30th America's Cup Race 5 ITA vs. NZL | AMERICA'S CUP

[@dadcooks1347]

Spinnaker pole snaps after the finish, classic. I never noticed that when I watched it live

[@TheUltimateWriterNZ]

Noticed it for the first time as well 😅 Couldn’t have been any better timing - you hear someone yell ‘get it dowwwwn’ in that classic kiwi tone of annoyance like the tarp covering your old boat at home had split or something minor 🤣

[@natalieperkins3036]

Love these beautiful massive boats

[@lancehaysom47]

What ever you say about Coutts, he's a genius sailor

[@peterhamilton5179]

Thank goodness we have foils now

[@rsallen13]

If they narrowed the course, shorten the legs it would we exciting seeing these boats in a constant tacking dual.

[@dmurphy1578]

I had to go 21 years back to see Dean Barker not just ruin a start.

[@roccoleland891]

Pro trick : watch series on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching all kinds of movies recently.

[@johanisrael8024]

@Rocco Leland Yea, have been watching on Flixzone for since december myself :)

[@lancehaysom47]

this was coutts, yes?

[@dmurphy1578]

@@lancehaysom47 this cup but not this race. It was locked up pretty good so they subbed in.

[@jackvince558]

I don’t mind this. I just personally prefer the foils of the modern boats as they are much faster and exciting. Not that these aren’t exciting, they are just a bit slow

[@mikeshearer1250]

19:10 those same words repeated 21 years later!!!!!

[@honahwikeepa2115]

God defend New Zealand 💪🙏🇳🇿

[@s3ra9h1m]

Back in the good old days before the flying boats. This is how it should be. Those flying boats they use today should be in a class of their own.

[@nigelw.9043]

so this was better than racing AC75 - it's like watching paint dry... Slow boats with massive separation racing for a couple of hours. Never ever would you be selling this to a none sailing TV / media audience.

[@TheUltimateWriterNZ]

I agree these days, because times have changed a lot since then. But once upon a time, they DID sell exactly this type of racing to a non-racing public all over the world and especially in Aotearoa NZ. I still have my lucky red socks that we all got back in intermediate school 😊 In saying that, I have no idea why people want to go back to this, other than romantic nostalgia and a love of traditional sailing. Current, foiling AC is still amazing for the same reasons - cutting edge tech and top tier sailors on the controls. People seem to forget AC has always been exactly that!

[@CHRISTOPHERHARDY-gt4on]

Plus expenses, who can afford this type of racing. The average sailor will never get close to racing these machines,.why not do a budget America's cup and bring back the human factor. These new boats just show a couple of heads moving about with helmets. I hate to say it,but a this rate, the boats w 19:08 19:08 19:08

[@CHRISTOPHERHARDY-gt4on]

Yeah, they'll be all automated, seriously going around the top mark at 50knots,imagine trying to call Bouy room at that speed with a whole fleet of them!

[@jthepickle7]

Yawn.