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Originally Posted by sneuman
Well, I think it says something about the nature of multi racing as a spectator sport that the single most exciting moment of the AC 33 series was BMW Oracle getting caught in irons at the start of race 1.
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You're kidding right? The most exciting part of that cup for me was USA17 entering the starting area two hulls flying at crazy speeds and dialing up A5. I don't understand why you look at the technical difficulty that USA17 got into and conclude that says something about the universal nature of
multihull racing. The AC in 2003 had four horrible races and one decent one included the "hula" -- a grossly expensive attempt to "bend the rules" for a tiny gain -- interminable delays because the boats could only sail in a very limited
wind range and catastrophic break downs even in the ordinary conditions they had to wait for. But, honestly, I don't think that unfortunate set of
events says a lot about the universal potential of
monohull racing as a spectator sport. Even more so I think your conclusion about
multihull racing based on a two very unusual races is silly.
Tom.