Pfff... get real.
You think JP Morgan had a boat with his company name on it in huge
letters? The $100m boats can only be done with massive sponsorship,
with boats covered in logos and the race course overlaid in sponsor
names at the boundary. The offshore racing of old didn't have shore
spectators or helicopters and chase boats with live footage beamed
back. The game has changed.
Did NZ "have" to help? Obviously no. And NZ have the access to local
boatbuilding resource, so it wasn't a big ask. But this is their party,
and having an entrant leaving early would have left a huge hole in the
schedule - as it is there is a hole next weekend that was a possibility
that was probably hoped against. There is a huge number of hired
experts (Ken Read, etc.) that will be sitting around next weekend and
not working, and no media exposure. You think Airbus and BMO were
sponsoring America Magic because they love sailing?
Graham Collins
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On 2021-01-30 4:08 p.m., CHARLES SCHEAFFER wrote:
Don't be a "Debbie Downer"
New Zealand didn't have to help. There have been many America's Cups
with only one Challenger like Sir Thomas Lipton, Sopwith etc. New
Zealand against Conner. America's Oracle against the Swiss Alinghi.
In fact more single challengers than multiple ones. New Zealand is a
"class-act".
Yeah the competition is expensive. It's never been for the average
guy. It's for JP-Morgan, Vanderbuilt, Ellison, billionaries, etc.
And it pays for a lot of sailmakers, boat builders, electronic
companies, hydraulic mechanics, etc, etc. "The sails aren't canvas
anymore." How much money did Ken Read pay to commentate the races so
he could advertise his North Carbon sails? It's big business.
C
On 01/30/2021 2:44 PM Graham Collins via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
I don't think NZ had much choice but to help fix the boat, otherwise
the series would have immediately lost 4 to 7 races - a big hit to
advertisers. And this running of the AC already looks fairly sad in
terms of number of participants. At one point Ken Read was going on
about the teams and threw out the number that it costs $100,000,000
to field a team. Crazy...
Graham Collins
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C&C 35-III #11
On 2021-01-30 3:10 p.m., CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List wrote:
Hi Dwight,
I think Italy got faster, during the time America needed to repair
their boat plus I think America tweaked some things on their boat
that complicated their performance and reversed the progress they
had made. It's a shame they didn't win one race.
The bigger story that I'm hoping will come out regards the help
America got from the Italians and New Zealanders that prevented the
sinking and the repairs. New Zealand laminated the big panel for
them. What great sportsmanship.
Chuck
On 01/30/2021 12:59 PM dwight veinot via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
American Magic lost those races before they crossed the start line.
They had no confidence in their repaired boat and a reason for that
showed up in the last race. The foil got stuck up so they had no
way to tack. I thought for a moment they might run her into the
spectator fleet or go aground on shore. I suppose they might have
had capability to drop sails but that would have been a mess too
traveling at about 30 kts way outside the lay line and way outside
the course line
On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 12:31 PM CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
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FWIW, America patched their boat (amazing story) and got back
racing but lost four races to Italy. They're out. England and
Italy will race each other to decide who will challenge New
Zealand.
Thanks to YouTube I'll get to see the amazing coverage with so
many onboard cameras, audio of the skippers, aerial drones and
helicopters. Ken Read is commentating.
Chuck S
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