Re: [SCOW] FYI: Inside Larry Ellison's Insane Plan to Turn America's Cup Into a TV Spectacle

Thom,

Thanks for the great article.  I just got to reading it this evening.  I'll have to look for the footage of that last race in Venice to see what the pile-up looked like.  In watching the highlights from the racing in San Francisco, it was nice to see the circles around the turning marks, the lay lines, and the distance between boats all right there nicely illustrated on the the screen.

Not until I read the article and started watching the races, did I realize how much the rules have been changed.  Umpires calling penalties live, no 360-penalty turns, no going back to the start line to clear a false start.  Just slow down the boat as your competitors pass you by until you get the green light from the umps to turn on the heat again.

I definitely found this coverage more compelling than the coverage of the olympic sailing events.  It would be nice to have such coverage for the upcoming Leukemia Cup Regatta (http://nca.lcr.llsevent.org/).

Thanks again,

Charles

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Thom Unger <thomunger@yahoo.com> wrote:

FYI:

 

An interesting article on the technology being used to display the America Cup race courses, as well as the effect that's having on creating new courses and rules for the boats:

 

Inside Larry Ellison's Insane Plan to Turn America's Cup Into a TV Spectacle

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/08/ff_americascup_ellison/all/

 

Fair winds,

Thom Unger

 

 

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