31st America's Cup Race 2 SUI vs. NZL | AMERICA'S CUP

31st America's Cup. Auckland. February 16, 2003.
Day 2 Race 2: Alinghi vs. Team New Zealand.
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[@DavidSL64]

This was an incredible race, even watching almost 20 years later. Match racing at its best

[@ericshun3011]

Who’s here after ETNZ won AC 36?

[@patrickcolclough2423]

Wow, it's so slow. Like watching snail racing.

[@richardofoz2167]

Agreed. I keep thinking "What? They're still on the first leg?!"

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

It's almost like they sail at the speed of the wind. Instead of pulling three or four times that speed.

[@BrendanHills]

Watching this 2 years ago: "this is incredible- what an exciting race!". Watching this in 2021: "why are those boats spending all their time in the water"? :-D

[@12345fowler]

Well that is the strict definition of a boat. (To stay in the water) To call these flying fish that you see today "boats" is debatable when you have less than 1% of their weight immerged in water. Remember the definition of a boat weight is defined by the volume of water they displace so by that definition these flying boats are not really boats aren't they ?

[@markrickel1632]

Such an amazing race.

[@mandpfrill]

THAT'S WAS REALLY MORE TACTICAL THAN TODAY I M NOSTALGIC TOO

[@richardofoz2167]

Speaking as someone who grew up in the days of the 12 Metre class, it is nice to see more tactical situations arising with these boats, but today's AC75 is so much more exciting. Crews on these ol boats were sitting on their asses most of the time.

[@guydavies3035]

It is great to compare this racing with the current races in Auckland. Yes, the modern foils make the speeds so much faster, for me it is not as exciting as this more traditional sailing, with sail changes and hoists to be made at each mark. Too often with the modern yachts, the first over the line is the winner (today was remarkable as the were single lead changes in both races!). Here you can see each individual member doing their work, not hidden in the bilges of the boat, either grinding hydraulic pressure, or altering ride heights and other devices, which have little in similarity with popular sailing.

[@robertfairburn9979]

Even if you swapped crews the Alinghi boat would win. As boats go this was the one true dog of ETNZ history.

[@gspotmop8242]

bring back the J boats😲

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

They aren't even competitive to those foiling cats. And the foiling monohulls? Not a chance. Watching the J class duke it out is fun. Where is the Boating Olympics, watch hundreds of boats from half a dozen classes duke it out for the dozen or so medals and the pride of their nations. We could go watch National championships to determine what crew qualify to participate. And if the boats are identical and mostly provided. No one needs to spend billions on RND. The winner of the Prada cup series can challenge for the Americas cup. And young up and comers in smaller classes will be brought along to witnessed the monsters doing their own thing. And we can watch foiling boats as well as conventional hulls.

[@Rob-fx2dw]

Those birds you see flying alongside at the 1:47 mark keep saying " he is trying to take off but he is way too heavy " .

[@fedup3449]

No - they're actually saying "do you want to see how close to the wind we can go?"

[@sebastianz.6238]

Please bring back these boats. No doubt the new class is faster and intresting ... anyway Americas cup is much more entertaining on these beasts.

[@brittoncorbin7144]

Talking about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

[@tullochgorum6323]

Ah - back in those nostalgic days when yachts were beautiful boats rather than high-tec planes...

[@formulaben]

Who are the announcers for this telecast?

[@Clipper_Damez]

AC75 sailing backwards would still be faster than these

[@torblixa7760]

man they had to work so hard

[@paringatai]

compared to the AC75's....this is like watching paint dry

[@paddlefaster]

Fantastic race. It always seemed like alinghi was selling a little too high but it payed off.

[@slooob23]

The TNZ boat design was actually quite fast, they just were not well prepared. The boat itself did very well in the lead up to the next event, so it was probably capable of defending the cup if it had have been worked up better. The traitors were better funded and better prepared.

[@patmc8457]

It was no good on rough seas but it was a rocket on calm seas

[@bouwemetz8232]

tube music

[@maxhugen]

@@patmc8457 Yeah, it was taking on so much water, imagine dragging along an extra ton or two!

[@aaronteuscher2303]

Alinghi haves the better upwind performance then TNZ

[@markrickel1632]

Yacht racing is like dumping buckets of money into the water. AC Yacht racing is hiring a front end loader for the task.

[@andydunn5673]

You need to put some dates in your tittle We haven’t a clue what we are looking at This weeks race Last years race Or 10 years ago

[@anvincent6701]

Come on. Race 2 of America's Cup 31st is enough. If you don't know, don't waste your time watching

[@MrVaticanRag]

NZL v's NZL heretics?

[@cainsmale5988]

Reminds me of watching paint dry

[@joeakestudiosstudiob9300]

This was a great video to watch until a Democrat add came on haha

[@helenpowell2971]

For those of you saying that this is too slow - it's a helluva lot more interesting that watching the current boats. To me, this is sailing.

[@bobj5357]

Yes. I'd rather see boats sail IN the water than OVER it. Just can't identify with these high tech foiling boats.

[@richardofoz2167]

I grew up wih 12 Metres like Intrepid and Courageous, so this is quite familiar, and interesting from a tactical perspective. But jeez! it really is slow, and I'm ecstatic for the foilers. They're way more exciting.

[@12345fowler]

NoTtonly that but you can hear all the noise the rigging make under the TREMENDOUS tensions in all the equipment. The forces in play are HUGE much more than with any of these flying "boats" today because what is happening is that they get rid of surface friction / drag by going out of the water, thus requiring far less sail power once out of the water to sustain their high speed. I bet they don't make any noise apart the noise of the wind they create when flying :-) To see a mono-hull listing into wind under great pressure is a joy to watch.

[@gheckolock81]

Today's America's cup has more in common with Naval aviation and Formula 1 Racing than it does with this relaxing pastime. America's cup on foils is really AC 2.0, and we are really only on the 2nd AC 2.0. They have a lot of work to do on technology, tactics, regulations and coverage before the true potential of what has been unleashed becomes evident to more people.

[@ficklemedia8733]

This is straight up yacht racing porn. I was fighting a semi all the way. What a fantastic spectacle. Bring on the cup

[@ficklemedia8733]

this film has more adverts than any other KZbin film I've ever seen. by far. its a disgrace

[@dominiclloyd6651]

Why complain about ads instead of just uploading adblocker?

[@mastaplanna9771]

I'm so happy we have foils now

[@camdensimon8964]

yeah......can't agree there. Now they are faster....but it is no longer anything even close to match racing

[@chris770]

@@camdensimon8964 Except for when they're match racing...

[@typedef_8463]

@@camdensimon8964 yeah nah. You should rethink that comment. Its match racing when the teams are actually good

[@scarletbegonias2359]

You pay for the whole seat, but you only use the edge... Whadda exciting race

[@ludofeyaerst]

2 ore e 38 minuti di regata contro gli attuali 25/30 minuti. Forse una via di mezzo esisteva.

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

Slow as molasses in January. The crews could read a book half the 'race'

[@patmc8457]

Yep..nz fukd up..they let coutts and butterworth leave...

[@bigdavesbigdaves6263]

Compared to the Ac 75s It looks like we are watching a boat race in slow mode still great racing .

[@MarcoKerkmeester]

Might be slower, but a lot more exciting....

[@Milordbovarobernese]

We have had seen everythings in this amazing match race, this is America’s Cup. Wonderful. Two greats teams

[@Johnonayacht]

The wheel position was terrible on NZL. Dean having to constantly lean over is painful to watch

[@pauladams8475]

Beats the AC75 any day. All about tactics, and boat handling skills. So sad not to see spinnaker peels and total team work anymore, rather than the human hydraulic machines on board. This sailing has soul.....

[@TheForge10]

AC is all.about technology , these boats have had their day.

[@Chris.Davies]

It's like watching glaciers racing! I keep expecting them to pop-up out of the water and start flying.

[@patmc8457]

Jaja binks vs yoda

[@AtomSmash3r]

NZ A (Alinghi) vs NZ B (Team NZ)

[@bakters]

Team New Zealand was not a team b. With equal equipment, they won in Dubai later on.

[@TheBardsCorner]

What are other sailing competitions using yachts such as these during the year?

[@johnscott7313]

@bakters the America’s Cup is as much a design race as it is a yacht race. So if Alinghi had a better boat, good on them.

[@12345fowler]

@@bakters I think what he was referring to is that the "Swiss team" actually poached the best NZ sailors (Coutts/Butterworth) and so it was the NZ team at the end who won the cup,

[@jaysparc]

NZ hired guns beat NZ

[@tinkeringwithmark1186]

Pick up the bow 10 degrees!

[@craigneeve61]

im no sailor Barker should have done turned boat to the left at 2.23.00 and blocked Coutts

[@todcowen2517]

Jeez, Dalts. Ads every two minutes on the first weather leg? Are things really that tight in NZ? But the new boats look pretty cool.

[@Papersheepp]

Don't really know why Barker tacked out at 30 seconds. He was totally in control, didn't need to split and risk it like that Also I feel like they could have double tacked around the first bottom mark especially since they knew alinghi had a good high mode

[@torblixa7760]

dean makes mistakes...

[@yachtabaco]

Too bad theres no yachts involved..lame ..

[@dmurphy1578]

Every generation of these boats was thinner and thinner.

[@claudevieillard5808]

At 16.30 Does the green flag means the protest is accepted or that there is no fault? If "no fault" for Alinghi what rule is applied because it seams to me that if TNZ (starboard) does not manoeuver it could be a crash but perhaps i am wrong. thxs for answer.

[@onpahanvaan]

Green flag means "no penalty". It would have been blue flag for penalty i believe. It was indeed very close though I think it must have been called that Alinghi was able to complete their tack before there WOULD HAVE BEEN contact if TNZ hadn't maneuvered. It was bit hard to see exactly from this broadcast because the camera went to TNZ cockpit in the crucial moment.

[@claudevieillard5808]

@@onpahanvaan thx very much. i understand.

[@JanitorIsBack]

love them having to haul the sails

[@r1pp3rr0]

Wow those boats seem to go in slow motion compared to the AC75

[@cainsmale5988]

Like logs drifting

[@mcgama88]

What an interesting race. Position was critical in several key final moments.

[@cbsos4u52]

This is depicts the re birth of the real Americas cup the gentleman's sports the honest sport played by the rules as intended and even in everyway. The best documentary an historic record.

[@drewhendley]

Nobody watches this anymore, bring back the old yachts and then you will have an audience

[@Silvius.2]

Nice races... But Alinghi swiss-money with kiwis on board! Swiss maybe good after 20 jears bit the same class,perfect at copying. But bye a new class the scared! Without kiwi sailors they nowhere. All the billions dont help if u dont write the law about AC and challenger, then lost on court. All we no what then agains Oracle!

[@samsonmorrell]

Look at all those turncoat kiwis on Alinghi. Made me sick

[@ottobhan725]

I love the pursuit of excellence and the lifelong props for that. Kudos you egos for attention and status. I have but one modest request, FYI. It comes with the COVID19 caveats and freakin global logistics/problems. Sir or a Miss, entertaining my personal 73 years perceptions, briefly. Would you prefer MORE or LESS of the depraved/deprived/snicker-half-alives cohorts.

[@johnwalton5498]

What do you mean?

[@ivanpendeggia8777]

Watching this matchrace 17 years later and is exciting as I was there today

[@kevanwhittaker8379]

bring on 36th cup......lets see these foilers on the race track.....TNZ all the way!

[@josephjacques9186]

Stopped watching AC when they brought in those ridiculous hunks of shit!

[@Mersaul4]

You need to take a drink everytime they say Alinghi.