An actual STARGATE/PORTAL-THING was caught on film in New Mexico. The footage can be found within the short-film entitled "SUDDEN PORTHOLE", which is parked at the PROJECT CAMELOT YouTube page (it's under the George Noory video).
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My BLOG contains peripheral data regarding the movie and is where I reply to the "debunkers" (use search words "SAM ZURICK" & "BLOG"). THANKS!!
There was no way on earth that Alinghi was going to win this race. I wish the AC would go back to monohaul boats and have them all of the same make/manufacture so that teams can customize sails and crew only
Somehow I think we are all going to get through this. Boats again will feel like they came from our own backyards. Things can only go forward from this point. I am not worried. The technology in these boats came from everywhere. I think of football, which is I believe has gone through this same dilema. And look at the superbowls of recent and I see a surviving sport.
BMWO was going to win races with or without WingSail. The Swiss are just lucky the wind wasn't stronger, then it would have been a lot worse. We will never truely know what those boats could have done. these light wind races are cool but not enough.
@IchiCrack This is a little brash - one of the primary advantages this boat enjoyed was through the design of the rigid wing sail, through work with Scaled-Composites (in which many of the engineers from the 1988 America's cup wing sail had worked on). Beyond that, it's a trimeran - big deal. Yes it's beautiful and technologically incredible, but with computers I don't think "we needed the French" to win this race; they simply decided to have an experienced multihull firm (VPLP) draw it up.
The America's Cup is ALL about rich guys looking for a tech advantage. Only with the 12's did anyone start to entertain "one-design" thoughts. That's a different sport...the AC is about tech, from the beginning!
@oceanplanet602 I understand your frustration, but you've gotta look at it from a different perspective. If you're putting a team together that is going to represent your pride in your home country - and you know you'll have everyone counting on you.. when it comes time to sink millions into R&D and construction of your boat, are you going to ditch the best design for something "elegant and classic" knowing full well you'll get smoked on international TV; going down in recordbooks as a loser?
reduced to a debacle...what happened to what was a most fantastic challenge of skill and design within the close constraints of the 12m rule. Two 12m boats on a short tacking duel is what it is all about......a struggle of skill and determination. Connor v Bertrand.....true history
This once inspiring race embracing so much - what was good in international sailing - has gradually been eroded into a sleep enducing non-event. What we have witnessed this year (2010) is a technology "race" supported by huge funds.
I wish to extend my condolences to the organisers for letting this once so all-inspiring international race be hijacked by international funds to a degree that this non-event has turned into. All of us have lost out on something quite special -
Very impressive how this incredible cup with innovative and very fast boats was made into a spectacularly bland and uninteresting display of ... what exactly? What was proven here? a trimaran in light winds with a rigid sail will be faster than a cutting-edge catamaran? Not sure seamanship and fair play were central to this uninspiring cup.
they wont race under these rules again Idon't think. the winner gets to pick the rules , and these 90 x 90 boats, best out three hopefully are done for a while. very strict rules called the Deed of Gift. but everything u said is spot on correct
3rd, other than accepting (barely) the challenge and racing, the 33rd Cup was everything the AC was not about. And worse, engines were allowed for the first time ever, in a sailboat race of any kind. All I can say to finish my statement is, I'm happy we won the cup back, but god damnit, this needs to get fixed!!!
I'm an American and very happy that the Cup is back in US hands, but I'm very upset about what the America's Cup has become. 1st, the cup is suppost to be about 2 countries racing against eachother, but (example) Oracle only had 2 crew members from the US. 2nd, Alinghi should have NEVER been allowed to compete back in 2003, because in the rules, no land-locked country is allowed to compete in the cup.
These boats should not sail over 15 Knots???? So put them on some billionar's garden as an art piece, that they really are. If can't sail should not be at sea!!!
Shame on Americas cup!!!
Keep it for really sailors not Tycoons!
I love V.O.R. and Vende globe... fuck this shit!!!
The America's Cup has been ruined. It's no longer a yacht race but a corporate money fest and they might as well just race big motor boats around bouys. I'd rather watch the highlights of the Sydney to Hobart where there are real boats, real people and real competition.
Yes, as a "yank" you have so much to be proud of:-
Main sponsor is a German auto company - BMW;
Team consists of how many Americans? Mainly Australians, New Zealanders and Europeans.
The AC used to be about each country representing itself, kind of like the Olympic Games. Now it's just whoever wants to spend the money to buy the best people from around the world. It used to be that the boat was designed, skippered and crewed by the countrymen it represented. That tradition is now lost.
You guys are hanging on to the past. These boats are state of the art. The crappy old mono's from the 'good old days' weren't as fast a dingy cat. Plus the advancement of the 'wing' sail is an absolute milestone in design.
gweflj. It is terrible. Now the Americas Cup will stay in the USA. The American courts and legal system will see to that. It will be one on one races like this one, with only American challengers and defenders. Like motor racing, there will be the Indycar series for the US (like the Americas Cup) and for the non US, the Formula One series (like the Louis Vuitton Cup).
Its all gone to the dogs really, To big teams with way to much money that have taken the soul out of the ac, bring back the good old days with nations from all around the globe on an even footing competing for the cup!!!!
[coco-3] However, I personally think BMW Oracle made really a fantastic boat ! This is definitely fascinating for every sailing fun's dream to catch the wind! It's really a high tech trimaran. "Bravo!" However, I have a question as a next race point of view. Who can invest such a huge money to make a super boat like this? In other words to say, I'm wondering who is going to, or possibly challenge to BMW Oracle in the next cup... Conglatulation BMW Oracle. You are all alone in the end!
No because in this edition both sindacates had a multihull and they could built the best multihull possible for the race, the rules were clear before and Oracle did a better job. Let's say that Alinghi built a beautiful and fast catamaran, Oracle built a spaceship.
Please forgive me for writing the comment too long but... [coco-1] I agree about the court, Flyerf18. It is very sad that this court problem shows really the bottom line, I guess. Alinghi (Ernesto) was just happy to create an atomosphere to make every sailing fun to have "feel free to dream or to challenge" regardless of the size of boat or experience. Do you remember in the 32nd AC race, there were a lot of team challenging, also there were LV Cup for qualification too !
Disaster! the famous vaunted americas cup has come to this. A repeat of the multi hull versu mammoth monohull match years ago. the boats impressive but not even close. This after months of nasty court battles and posturing through lawyers. The crowds are not crowds, valencia and its environs a sad shadow of its former self. Heres an Idea, face these two rich brats off in optimists,both of them in two of the most basic of boats to settle the score.
amazing boats.
lovelplants 3 weeks ago
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An actual STARGATE/PORTAL-THING was caught on film in New Mexico. The footage can be found within the short-film entitled "SUDDEN PORTHOLE", which is parked at the PROJECT CAMELOT YouTube page (it's under the George Noory video).
I'm not selling anything…I'm just trying to spread the word about the unseen-dimensions we find ourselves embedded in.
My BLOG contains peripheral data regarding the movie and is where I reply to the "debunkers" (use search words "SAM ZURICK" & "BLOG"). THANKS!!
peopledick 3 months ago
There was no way on earth that Alinghi was going to win this race. I wish the AC would go back to monohaul boats and have them all of the same make/manufacture so that teams can customize sails and crew only
blackt0wer 9 months ago
i was there in Valencia ;-) i became really happy when Oracle beated Alinghi!!! Bertarelli you got what you deserved!!!
sennalaleyenda 9 months ago
@SuperLouis555 WTF are you talking about
Aire26 11 months ago
Somehow I think we are all going to get through this. Boats again will feel like they came from our own backyards. Things can only go forward from this point. I am not worried. The technology in these boats came from everywhere. I think of football, which is I believe has gone through this same dilema. And look at the superbowls of recent and I see a surviving sport.
SuperLouis555 1 year ago
BMWO was going to win races with or without WingSail. The Swiss are just lucky the wind wasn't stronger, then it would have been a lot worse. We will never truely know what those boats could have done. these light wind races are cool but not enough.
dlawson688 1 year ago
This is hardly a win for the Americans. USA-17 is French designed and the crew seems to be Aussie/Kiwi, am I right?
IchiCrack 1 year ago
@IchiCrack you are correct! and as an American, I kinda feel like we didn't win it either!
dlawson688 1 year ago
@IchiCrack This is a little brash - one of the primary advantages this boat enjoyed was through the design of the rigid wing sail, through work with Scaled-Composites (in which many of the engineers from the 1988 America's cup wing sail had worked on). Beyond that, it's a trimeran - big deal. Yes it's beautiful and technologically incredible, but with computers I don't think "we needed the French" to win this race; they simply decided to have an experienced multihull firm (VPLP) draw it up.
EstorilEm 10 months ago
The America's Cup is ALL about rich guys looking for a tech advantage. Only with the 12's did anyone start to entertain "one-design" thoughts. That's a different sport...the AC is about tech, from the beginning!
oceanplanet602 1 year ago
@oceanplanet602 I understand your frustration, but you've gotta look at it from a different perspective. If you're putting a team together that is going to represent your pride in your home country - and you know you'll have everyone counting on you.. when it comes time to sink millions into R&D and construction of your boat, are you going to ditch the best design for something "elegant and classic" knowing full well you'll get smoked on international TV; going down in recordbooks as a loser?
EstorilEm 10 months ago
reduced to a debacle...what happened to what was a most fantastic challenge of skill and design within the close constraints of the 12m rule. Two 12m boats on a short tacking duel is what it is all about......a struggle of skill and determination. Connor v Bertrand.....true history
philinthesouth 1 year ago
If they allow this no boundaries style boat design stuff their going to have it introduce a handicap system.
platapusduck 1 year ago
up yours Ernesto you midget cheat
dryousuck 1 year ago
The defenders didn't have a chance!
noodleninjaa 1 year ago
@noodleninjaa swiss, and no.. they had a cat and bmw oracle had a tri.. not even a match
sailindude1221 1 year ago
Ellison is such a prima donna. I hope he's happy having destroyed a classic boat race. I'll never use any of his crap products.
bushpo100 1 year ago
This is what was intended for the Americas cup.
Lead or follow do everything you can to make faster sailing
Glad to see the end of class racing.
1Tane55 1 year ago
Yeah, I agree with most of these posts. What has the America's Cup become?
alpsalish 1 year ago
This once inspiring race embracing so much - what was good in international sailing - has gradually been eroded into a sleep enducing non-event. What we have witnessed this year (2010) is a technology "race" supported by huge funds.
I wish to extend my condolences to the organisers for letting this once so all-inspiring international race be hijacked by international funds to a degree that this non-event has turned into. All of us have lost out on something quite special -
America Cup, RIP.
petermathot1 2 years ago
Hugh budgets, hugh talent, hugh boats, hugh court battles, boring racing. A gaggle of 8 year olds in Opti
s are more interesting.
aluilleann 2 years ago
Very impressive how this incredible cup with innovative and very fast boats was made into a spectacularly bland and uninteresting display of ... what exactly? What was proven here? a trimaran in light winds with a rigid sail will be faster than a cutting-edge catamaran? Not sure seamanship and fair play were central to this uninspiring cup.
Keep it up and soon nobody will care.
marotea 2 years ago
they wont race under these rules again Idon't think. the winner gets to pick the rules , and these 90 x 90 boats, best out three hopefully are done for a while. very strict rules called the Deed of Gift. but everything u said is spot on correct
ermarauder 2 years ago
3rd, other than accepting (barely) the challenge and racing, the 33rd Cup was everything the AC was not about. And worse, engines were allowed for the first time ever, in a sailboat race of any kind. All I can say to finish my statement is, I'm happy we won the cup back, but god damnit, this needs to get fixed!!!
edthepreachersmith 2 years ago
ed, funny how you say you're a preacher and you cussed!
rjpapetti 1 year ago
I'm an American and very happy that the Cup is back in US hands, but I'm very upset about what the America's Cup has become. 1st, the cup is suppost to be about 2 countries racing against eachother, but (example) Oracle only had 2 crew members from the US. 2nd, Alinghi should have NEVER been allowed to compete back in 2003, because in the rules, no land-locked country is allowed to compete in the cup.
edthepreachersmith 2 years ago
Alinghi is evil... so happy Oracle won!!! :D
UnitedTulips 2 years ago
These boats should not sail over 15 Knots???? So put them on some billionar's garden as an art piece, that they really are. If can't sail should not be at sea!!!
Shame on Americas cup!!!
Keep it for really sailors not Tycoons!
I love V.O.R. and Vende globe... fuck this shit!!!
megalops07 2 years ago
No race, no macht, no adrenalin, no emotions, no sail skills, just fat bags of money floating on flat sea!
Sad!!! Never more!
megalops07 2 years ago
The America's Cup has been ruined. It's no longer a yacht race but a corporate money fest and they might as well just race big motor boats around bouys. I'd rather watch the highlights of the Sydney to Hobart where there are real boats, real people and real competition.
wwwwestsailor 2 years ago
As a proud Yank, I say to you: Suck It.
hb151
hachibeach151 2 years ago
Yes, as a "yank" you have so much to be proud of:-
Main sponsor is a German auto company - BMW;
Team consists of how many Americans? Mainly Australians, New Zealanders and Europeans.
The AC used to be about each country representing itself, kind of like the Olympic Games. Now it's just whoever wants to spend the money to buy the best people from around the world. It used to be that the boat was designed, skippered and crewed by the countrymen it represented. That tradition is now lost.
wwwwestsailor 2 years ago
You guys are hanging on to the past. These boats are state of the art. The crappy old mono's from the 'good old days' weren't as fast a dingy cat. Plus the advancement of the 'wing' sail is an absolute milestone in design.
Well done Oracle.
gweflj 2 years ago
gweflj. It is terrible. Now the Americas Cup will stay in the USA. The American courts and legal system will see to that. It will be one on one races like this one, with only American challengers and defenders. Like motor racing, there will be the Indycar series for the US (like the Americas Cup) and for the non US, the Formula One series (like the Louis Vuitton Cup).
SugarTomAppleRoger 2 years ago
As a Yank, it's fine with me. 15 years is enough.
hb151
hachibeach151 2 years ago
Stte of a to sail lakes, ask them to cross the Atlantic!!! Not Sailboats, for sure, peaces of art go to museums... nice place for this two mistakes!
megalops07 2 years ago
Its all gone to the dogs really, To big teams with way to much money that have taken the soul out of the ac, bring back the good old days with nations from all around the globe on an even footing competing for the cup!!!!
doofy32 2 years ago
what a waste of time alinghi, maybe you shouldn't have tried so hard to change the rules.
potsy231983 2 years ago 2
Maybe they shouldn't have let Russell Coutts get away, huh? Alinghi's loss = BMW Oracle's gain. FACT.
hb151
hachibeach151 2 years ago
753coco 2 years ago 2
[coco-2]
Such an atomosphere made America's Cup so cool
and I still want to believe this is the basic spirit of AC
when they won against British boat.
but where is that atomosphere gone now?
Honestly, the AC 33 wasn't fun at all (at least to my eyes.)
because this race kept remind me from what happened to
kookaburra III back in 1988. "Monohull vs Catamaran"
It was worst than this time but quite similar case, isn't it?
753coco 2 years ago
No because in this edition both sindacates had a multihull and they could built the best multihull possible for the race, the rules were clear before and Oracle did a better job. Let's say that Alinghi built a beautiful and fast catamaran, Oracle built a spaceship.
marcelloqu 2 years ago
Close second to darts, this has to be the sickest "sport" around. Of no interest to anybody.
nicbordeaux 2 years ago
753coco 2 years ago
Disaster! the famous vaunted americas cup has come to this. A repeat of the multi hull versu mammoth monohull match years ago. the boats impressive but not even close. This after months of nasty court battles and posturing through lawyers. The crowds are not crowds, valencia and its environs a sad shadow of its former self. Heres an Idea, face these two rich brats off in optimists,both of them in two of the most basic of boats to settle the score.
This has become a SAD JOKE.
wildwindsca 2 years ago
It's not heading where it belongs. I think BMW Orace does'nt brings it back to Great Britain where it belongs to.
By the way it's sad that the decision once and for all is up to the court. It's not over if one of the teams winns 2 races.
Flyerf18 2 years ago
The Cup is heading where it belongs..!
emergingit 2 years ago
Yes San Francisco is one step closer to Auckland.
TheRobsDad 2 years ago
And Auckland is within coo-eee of Australia.
mrbendoverful 2 years ago
up yours nasty little swiss midget say bye bye dwarfy
mrbendoverful 2 years ago
In your face, Ernesto!
ChuckD6809 2 years ago