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I am not suggesting that cheaters should prosper. These were just the only guys out sailing during my lunch hour yesterday.
This was taken at the equivalent of 623mm at 1/400th of a second. So, as you might suspect, it was a long way off in the distance.
These guys were out there nearby.
My wife and I make great tour guides. I was raised near LA but she is a local.
The city of San Francisco has many delightful spots. And lots of photo/video opportunities.
From the seashore (not that a Kiwi needs to see more seashore!) to the various docks, up to the top of the hills, the Ghirardelli chocolates, and across the Golden Gate to see the tall Redwoods at Muir Woods, and the houseboats in Sausalito. Up to Bill's Country - sorry - I mean Wine Country - to sample wines that aren't Shiraz. Although apparently NZ has its own wine tours. But our wines tours can be combined with the unequaled marvel of our Sourdough Bread! Even though I prefer to eat my Sourdough bread at Fisherman's Wharf.
The Sea Lions at Pier 39 are truly fun to watch. I could do it for hours on end. Watching the Sea Lions, then the people who are watching the Sea Lions.
I finally saw someone using the big green screen that sits out by Pier 39. It is part of the deal you get with one of the tours apparently. But you can sit and take photographs of people walking past it just for fun to practice your greenscreen keying. It is angled to be well lit by the sun and doesn't get the shadows of the subjects.
We know of a Dim Sum place where there there is no English on the menu, but pointing works great and they know a few words like "Chicken", "Pork", "Shrimp" and "Beef". They make a great Rice Ball wrapped in an almost see through cover that we have never seen anywhere else.
You might even want to see Alcatraz Island. The tours are interesting.
I am too lazy to walk all the way across the Golden Gate Bridge, but people do. And you can bike across. The best time to do that is a bright sunny day when the fog is so heavy that it rolls over the bridge like a syrup. You carry a jacket with you. Start without it, put it on in the fog, then take it off again after you walk through it.
So if you ever decide to go on walkabout (or is that phrase strictly used by your neighbors?) just let us know. We would be happy to host a party besides showing you around. I'll bet Bill would love to meet up with you on one of his many trips. He might finally find time to visit with me if you were here too! 
Heck, maybe even Kevin M. and some of his crew would come across the bay to join the fun if they knew that the NZ contingent was in town.
I imagine you might be. 
I found this on the web site:
"By order of the International Jury and pursuant to Protocol Article 15.4(d)(iv), ORACLE TEAM USA shall be penalized one point for each of the first two races of the Match in which they would otherwise score a point.)"
I guess that means the Kiwis didn't actually need to win in order to win. I am not saying they didn't deserve the points. I just don't happen to know if they would have won the race without the penalty. Do you know?
I guess tomorrow is the first chance the Oracle team has to win any points.
I see also that the time of day for the races is not designed to make a photographer happy. Sun straight overhead pretty much. I also see that the race track is not conducive to shooting from Treasure Island after all. I will need to fight the crowds in the city if I want to get close. Which means parking problems or a long walk. Sigh!
Why can't they race in the morning, or late in the afternoon? Photographers and videographers unite! Block the races until it gets closer to the golden hour!!!
So, NZ won fair and square regardless of the penalty. That is what I wanted to know. Makes sense. So NZ does not win a point unless they really win.
With that information, I can look at the Oracle team and think that their chances are pretty slim. If they had won the first two, and the score was effectively 0-0, then they could be considered a viable winner.
Maybe it is time to root for a
Eidt: Now that I look at this picture again, all I can think is that this thing really needs all the help it can get!
OK, here's the plan.
The racecourse looks like this:
The picture is rather small, but if you look at Google Maps to get a larger image, it looks like the spot I have marked in red is about where the Leeward Gate and finish line are. Meaning that I might get good pictures from Treasure Island. Free parking and lots of really big boulders to sit in quite comfortably. I am not sure about the sun. I know that shooting towards the windward gate or the starting line might be tough even with my polarizing lens, but shooting toward the Leeward gate and the finish line should be fine.
I don't know much about racing but my guess is that turning around slows down the boats a bit and speeds up the people a lot.
If I am wrong there are plenty more races I can shoot on other days.
yeah, depends on tack around the marker what happens ....could be a jibe or it could be "coming about "...
jibe is when on a run ( wind behind ) , coming about is beating into wind ( wind in front ). Either way there's tons of stuff going on .... usually messing around with the spinnaker if on run and messing around with jib and main if beating into...maybe changing sails too.. ( changing sizes )... lots of fun !
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I am not sure about the sun
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cool shots when sun is 'behind' sails sometimes ( shooting into sun and sun is behind boats ).. really looks cool !
just do stuff and see what you get ...that's what everyone else does...
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