Before cats the monos raced closer together, using traditional tactics that any of us can use in
racing. And we admired their excellence in these nearly hand to hand combats. Superb
camera shots of both boats in the frame.
With cats we got a drag
race situation. Reach off at lightspeed, don't care where the other
boat is and he's so far away you can't cover or starboard tack him at the mark. I
lost all interest.
I suspect we will continue to have cat-like races if they go to foils. Thats because each
boat will have a very different point at which it starts foiling and getting on foil will be the priority rather than tactics.
Short of seeing a spectacular crash, it will be boring.