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March 2, 2012 By Jack Griffin

Blue Angels at ACWS in SF October 4-7, 2012 !

 

Has ACEA scored a major coup?

Bernie Wilson’s AP report yesterday (1 Mar’12) included this:

The first NBC broadcast is scheduled for July 1, the final day of the America’s Cup World Series in Newport. The other dates on NBC are Aug. 26 and Oct. 7, so America’s Cup organizers will fit events to those slots. Organizers are exploring having an ACWS stop on the Hudson River in New York, which would end on Aug. 26. If that’s not possible, there would be ACWS stops in San Francisco ending with televised races on Aug. 26 and Oct. 7.

Has anyone noticed that Oct 4-8 is…FLEET WEEK. Talk about finding a parade and then running to get in front of it! Very clever.

Blue Angels at America's Cup
Blue Angels at America’s Cup
The Blue Angels will be at America's Cup World Series 4-7 Oct'12

Some other schedule notes:

August 26 and October 7: this means the current ACWS schedule will change

The second SF ACWS is currently scheduled to start on August 27. And the first SF ACWS is scheduled to end August 19.

Looks like the first “SF” ACWS will be run 1 week later and maybe in NY, not SF.
Second SF ACWS won’t start on August 27 –  it changes to October 1-7.

Is this the most likely scenario?
ACWS Newport, June 23 – July 1 (no change)
ACWS NY or SF, Aug 20 – 26 (do AC45s and teams stay on the East Coast somewhere for training?)
ACWS SF, Oct 1-7 With Blue Angels air show!

Is this a major coup or a major snafu?  Post your comments below!

Did ACEA and NBC plan this?  Or did they just get lucky?

Or…    will they have to change the Oct date or venue because they completely missed the Fleet Week conflict?

 

February 25, 2012 By Jack Griffin 2 Comments

ACEA (America’s Cup Event Authority)

 

The branch of the AC that takes care of the Communication, Legal, Marketing and Commercial aspects of the event.

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ACRM (America’s Cup Racing Management)

The governing authority on the water.
They set the race course and are in charge of the umpires.

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Water!

A request for room to round a mark or obstruction, or to tack clear of an object.

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America’s Cup Final

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Louis Vuitton Cup

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ACWS (America’s Cup World Series)

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Series

Many races over a longer period of time constitute a series.
See also ACWS (America’s Cup World Series).

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Regatta

A regatta is made up of several races in a short time frame: a day, a weekend, or a week.

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Race

A race is a sailing competition between boats, in which they start at a particular time, sail the same course and try to complete it fastest.

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Rudder

One of two types of underwater foils.
The rudder is used for steering the boat.

Racing sailors use as little rudder as possible — to avoid slowing the boat.

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Jib

The jib is the forward sail on a sloop rig. If the jib is large enough to overlap the mast, it is called a “genoa”.A small jib may also be called a “blade”.

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Mainsail

The primary sail on a boat, also called a “main”. On boats with one mast, the mainsail is attached to the aft portion of the mast. On boats with more than one mast, the mainsail is attached to the tallest one.

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Capsize

In a capsize, a boat is pushed onto its side, with its mast parallel to or in the water.”Turtling” describes a capsize in which the boat inverts completely.

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Jibe

This term for downwind sailing can also be a noun or verb. As a noun, it describes either the starboard or port jibe. As a verb, a boat is “jibing” when its stern swings through the wind direction, changing from starboard jib to port.

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Leeward

Leeward is the direction it is blowing to, “downwind”.For rules purposes, the leeward side of a boat is the side the mainsail is on.

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Windward

Windward is the direction the wind is coming from, “upwind”.

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Dirty Wind

The turbulent wind to leeward of a sail and in line with it.

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