30th America's Cup Race 1 ITA vs. NZL | AMERICA'S CUP

30th America's Cup. Auckland. February 20, 2000.
Day 1 Race 1: Prada Challenge vs. Team New Zealand.
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[@geoffperkins8796]

I was on the water that day and in fact spotted the boat I was on in the video. Great experience ..

[@nickt1113]

As a sailor, I much prefer this to the current AC75s.

[@Silvius.2]

Old AC racing was great ... New ships racing likely last AC against Luna rossa was super interesting! Tactical more difference to use, likely slowing down from luna rossa and so faster with all! New Zealand was thinking great with new foiling AC! More spectacle racing likely in auckland AC36 was ❤️. Oracle changing was also nice, catamaran racing was also ❤️ Some still want old AC back, but AC must developing, that's the right way

[@jimpeers4852]

This is how the Americas cup should be.

[@Mjr._Kong]

I miss the pre-start shenanigans that must have been hellishly tense in those beasts!

[@aspencat2239]

they brought that back

[@steffazz]

it was a more romantic and human regatta, boats that even though evolved still had an ancestral navigation bond and approach , much more tactics, crossings, taking the wind away from the opponent, change the sails, many more emotions now they look like spaceships with a sail and inside do cycling, start at full speed and end of the story

[@haydenbrown5725]

As a Kiwi yachty I did not even watch the SailGP in Auckland last weekend. Just a shouting match and advertising blurb for Auckland. These are real AC boats, sailed by skilled helms

[@Viendopiedra5029]

Sailing is sailing. Foiling is sailing.

[@stevenbissett]

Flying a kite is flying a kite.

[@AdamazarskiMD]

It WAS a beautifull races

[@JamesRandall47]

Real sailing please come back

[@ryanwirtanen3857]

Way more interesting to watch.

[@petenga9329]

Yeah the good old days looks more competitive

[@MerleDoughty-yw6cl]

So different to the current boats and racing I love the new type boat its like chalk and cheese or more like Moto GP

[@determouse]

Go kiwi. Upmost respect for prada

[@bigkiwial]

Ah, back in the day when tha americas cup involved actual sailing!! And im sure pete montgomery could make a light rainshower exciting!!

[@santos.l.halper1999]

Define sailing?

[@santos.l.halper1999]

Angelous Bacon hydrodynamics has nothing to do with sailing champ...

[@santos.l.halper1999]

Angelous Bacon 3 out of 6? That's a higher ratio of sailors than the ICAC crews! I've raced at premier level in NZ and also happen to own a jet boat! What's your point?

[@santos.l.halper1999]

Angelous Bacon I'll say it again! Hydrodynamics has nothing to do with Sailing. Calling me a fuckwit? Wouldn't you rather talk tactics and design? Fuck you. The point is foiling isn't the point! In fact foil design has been a staple in the AC since the 60s. Real sailors aren't talking about foiling but rather the implementation of hydraulics instead of man power resulting in one touch winching and trimming. Moving oil as opposed to grinding for line tension is overlooked because people are bewildered by flight and boat speed. You wanna talk sailing you fuckface?

[@TheForge10]

So the current ones are not sailing ? Spokem like someone who has never sailed.

[@determouse]

Go kiwi . Hope next regatta is as much fun for all

[@5133937]

These boats are beautiful, but seem impossibly slow and lumbering now compared to the modern hydrofoiling ones.

[@ralphny]

Wow! You and I see the world through different eyes.

[@renacesar060575]

NZ has pretty speed advantage in downwind.

[@francoisde-martrin-donos6167]

Merci pour cette vidéo, pour un terriens de la campagne qui adore la voile mais par sa situation géographique ne peut malheureusement la pratique tout les jours. ..j'adore. !

[@brycenew]

Amazing to be reminded of what AC racing looked like before the introduction of multihulls and foiling monohulls. And yeh, I’d sooner watch trad / non-foiling monohulls race than foilers, any day. To the haters, welcome to the world of human preferences 😂

[@adrianthomas8225]

It’s all those exciting dial ups - the boats sitting stationary next to each other for tense minutes on end before the start - then the long long drag race on starboard for 10 minutes. I know what you mean but I’d rather watch the ac75s hitting cover tacks at 40 knots the LV cup final was epic, looking forward to ineos vs etnz… as you say, personal differences

[@StFidjnr]

2:38 no harm to both boats no foul

[@cpt.marley]

When America's Cup was a race between two boat.

[@judasjudas-fj4fx]

How slow these boats were .. like dinosaurs

[@stephenkelpe6118]

""" Was a cool yacht ; NZL-60 ..

[@bajsetbrinner72]

Stephen Kelpe reminds me of the movie Winds... nice boats!

[@wntu4]

I quit watching AC when it ceased being about monohull racing.

[@TheForge10]

Good for you

[@ficklemedia8733]

Really enjoying these videos. I keep thinking about how this will look when they are foiling 😳😳😳

[@americascup]

Amazing.

[@CarlosMartinez-ks6eo]

Good times with dial up, mechanical winches, tons of tackings...summarising: times of real sailboats!

[@epram73]

This is the real and only AC!!!...NO FOIL!!!

[@abatesnz]

Were these boats cheaper than today's flying machines?

[@scannorse]

The commentator has it.....”time to kill....”

[@nicholassmith3786]

Best Americas cup in Auckland

[@LorenzoRosso-g6e]

Pensare che pure la Svizzera, terra di formaggi e sci alpino, è riuscita a vincere l'Americas Cup.... Sono 25 anni che LunaRossa-Prada e Pirelli cercano di farlo ma falliscono.... Non si sa cosa va sempre storto....

[@riccardoconti3344]

Si ma con in equipaggio non Svizzero e comprato in Nuova Zelanda………

[@paratrooper7340]

They cannot imagine how much I miss real sailing races for the America's Cup, now they have these things flying on vertical wings and struts skimming across the water and if that isn't fast enough for them I heard at my club that jet engines will be used to create wind in the next cup races - so why not just throw away all pretenses of sailing and admit that what they really want is the Reno Air Races.

[@adobedoug2564]

PARA Trooper also GET OFF MY LAWN!

[@directorstu]

Ac has always been about tech.

[@directorstu]

These Yachts were true beauties though

[@craigwalker9121]

Para , I agree I love this type of sailing , what is your opinion of the "mule " hulls ?

[@whiteboybrown1]

I was just watching this thinking thank God we have moved forward from this

[@jimmyj100]

Every comment on here: ‘I miss these boats.. this is ‘real’ sailing’; from noobs who have never sailed before

[@TheForge10]

Yeah love the i hate foiling these were rhe best comments. On every vid. Noobs.

[@masonmunkey6136]

This is undeniably better racing

[@brycenew]

What a load of BS (and delusional thinking). Some of us who have raced trad sailing dinghies & keel yachts prefer watching trad / non-foiling yacht racing. Nothing amazing or outlandish about that.

[@silviosarunic6709]

some of us still race on fast 80 footers and 100 footers…. and who the fuck is you???

[@georgemack6378]

V

[@boatbra55]

Sailing dinossaurs...

[@TheForge10]

How Bertarelli waa able to challange in the first place was a joke. Rules state challenger must be located on the sea. Geneva is on a lake.

[@Sean40K]

I think you are getting confused with Alinghi in 2003. Prada Challenge was racing under the Yacht Club Punta Ala, in Tuscany.

[@twainui8151]

Soooo slow 🐌 yawn 🥱

[@lehonidus]

This is as boring as anything to watch. it's like watching cricket. *yawn*

[@jimpeers4852]

Nothing wrong with Cricket

[@AntonioFraiese]

Barca superiore in tutto 🎉😭