I don’t think there is any question that the recent Americas Cup competitions, and the AC45 race series around the world, has exposed a lot of non-sailors to sailboat racing – even if they’re not “real”sailboats. Probably similar to the exposure NASCAR racing gets vs hobby stock cars racing on the dirt track just outside of town.
And I’ve got to admit that watching the AC75 fly by 200 yards or so away (and finish a couple hundred feet out from the bleachers) in the Goslings Lounge – while sipping a Dark and Stormy and enjoying lunch – was a lot more enjoyable than watching Dennis Conner get his butt kicked a few mile offshore on a small screen TV when I was in San Diego in the 80s. The new boats do lend themselves to an exciting racing format. BTW, is Conner the leader of the Stars & Stripes syndicate challenging in the next Americas Cup? From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Ball via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 10:04 AM To: Della Barba, Joe <[email protected]>; '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Cc: Rob Ball <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: AC75 boats Many of us would like to see the America’s Cup in ‘real’ sailboats . . . . . I was very interested to watch the Canada’s Cup just last year. For those not familiar it is very much a junior version of The America’s Cup. One Challenging Yacht club vs the holder of the trophy – between one American Club and one Canadian club. It has a very similar history also . . . I was involved three times. Anyway this most recent event went back and used Eight Meters (they are very similar in concept to J_Class). Both sides had a selection series. Both sent their candidate to the match race series. It was EXACTLY what we all say we want and what the AC should be . . . . . . . . I thought – Oh boy, this will show how popular this approach really is . . And . . . . I’ve heard NO Reaction from anywhere of a potential groundswell of interest to make AC return to this type of event . . . So, I think we are fooling ourselves . . . Cheers, Rob Ball Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]
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