The parade of black-eyed Susans in the creek bed is the parade I should have been following today. Instead, I’ve allowed satellite TV and Twitter to invade my brain, leaving me with a headache and a digital quiver. I thought I should better understand “Breaking Bad,” having not watched it until nearly the series’ end. …
How often in sports do you see a comeback of eight straight wins to take a championship? Oracle Team USA polished one off Wednesday in the 34th America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay. Announcers said that kind of comeback hadn’t happened before “in sports.” Great sailing, Oracle. I’m still getting my head around it, but …
Wow. Oracle Team USA comes back from 8-1 deficit and evens up the America’s Cup on Tuesday with a seventh straight win. Final, winner-take-all race on San Francisco Bay on Wednesday. Thrilling. Way to go Team USA sailors and Oracle, a finely tuned boat. Here’s the San Francisco Chronicle. Here’s the New York Times.
Tactical mistake on the fourth leg Sunday costs Oracle Team USA Race 10 after looking terrific and winning Race 9. Bummer. New Zealand needs just two to win compared to eight for Oracle. Oracle has been coming back strong after starting with a two-point penalty deficit, but can any team come back this far? The boats …
Oracle looked good in Race 8 on Saturday with Jimmy Spithill sailing well to windward. Analyzers say the “learning curve” on the 72-foot boats is still dramatic and day-to-day. Hints that Oracle also made changes to daggerboards. Got to give Dean Barker credit for saving Emirates from this near capsize. Race 9 called because of …
From my rocky ridge in the middle of New Mexico, I watched Race 5 of the America’s Cup on satellite TV last night. I’ll stick with my earlier post, saying I enjoy watching the big multihulls race on San Francisco Bay, but it’s disappointing to see so many Oracle problems. For relief, I’m starting to …
I take back everything I said against racing catamarans instead of monohulls in the America’s Cup. After seeing the Oracle and New Zealand boats in the first four races in good wind on San Francisco Bay, I’m not sure I would want to watch the old monohull keelboats plow through the water at a fraction of …
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