Maybe I’m one of the few that enjoy both yacht racing AND auto racing. The golden age of auto racing mirrored that of yacht racing competition. No big sponsor logos, national pride (Italian marques drove red cars, British Green, French Blue, etc). But to sustain the interest, there needed to be changes in equipment and that necessitated the rising cost of participation and sponsorship. Which begat TV and Pay to Watch internet coverage.
I would submit that auto racing at least at the Grand Prix level is probably a better spectator sport. But I’ve never paid to go to a Formula 1 race for cars but took my family to watch the AC races in San Francisco which is something they’ll never forget. In 72’ foiling multis. Maybe not “elegant” but really fun to watch in person. Several years ago, my son and I went to see the J Class Worlds off Newport, elegant yes.. boring, Yup! I’m balking at doling out $175 to watch the racing live this go-round. Races and courses seem too short for my taste, but that is likely to change once the challenger series is completed. I’d love to see these boats racing in more “offshore conditions” like Perth Australia or even off Newport RI. That would be sporty enough to make for good TV. Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 Landfall 35 Padanaram, MA From: Joel Aronson <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2020 1:08 PM To: Stus-List <[email protected]> Subject: Stus-List Re: Americas Cup racing There is nothing graceful or elegant about these boats. It’s like watching auto racing. On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 12:03 PM ALAN BERGEN <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I watched part of one race, and was bored. The driver could have been driving a race car for all I knew. Bring back the 12 meters. That I can relate to. Still, if you want to watch the racing, they're on YouTube. Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 8:34 AM David Knecht <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I taped Day 2 of the Prada series a couple of nights ago. I was able to record the broadcast at 1AM. I think the boats are spectacularly impressive and the racing is unbelvievably boring. Races are won and lost on pure boat speed. There is no tactics other than the start and it is unclear if that actually matters. Nothing matters except staying on the foils going fast. The boats are going 35 knots in 15 knots of wind so it all looks the same, upwind and downwind. No spinnakers, no crew running around the deck hoisiting and lowering sails, or tacking. Everyone stays in the same place throughout the race. There is absolutely nothing happening except the boat going through the water and nothing that a normal sailor can related to. It is impossible to tell why one boat is ahead and another behind and why they change places at times. Even the graphics for who is ahead are really hard to decipher. I also found the commentary to be unhelpful. I don’t think the people calling the race have any more iidea of what is happeneing than the famous video of the Irish announcer calling the Laser race at the Olympics who had never seen a sailboat race before thinking the starting sequence was actually the race (if you haven’t seen that one- you should. I can find the link). I know I am being critical and I will probably watch the final America’s cup when it happens, but I was really disappointed. Dave On Dec 19, 2020, at 11:11 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Thanks Edd, I'll stay up an d check out the Americas Cup race. I've been watching the Vendee Globe coverage daily and the interviews have been great. Chuck Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!6_glXvoU17eYcB1Ag7XCT9rBgH7S3ErAjYIi_mYLfIQz8MIU0wXSmarTf13RUndogQc$> Thanks - Stu David Knecht S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!6_glXvoU17eYcB1Ag7XCT9rBgH7S3ErAjYIi_mYLfIQz8MIU0wXSmarTf13RUndogQc$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!6_glXvoU17eYcB1Ag7XCT9rBgH7S3ErAjYIi_mYLfIQz8MIU0wXSmarTf13RUndogQc$> Thanks - Stu Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu -- Joel
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