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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    Not worth reading IMO but here you go: A Team New Zealand rival says they have serious concerns about the future of the America's Cup, suggesting it should be held in different countries every three years to improve the "viability" of the event. The New York Yacht Club, which has successfully...
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    AC35 ETNZ started on -1 as a result of Oracle winning the qualifying regatta.  So ETNZ had to win 8 races.
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    Can anyone (especially those from Italy, UK or USA) remind me who won the America's Cup this year?
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    Emirates Team New Zealand.

    I think this was one of the main reasons USA held on to the cup for so long.  A number of quality teams honing their skills and increasing their boat speed with the fastest defending the Cup.  Without a defender series, a defender is at a massive disadvantage of lack of racing  which is why...
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    Emirates Team New Zealand.

    Agreed.  In some ways they were more like Oracle in 2013.  Also, if they had been a challenger this time round and had the benefit of more sailing etc, the score line in the AC would have been a repeat of Bermuda.
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    No it doesn't and I didn't say it did.  I agree that it is unacceptable. I don't think that ETNZ/INEOS wanting the class of boat to be consistent for a couple of cycles is a way of ETNZ keeping the cup.  It is more beneficial to challenges for the class to be consistent rather than the...
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    I see there is still discussion about ETNZ's 'requirement' for teams to agree to the class of boat for next 2 cycles.  Rightly most people disagree with the 'requirement' part of their protocol.  Comparison is made to Oracle's attempt in 2017 and that hypocritically ETNZ wouldn't agree to that. ...
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    Emirates Team New Zealand.

    I have been giving a lot of thought to whether the condition of agreeing to the AC75 for 2 cycles is in breach of the DoG and my view is: 1.  The material terms of the DoG are:       a.  After a Cup cycle has concluded, any suitable yacht club can lodge a challenge provided they are first in; ...
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    There’s a case to be made for AM that they were fast and maybe they could have developed better without the capsize but not Ineos - Ineos were clearly slower in all conditions.   The reality is LR made a massive leap in performance after the RRs and it’s a joke and insulting to say they...
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    It's not clear that that is the meaning of the penultimate paragraph.  Arguably, because it says "... during the holding thereof by it" it's obligation to ensure compliance only applies while it is the holder.  Interestingly there are further sentences after the one you quoted which then appear...
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    Emirates Team New Zealand.

    Does it really matter?  All teams at AC36 loved the AC75s.  I suspect no other teams will have an issue with it as they know it is a great class.  Quite likely if they get push back from a team wanting to enter they will pull the condition.  It think they've put it in there as they expected...
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    Remember that we actually don't know what the 'current behaviour' is yet.  Nothing has been decided. I still maintain that it is simply a negotiating tactic to make sure the NZ Govt and Auckland City Council realise that if they want the AC in Auckland they will need to pay a lot.  We will also...
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    Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli is down playing how close they actually came to winning AC36

    That was my thinking too but I think they threw everything at it even back before semi w American Magic.  My guess is they were hoping to win the PC and then throw their mods etc on but it didn’t work out that way...
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    Rightly or wrongly I have faith that when the actual rules etc come out ETNZ/GD won’t be shitting over the AC
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    It’s pretty hard to see their condition being anything other than in breach of the DoG and surely they will know that. So maybe their plan is to put it in their and see if anyone objects... if Noone does )which is possible because teams may see that it is a great boat and good to give it another...
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    It is a bit hypocritical but at the same time it is different to what OR were trying to do wasn’t it? They were trying to force not only the class of boat but the whole competition cycle etc (essential SailGP) - weren’t they? But like others I think it’s not in keeping with the Deed etc and...
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    Emirates Team New Zealand.

    From memory ETNZ brought it back after so many years of facing a "swiss" team or an "american" team that were made up mainly of nzers or australians.  The AC is supposed to be "between nations" and there is a better feel to it if the team is essentially from a particular country.  This time...
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    AC36: The Match (6-15th March. Reserve days to the 21st)

    I think those loss stats don't include the losses you suffer if you don't win the match.  So JS's losses this time round aren't included... I don't think?  Otherwise would be 19 losses which puts him even with Barker for AC losses.  Poor lads.
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    The AC 37 has started, news and rumours

    For this reason a challenger series in a different country to the AC wouldn't make any sense.  This time round the challengers wouldn't even stand for the Cup being raced on courses not being raced in the challenger series.
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    AC36: The Match (6-15th March. Reserve days to the 21st)

    Yes, 3 wins in a row for him with no losses.  Hard to beat.


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