# America's Cup: PRADA ACWS - Anyone following (and have you seen these INSANE boats?)

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**Created:** [December 18, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-cup-prada-acws-anyone-following-and-have-you-seen-these-insane-boats/928372 "2020-12-18T23:51:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-cup-prada-acws-anyone-following-and-have-you-seen-these-insane-boats/928372/41 "2021-03-13T04:59:04Z")

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Thanks!

As it happened the last week I remembered this thread and the race and wondered what had happened since I last looked. For reasons I didn’t follow-up.

Were the boats sandbagging (deliberately underperforming) in the previous races or was some magic sauce added as they learned lessons in those races?

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**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-cup-prada-acws-anyone-following-and-have-you-seen-these-insane-boats/928372/42 "2021-03-13T06:55:44Z")

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Pretty sure they’re just all tweaking things and finding more speed as they go along, and were sorta leapfrogging each other.

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**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-cup-prada-acws-anyone-following-and-have-you-seen-these-insane-boats/928372/43 "2021-03-17T04:12:55Z")

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And that’s all she wrote. After splitting the first 6 races, the Kiwis take 4 in a row to defend their title. It wasn’t super dominant - Italy could well have won two of them - but the NZ boat was a couple knots faster most of the time.

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**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-cup-prada-acws-anyone-following-and-have-you-seen-these-insane-boats/928372/44 "2021-03-27T03:59:18Z")

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I just want to say thanks for this thread. ESPN used to cover this event religiously, but I haven’t been able to find anything about it on the sports channels. It’s astounding how powerful and stable these boats are… that should’ve warranted a few specials, if nothing else.

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