Scuttlebutt: Watching the Americas Cup and other great AC resources

Scuttlebutt has some great information about how to view the Cup. It's not on TV but there are a couple of options for watching online. Check out Scuttlebutt for more AC coverage. Great anlysis of all things Americas Cup.

For the American audience, ESPN360.com will carry the coverage live with Gary Jobson and Randy Smyth commentating. The best of three races series begins Monday, Feb. 8th at 3:45 a.m. ET. All races will also be available for replay. The event website also claims that the races will be broadcast live free of charge on americascup.com. -- http://www.ESPN360.com MORE VIEWING: If you were panicking that your internet provider would not deliver, BMW Oracle Racing announced that they will be hosting on their website the official live feed of the racing from the Host Broadcaster in addition to producing additional online coverage. The first live streaming event on the website is scheduled for Friday at 19:30 CET (13:30 EST, 10:30 PST) when team founder Larry Ellison (USA), CEO Russell Coutts (NZL) and skipper James Spithill (AUS) meet the media at the BMW ORACLE Racing team base in Valencia, Spain. -- Read on: http://tinyurl.com/oapdlw SCHEDULE: The Match is won by the yacht to first win two races. Racing will be attempted every other day beginning Monday February 8th. If a race is not started on a given day, or is abandoned for whatever reason, racing will continue on the next scheduled race date, (Wednesday the 10th, Friday the 12th, Sunday the 14th, etc.). EVENT WEBSITE: The website for the 33rd America’s Cup has been launched, which has posted event documents and recent jury decisions. Also look here for forthcoming details on all the television and Internet options on how to view the event: http://33rd.americascup.com/en/ GEEK CENTER: For the engineer ‘buttheads that get excited at terms like “numerical simulations” and “finite-volume approach”, there is an interview in a tech publication with Mike Drummond, BMW Oracle’s Racing Design Director, on the computing tools used to develop their wing sail: http://www.cd-adapco.com/press_room/2010/01-28-10-americascup.html /ssc/suppliers

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