Messing About In Sailboats

Oracle 17 Capsize Footage

Taken from the shore by a spectator. Not high quality but still dramatic. 

Now Look What Those Whacky Kiwi Boys Are Up To

This just in from Carlo Borlenghi. Newport has not been kind to Team Emirates NZ.

Get A Room!

Fair enough. They've been away from home for a long time.

c/O Sail Newport Regattas

Caption Contest: Team New Zealand's Collision in Newport

Photo: Luna Rossa/Carlo Borlenghi

Americas Cup Finale in Venice

Photo: LUNA ROSSA/Carlo Borlenghi

Americas Cup Comes to Venice

Artemis AC 45 Capsize Sequence

ACWS Naples 2012
Photo: LUNA ROSSA/Carlo Borlenghi

Sailing Photos Of The Day - Luna Rosso and company in Naples

c/o Carlo Borlenghi

Liveline Explained - Making Sailing Compelling For the TV Masses

Last week, I blogged my interview with Gary Jobson where he spoke about the new graphics technology - Liveline-  that will be used during the AC coverage on NBC. These videos shows Liveline in action and explain how it works.

The guy behind, Liveline, Stan Honey is a God. Among a long list of achievements, he created the yellow line in football and was ISAF Rolex Yachtsman of the Year for his navigation accomplishments.

It's worth watching all three of these. It's going to be cool to see in action.

 

An Interview With Gary Jobson – Characters Welcome

 

Thanks to the nice people at Sailing Spoken Here, I had the privilege of interviewing the great Gary Jobson. Gary is reporting for Sailing Spoken Here, covering regattas, sailing issues and everything in between over the next two months.

There were a million things I could have asked Gary but what interested me most was his perspective on the state of sailing media, in particular TV. Coincidentally, this was also the week that NBC announced that it would be covering the America's Cup. 

Gary has covered sailing on TV since the 1983 America's Cup, There is no one better qualified to talk on the subject and he doesn’t mince his words. In his view, sailing on TV attracts an audience when three things happen:

1. Close racing with lots of lead changes
2. There is a great story behind the racing
3. Compelling characters are involved

Close racing is a tough one. Match racing can be incredibly exciting (Remember the last race of AC32 in Valencia) but it can also be like watching paint dry to anyone but real fans of the sport.

We talked about the way the AC will be covered. A few months ago I saw an impressive demonstration by Stan Honey on the new techniques being used for the AC. This will overlay a wide array of race-related information over the sailing images to explain what’s going on. (Think what the yellow line has done for watching football and multiply that by 10 and you’ll get a sense of what’s in store). It will make the AC match races much easier to understand and much more engaging for novice and veteran watchers of the sport.