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