It was the EPIC SUMMER of RACING 2013 in San Francisco Bay! Seemed like every weekend we were at a regatta, except when we weren't we were at that other regatta known as America's Cup.
This video is from the last day of summer sailing at Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda, aka as "Fun Day." They divided up into teams and had to create some makeshift sails... and then race. Simon takes it! But then he loses in the AC challenge agains Andrew Palfrey, who is Artemis Racing's head coach for their America's Cup team.
The Louis Vuitton Cup made it look like America's Cup was cratering because only 2 teams could race. Some races were raced solo because of the round robin format and Artemis didn't have a boat.
Well once the racing got on it wasn't very close racing. Because of this, America's Cup Park and Village were very pleasant places to be.
Emirates Team New Zealand dominated the Italians, but at least we got to see a real race.
Sailing fans know it's all about the start and this was textbook. The Kiwis blocked Luna Rossa to a standstill and then accelerated to the line well after the horn, and never looked back.
From our Marina Green view, it looked like ETNZ was foiling all the time. Prada was in the air a lot too, but thy weren't nearly as fast as Emirates.
