# Sailing **URL:** \ **Category:** Sports\ **Created:** [March 6, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303 "2021-03-06T08:30:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/21 "2021-03-14T06:31:03Z")
Yes, it’s been that way for at least 80 years now through the various racing rules. These are pure racing boats. They’re not useful for anything other than racing in “normal” conditions between about 7 and 30 knots of wind. The original boats actually sailed on their own bottom from NY to the UK to race. Those days are long gone. I’m fine with it, myself, as long as the rule is applied equally to all teams. It’s not like modern bobsleds are useful for crossing the arctic, or modern F1 cars are useful for driving cross-country. All these race vehicles are built to some rule or other. ---
**Author:** ![MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/mybigmoon/32/723_2.png) [@MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/u/MyBigMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/22 "2021-03-14T06:47:25Z")
yeah, I guess ---
**Author:** ![Who\_Scowls\_Like\_That](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/who_scowls_like_that/32/6042_2.png) [@Who\_Scowls\_Like\_That](https://bbad.com/u/Who_Scowls_Like_That)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/23 "2021-03-14T09:32:02Z")
more yacht porn ![image](https://bbad.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5460fb44bd1d333c52a4b2a3ea13fe33848ad796.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/mybigmoon/32/723_2.png) [@MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/u/MyBigMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/24 "2021-03-15T03:35:51Z")
wth are the grinders grinding? ---
**Author:** ![MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/mybigmoon/32/723_2.png) [@MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/u/MyBigMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/25 "2021-03-15T04:56:14Z")
Go Kiwis! 5-3 ---
**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/26 "2021-03-15T05:15:58Z")
omg that was the greatest sailboat race I have ever seen! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Dm98bpsqBow/maxresdefault.jpg "Day 5 Full Race Replay | The 36th America’s Cup Presented by PRADA") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm98bpsqBow) ---
**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/27 "2021-03-15T05:16:54Z")
> [@MyBigMoon](#): > > wth are the grinders grinding? They move the boom and the sails. No motors allowed. ---
**Author:** ![MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/mybigmoon/32/723_2.png) [@MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/u/MyBigMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/28 "2021-03-15T05:17:25Z")
sure woke us up. we were yelling and laughing. that was cool. ---
**Author:** ![MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/mybigmoon/32/723_2.png) [@MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/u/MyBigMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/29 "2021-03-15T05:18:46Z")
yeah I googled grinders. Interesting, hydraulic power. ---
**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/30 "2021-03-15T05:20:02Z")
This is everything the America’s Cup should be, but nobody’s watching. Youtube just has a few thousand viewers live. I don’t understand it. ---
**Author:** ![MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/mybigmoon/32/723_2.png) [@MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/u/MyBigMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/31 "2021-03-15T05:20:53Z")
Don’t see much promotion for it here. ---
**Author:** ![MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/mybigmoon/32/723_2.png) [@MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/u/MyBigMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/32 "2021-03-15T05:24:28Z")
We watched on NBC sports ---
**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/33 "2021-03-15T05:29:13Z")
I watch it on Youtube. No commercials. I hooked up a spare computer to the TV so we can watch it in full HD. 17,811 watching. You get ten times that on Tiktok for some teenage girl dancing. ![image](https://bbad.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1a4c17c9ff25ac10988347fb25920bb0173d0c3c.png) ---
**Author:** ![MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/mybigmoon/32/723_2.png) [@MyBigMoon](https://bbad.com/u/MyBigMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/34 "2021-03-15T05:32:08Z")
I think it’s similar to F1. an exotic sport. ---
**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/35 "2021-03-15T05:34:25Z")
Yes, huge similarities there. ---
**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/36 "2021-03-15T09:02:20Z")
I have decided to get my ROC(M) which is the Canadian Maritime Radio Certification for pleasureboats. I have a summary class on March 18 (a few days from now) and my exam is on the 31st. The test looks hard and if I took it today, I would certainly fail. Hopefully I can digest and retain enough information to change that by the 31st of the month. I have no idea why I’m doing this but I am. If I fail, I’ll admit it here. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_Scowls\_Like\_That](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/who_scowls_like_that/32/6042_2.png) [@Who\_Scowls\_Like\_That](https://bbad.com/u/Who_Scowls_Like_That)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:01am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/37 "2021-03-15T10:01:19Z")
![image](https://bbad.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0c51c02278f35c2b8ea1a9c8a4b3f22cf5146ca5.png) maybe now that the sailing porn is over, ---
**Author:** ![DthBreath](https://bbad.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@DthBreath](https://bbad.com/u/DthBreath)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:48am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/38 "2021-03-15T10:48:29Z")
You know that’s useless with racism right? ---
**Author:** ![DthBreath](https://bbad.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@DthBreath](https://bbad.com/u/DthBreath)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:51am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/39 "2021-03-15T10:51:32Z")
10-9 10-1 10-3 ---
**Author:** ![Reg](https://bbad.com/user_avatar/bbad.com/reg/32/6053_2.png) [@Reg](https://bbad.com/u/Reg)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303/40 "2021-03-15T11:33:50Z")
> [@DthBreath](#): > > You know that’s useless with racism right? Mark, there is minimal racism in merchant marine, and I don’t expect I’ll experience any when I take this exam. [Previous page](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303.md?page=1) [Next page](https://bbad.com/t/sailing/1303.md?page=3)