Dear Director - this isn't motor racing. We don't want lingering close up shots of boats after they cross the finish line - while you are missing all the action that is still happening on the course. Please pull back and let us see the racing.

@nobreighner

9 ай бұрын

Exactly!

Phil Robertson is the most consistent skipper. He always disappoints. Time for one big change in Team Canada. Please!

Fantastic sailing craft. Great to witness on these broadcasts. Thanks to all. Really interesting and educational.

@nobreighner

9 ай бұрын

Agree

In US Baseball US Basketball, and US Football, they have figured out that it's great in a sporting event to have some scoring information that stays on the screen and then morphs into other things sometimes or has added details sometimes. Can you do that? Sometimes you nothing. Sometimes you have one thing. Sometimes you have another. Sometimes you have yet another. Perhaps position and speed always, then add other things and/or temporarily replace it with other things sometimes?

@richardmatatahi4563

4 ай бұрын

What???

@AakeTraak

Ай бұрын

And less close ups!!

I keep rooting for Spithill on USA, but also torn by rooting for Slingsby on Australia ( because he is with USA in the America's Cup ).

@HomebrandFishfood

9 ай бұрын

I've not got this issue as a new zealander

The wind always has Sundays off🤣

Go USA!!! Finally get another win!!

Burling blaming Ainslie, well that’s racing, boot on the other foot I’m sure Burling would have done the same.

@jaford2

9 ай бұрын

At least Ben salvaged something from the event! 😂

@Gottenhimfella

9 ай бұрын

@@jaford2 I wasn't aware of anything he salvaged, except his reputation for sometimes being something of a jerk

@Gottenhimfella

9 ай бұрын

@AndyUK-Corrival I don't recall any instance of Burling attacking anyone when it was a blatantly negative-sum outcome. I suppose Sir B is sufficiently machiavellian to calculate that it's better to have USA climbing the points table at the expense of Burling's lot (which implies he sees the former as "easy-beats"). Down here on planet Earth, if any boat looked to be angling for that label in this regatta, it was GBR...

@Gottenhimfella

9 ай бұрын

It's kind of ironic that a couple of contests ago, Canada got penalised for hunting a boat on another leg in spite of holding their course (contrary to what the commentators said at the time), whereas GBR absolutely sailed a course designed solely to force NZL to put about and got off scott free. Luckily NZL was vigilant, where Spain had been derelict in not keeping a lookout, but it looked like a remarkably skillful avoidance manoeuvre from the kiwis.

_Good show ..._ thanks! p.s. *TCUP* 🙂

2023 seems like the year of “Just Barely Get In, Then You Win” finals- Canada in Christchurch in March, Spain in LA in July, and now USA today in Cadiz.

The light air sailing is more interesting. Can be very severe consequences for a bad decision.

Come on. Please include speed and or lead on the leaderboard.

As an American living in America....can we please get rid of the American commentator, Todd. He doesn't seem to be able to talk about anyone but the "American" team. Embarrassing.

@markgallagher1376

9 ай бұрын

I don’t think he talks about USA anymore than the other teams. Besides there’s nothing wrong with having pride in your country. I here Australia way more in their broadcasts than any other team, but they are the top boat so I can see why.

@jamesaron1967

9 ай бұрын

Some viewers are addicted to speed. Whenever the wind drops off and the contenders are stuck in displacement mode it's like someone took their speed fix away..

@michaela4024

8 ай бұрын

Yes lve made comments about his aggressive commentary stile before he makes it sound like you are watching a WWF fight. He continually talks about the US boat no mater were they are positioned during a race, as if he is only commenting for an American audience. The sound of the UK commentators voice also gives me the Irits.

Why the hell was the decision not taken to install the 29m wings?? It's exactly these kinds of conditions they were built for!

@PhilSmiettie

9 ай бұрын

They are still under investigation because of the structural failure on the kiwi boat.

@jamesaron1967

9 ай бұрын

@@PhilSmiettie Ah yes, should have realized that. Hopefully, next time they race it will all be sorted out or there's a consistent breeze.

@Gottenhimfella

9 ай бұрын

@jamesaron1967 It's not a sure thing that they lower the bottom end of the wind speed range viable for foiling, because the extra weight is not inconsiderable. The answer will be different on different days, due for one thing to differing velocity gradients (a steep gradient would favour the taller wing).

@Gottenhimfella

9 ай бұрын

I should have added (for utmost clarity) the word "wind" before "velocity gradients", and "with height" after.

CJ Perez is a wonderful announcer. Her knowledge and choice of words are fabulous.

Nicely done USA.

Well it's Sunday morning on the West Coast of the US, so I think after this I'm gonna go out and watch some Optis race. It'll be way more exciting than this.

All the moaning about boring racing - boats that can do 10 knots in a fart of wind and still have intense boat on boat racing on a tight course. What else do you want?

@lockedout8643

9 ай бұрын

I was there, it did get a bit boring, the racing the day before was much better.

Sailgp needs to look really hard at the venues. Twice I've been to Cadiz now and both times super light winds. Crushingly dull to watch. Won't be going again. I even left before seeing the final race. Same story other venues. Would i watch F1 cars @ 30mph? No.

When the winds are light, why not rotate the course ninety degrees?

@nobreighner

9 ай бұрын

Then you lose the tactics though.

Good coverage and bad luck Tom .......

More sailing on a course the size of a swimming pool with next to no wind. How much longer will spectators pay to watch this? Please step it up, longer races on bigger courses at venues with wind, oh and please get rid of the idiot American commentator! (he reminds me of the commentator in the movie Best in Show)

@jamesaron1967

9 ай бұрын

Yes, totally agree about the course lengths and venues. The SailGP organization is fixated on ultra-short race lengths (time and distance) as if somehow that makes for better racing when it doesn't.

@pleasedtomeetme900

9 ай бұрын

I totally agree. I want to see much longer courses and longer races.

@robertgeorge9909

8 ай бұрын

The format is geared to KZread length.

@jessiebrader2926

8 ай бұрын

How do you figure that? The KZread show is at least two hours long although the event is only one hour.@@robertgeorge9909

🐌🐌🐌 comedy. Todos las semanas Levante y por fin flauta

US went from 6th to 3rd and you said nothing.

Is the scoring really as hard as you make it up to be or are you just doing that for drama? That seems silly.

yaawn, bring back 'lead mines'.

@robertgeorge9909

8 ай бұрын

Really? Have you seen the new ac boats in 6kts of wind? I believe the crew could swim faster.

@seanmccuen6970

8 ай бұрын

@@robertgeorge9909 even an IACC boat from the nineties would be doing 9+ knot boat speeds upwind in 6 knots true. these current boats are cheezy science experiments.

Like watching paint dry

Hmmm these foiling boats are pretty dull when it’s really light, worse it becomes a total lottery in the marginal foiling conditions. Not great viewing as a result.

@rydenkaye9735

9 ай бұрын

They aren’t any more dull non foiling than other fully non foiling classes are. They’re still super high performance boats even in displacement

Wow America actually won an event! What a pathetic sized course for an event, what a joke! The WWF styled American commentater sounded like he wet his pants he was so happy.

SUI: how low can they get?