AC World Series in Newport, RI (Race Day Updates 4 & 5)

Below are the news updates from Cascais for Race Day 4 & 5. Big update: the last leg of the AC World Series will be in Newport, RI in July 2012!

WHFS & Blink-182

The late 90's are back! My favorite radio station from high school is back on the air (after an abrupt cancellation) and I'm going to the Blink-182 show tonight with my littler sister. Should be blast!

AC World Series - Cascais Update, Race Day 3

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"It is decidedly so"

8 posts in one day. I am a blogging machine!

Mark Twain Inspired

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." 

- Mark Twain

The guy in the below video (courtesy of gCaptain), certainly didn't want to be disappointed by the things that he didn't do. He went for it and although it certainly wasn't the best idea as gCaptain points out, you do have to give him credit for trying. Pretty ballsy for, what looks like a 40' boat, to take on a supertanker...

(Photo courtesy of Conjuminando)

AC World Series - Cascais, Day 2

Below is the news for Saturday, the 2nd Race day at Cascais. The match racing officially starts on Wednesday. Apparently these were the preliminaries.

Winston Mcfarlane fell off of Emirates Team New Zealand's boat during one of the races when his winch handle broke. That is some intense grinding.

Emirates Team NZ ending up winning the preliminaries and the speed test so it was a pretty bangup weekend for them. Below are the results of the preliminaries and the speed test.

America's Cup World Series - Cascais (Full Replays)

Below are the full replays for Day 1 of the AC World Series at Cascais. The first one is with the sports commentary and the 2nd one is just video from onboard a mix of the different boats.

It's not quite the high intensity that they advertise but not everyday can have them going 30+ knots right?