mixedunicc
11.06.2021 15:13:11
The event is expected to pump between $600m-$1b into the economy. [links]
See full version: America; s Cup 2019: Disaster as three challengers set to withdraw
The event is expected to pump between $600m-$1b into the economy. [links]
"It's an expensive game, the America's Cup." more
Newshub understands that California's Stars & Stripes is currently drafting a media release announcing its withdrawal. more
"But Team New Zealand, like the other teams, to be competitive and to win this thing again, they need to be generating $20-30 million a year to win - and I'm sure they're working hard on that. " [links]
DutchSail is resorting to crowdfunding and says "the pressure is on" and "the moment of truth is at hand." more
Just last month, the latter showed off how advanced it was, by foiling in New York. more
I was there at the meet and could not tell at all what was going on with scores, they only put the leader board up at the halfway point. I guess you have to track the scores yourself but it’s silly to be at a live event and have to go online to see who is winning. Thank you for posting the final scores. [links]
Great finish for Murakami considering she had a fall! more
Ugh. She wouldve had beam gold and AA finish would’ve been tighter; maybe not .001 like men, but close. She is fantastic. more
Also kim bui AA score was awesome. [links]
All-Around Results more
Ellie snagging a silver on bars! I watch her bars solely 4 the dismount. more
If you look at it in the glass-half-full manner, which we do, safety is a big one, so they did the right thing and they hit the big red button and stopped the production and everybody got involved to work through the problem for a good solution.
What’s missing has been the bird-like foil arms that are being supplied by the Defender and Challenger of Record to all the teams. There are a number of one design parts for the 36th edition, and the foil system was among the list, but problems have slowed the delivery. Scuttlebutt editor Craig Leweck checks in with Terry for an update:
You did get people excited when your recent video showed the Mule had capsized. here
The Herreshoff Marine Museum / America’s Cup Hall of Fame has selected Dyer Jones, Henry Racamier, and Bill Trenkle to the America’s Cup Hall of Fame as the inductees for the Class of 2019.
When the following America’s Cup began in Fremantle (1986-87 series), the Louis Vuitton Cup was established as a major sporting and media event in its own right. With Bruno Troublé as Racamier’s right-hand man, the Louis Vuitton Cup, supported by a strong team, became a full-fledged organization within one of sport’s marquee events. more
If one were to describe Trenkle in one word, it would be “loyal.” He raced and worked with Dennis Conner in eight America’s Cup campaigns over a 24-year stretch from 1979 through 2003, winning the America’s Cup three times. During that period, Trenkle evolved from a “possible” crew as a Cadet at the State University of New York Maritime College (Class of 1980) to Conner’s long time Director of Operations.