'The boats are so quick now!' | Ineos' Freddie Carr speaks optimistically ahead of America's Cup!

[@1998TDM]

Great interview, cheers. I'm not a sailor but these incredible boats have already got me hooked!

[@markhoffman9655]

The new AC mono hulls are exponentially more impressive than the silly catamarans in the previous campaigns - cant wait for the racing!

[@savetheclimate2292]

acceleration speed is called acceleration

[@biggest23]

Did he really say the All Blacks have been good since 2010? The power of local media on the minds of their local audience right there. Try the fact the AB’s have been a dominant sporting institution since 1893.

[@petermacpherson7146]

Ok so since 1893 who has been the dominant rugby team if not the abs? Muppet pommy troll much?

[@dulls8475]

Most of the world does not follow rugby. It being a small sport. That shyster game soccer is what they watch unfortunately.

[@nev357]

Obviously news only filtered through to the poms in 2010. Ignorance is bliss especially when you are arrogant.

[@dulls8475]

@@nev357 Of course we are arrogant. We formed the modern world from trade to sport to politics. Heck you are even on here speaking English.

[@nev357]

@@dulls8475 And why is the Americas Cup called the Americas Cup. Because you lot lost so many times trying to win it.

[@barrygoffe]

Fantastic interview! Thanks!!!

[@iainspean7030]

Couple of questions if I may. The Kiwis turned up last time with pedals rather than grinders and reckoned it gave them 30% more power, why have the other teams not adopted this? Second, can you imagine a design like this crossing an ocean?

[@jack9848]

The bikes are not allowed this time.

[@iainspean7030]

@@jack9848 Then why have the Kiwis got them?

[@MarcHillM]

Great interview and shots.

[@frankstocker5475]

No info on why they are not out sailing?

[@Errol.C-nz]

despiration in design short falls... perhaps doing some serious reconfigurations... etnz have been speed trapped at 50kn already but just as importantly etnz are faster through tacks & gybes & carrying very good speed through... the killer for Ineos is HOW is etnz carrying bigger sails than Ineos in the same wind... one of the factors etnz have better speed than Ineos... Brits are in trouble

[@dulls8475]

@@Errol.C-nz Sorry how do you know?

[@108hindu]

@@Errol.C-nz Are you always such a negative person? they were towed back in on Tuesday, very slowly. Probably they had damage. At least that is the informed opinion going around. They would have at least sailed a bit against the other challengers if they could have, just to get some start practice in. They didn’t come to NZ to sit in the boat shed and sip tea.

[@108hindu]

@@dulls8475 he doesn’t....

[@Errol.C-nz]

@@108hindu oh but I do... &... "always negative"???... Ineos didnt have any brakages the last day they were sailing... certainly not anything that would keep them off the water since... no... theyre seriously worried... reconfiguring to find more speed... etnz's ability to carry more sail in the same breeze is a factor towards their speed... but how they can has to have the challengers worried theyve missed something in design... 17th will tell... they all have to be out for the official practice for sorting their manoeuvre strategies out...race safety

[@ChimeraActual]

OK viewers, here's something you may not have thought about. Look at how these boats "corner". When tacking or jibing they obviously slow down, but perhaps not so much, notice how they rarely drop off the foils, and they never heel or slip sideways. Think of the centripetal force and heeling moment. Watching these magnificent machines will be great, but the actual racing may be dismal. What if the speed differentials are so great that one boat clears off and wins by half a race course? If your boat is even a few percent slower your task will appear impossible. This is very different from dinghy racing.

[@jamessmith3978]

Try "rate of acceleration"

[@Jdcrouch1972]

you guys make Portsmouth so proud! Go bRITAnnia!

[@RhysG15]

Ineos vs Emirates Nz for the cup 🥤

[@markhains7625]

check out the article at scuttlebutt. It seems Ineos has big problems. Like being slow.

[@RhysG15]

@@markhains7625 Yeah that is a pretty big problem.

[@Terra_Lopez]

Agreed! That would be awesome. Love both people's reply comments too, even if they haven't aged particularly well. Their last race against Luna Rossa was awesome, eh? Didn't Sir Ben say that was 'the race of his life'? Coming from him, that's a hell of a thing to say.

[@gidisb]

Why there are only 4 boats this time?

[@wayneheaney6271]

Id say its because this cup cycle is a completely new boat design concept. Its allot to invest into pioneering a new boat. Especially considering the speeds they travel. The design is now proven im sure next cycle will see more teams.

[@108hindu]

@@wayneheaney6271 That would be incredible. The return of the Swedes, Spain, Australia, France, and Japan. I can dream ,can’t I? The number of teams in the 1990’s was great.

[@Errol.C-nz]

the cup organisers originally had 7 or 8 teams interested but getting the levels of sponsorship secured in time proved difficult... each campaign takes up around $100m... it is an eleite high tech comp & always has been... these arent lasers 😉

[@marksharman8029]

Yeah, you have a nice boat. I figure the work being done now will place the boat somewhere at the front of the pack.

[@Driv200mph]

America’s Cup! My new passion. Bye bye F1.

[@108hindu]

Glad to have you aboard and I kind of agree but America’s cup can sometimes go years without much going on. At least F1 competes every year. Right now AC is SO MUCH BETTER than boring old F1 but in a couple of months AC will again enter a long dry spell. Bummer..... The old AC cats will be running a series next year called sail GP. Hopefully that will be fun. Many of the AC people are involved.

[@Driv200mph]

@@108hindu I agree Marko. Thanks for the tip on the Sail GP series. Until then, fingers crossed for Magic!

[@nev357]

The poms won't even make the final of the challenger series. They are sailing a lemon loaded with bananas.

[@stuarth43]

not 120 mph head-on, just converging at 60mph. impressive, was never interested in foiling at sea, but around a pice of harbour with no half-submerged logs, junk, containers, I'm taking mote interest

[@Errol.C-nz]

converging... means comming together... EACH boat will be doing upwards of 50kn... double it... 185kph

[@lloydroose9791]

I'd like to see a bit of competition really. And at this moment Team NZ is far superior to the challengers and honestly the NZ boat technology is mind boggling, and some say it is compared to alien technology. The whole nation is crazy with the AM cup, the tax payers fund 90% of costs to defend the cup, supported previous cup challengers and cup defense since KZ7 in 1987. Sailing and All Blacks are on even level in NZ. Good luck to all the participants and may the fastest boat wins.

[@MrNevl]

Rubbish on the Govt funding. They gave about $35 million over a 4 year period and the cost of the campaign is closer to $120million. Thats why Emirates is the name on the sails.

[@Errol.C-nz]

@@MrNevl affirmative

[@benjoseph260]

@@MrNevl Shameful that NZ has to get funding from the arabs

[@lloydroose9791]

Thanks Nevan, the NZ Govt and the Auckland City Council spent over $230,000,000 NZD on the America's cup infrastructure, and without that support this event wouldn't happen. No place anywhere in the world would hold the America's Cup, only NZ, because of Covid19. We aren't covid19 free, but we manage it appropriately to ensure everyone is safe. Let's thank the 5 million people of NZ that also support this event. Welcome and good luck to all the teams, from Italy, UK and USA. Kia kaha and be strong as you can be.

[@MrNevl]

@@lloydroose9791 yes but that was on infrastructure not to fund the team. There is a difference. Team NZ doesn't own the roads and buildings that the council built. And you might want to look at Valencia and see what they spent.

[@mitchand9]

INEOS as a kiwi I'm hoping you guys win.

[@tullochgorum6323]

That's very generous - I've been following the AC since 1962 and it would be nice if we got a win before I leave the planet! Can't help feeling that it's going to be ETNZ again though - they are looking pretty damn formidable so far.

[@rwags6848]

I’m a Kiwi and would like it to be close... but I feel Team NZ have the best chance, based on current testing.

[@levi-samsontago419]

you're a kiwi?

[@briankemp2116]

From another kiwi, if we can’t win, I’d like to see you poms win, good luck.

[@rwags6848]

@@briankemp2116 ... Agreed 👍🏼