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Alinghi Challenge AC37
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I see Nathan joining ETNZ as I think the team will grow after this cup with more funding. Maybe a 2 boat campaign. The game has changed since Bermuda so he has a lot to learn. He lives in NZ and it is always nice to be on a winning team.
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Humm, Ernesto sounds like Ben here:
"Parmi les points que nous souhaitons voir évoluer, il y a forcément les conditions équitables pour permettre à de nouvelles équipes de participer à la compétition et évidemment les mesures qui seront prises pour rendre cette participation plus abordable. L’America’s Cup représente l’Everest de la voile et le Protocole qui en définit les règles en est en quelque sorte le bulletin météo… On ne se lance pas dans une ascension de l’Everest si les prévisions sont mauvaises d’emblée."
"Among the points that we want to see evolve, there are necessarily the fair conditions to allow new teams to participate in the competition and obviously the measures that will be taken to make this participation more affordable. The America’s Cup represents the Everest of sailing and the Protocol that defines the rules is sort of the weather report… You don't go climbing Everest if the forecast is bad right off the bat." (Translation from Zaal)
"Parmi les points que nous souhaitons voir évoluer, il y a forcément les conditions équitables pour permettre à de nouvelles équipes de participer à la compétition et évidemment les mesures qui seront prises pour rendre cette participation plus abordable. L’America’s Cup représente l’Everest de la voile et le Protocole qui en définit les règles en est en quelque sorte le bulletin météo… On ne se lance pas dans une ascension de l’Everest si les prévisions sont mauvaises d’emblée."
"Among the points that we want to see evolve, there are necessarily the fair conditions to allow new teams to participate in the competition and obviously the measures that will be taken to make this participation more affordable. The America’s Cup represents the Everest of sailing and the Protocol that defines the rules is sort of the weather report… You don't go climbing Everest if the forecast is bad right off the bat." (Translation from Zaal)
Slingsby to Alinghi - maybe taking Parko and Goobs back with him from INEOS (but I think Ernesto has some 'home-grown' talent from the Alinghi camp that he might want in flight control and mainsail positions....)
Outeridge to AM to partner with Goody and Andrew Campbell
Add that to the LR, INEOS and ETNZ line-ups and you'd have a hell of a regatta...
I'd be very keen to see an Alinghi challenge - EB cops a lot of shit here for how the DOG went down (and for poaching Kiwi talent) but in the cycles prior to the DOG debacle he did a lot of good for the AC as a whole and a lot of good to individual teams with acts of generosity when shit hit the fan with breakages etc. I think adding another established AC team to the fold will only be a benefit - plus if Alinghi do commit then these forums will go into a complete meltdown...
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If Alinghi do return to the AC (and thats a big "if") I don't think we'll see another mass buy up of another team. Ernesto has built up a strong sailing team, independent of the Americas Cup, and has had great success in doing that. He has established his team as a dominant force on the multihull sailing stage.
His sailing team has continuity, and consistency from the design and development team to the sailing team. They've come up with a new platform in the TF35, taken it from concept to development, to racing, to establishing its own stand alone circuit.
I think Ernesto would be quite confident in the sailing team he has, as opposed to buying up another AC team like he did in 2003.
His sailing team has continuity, and consistency from the design and development team to the sailing team. They've come up with a new platform in the TF35, taken it from concept to development, to racing, to establishing its own stand alone circuit.
I think Ernesto would be quite confident in the sailing team he has, as opposed to buying up another AC team like he did in 2003.
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It started when the teams arrived in Auckland.
The two most wanted people in the AC are Bernasconi and Verdier (not necessarily in that order).
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That is true, but he will need also a design team capable of designing a winning AC75 starting from scratch.
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I remember right at the beginning of the cycle, when there were a few posters on here who wrote LR off because they didn't have a design team to speak of. They had no big names in the design sector, they had no Bernasconi, or Holroyd, they just had a few no name guys no one had ever heard of, so they didn't have a chance. Before Bermuda, Elise Beavis was a poor student, and an under achieving sailor. Then she was hired by Team NZ, and was, and still is, a critical part of their design team. You don't need high profile names, all you need are people who are good at what they do.
Same with Ryan Thomas, as in the video below, he was a no one that Dan Bernasconi found on Linked in.
You don't need high profile people. INEOS found that out the hard way.
You just need the right people in the right place.
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Maybe you're right but I always fear EB's attitude.
Btw in LR there are also the likes of Mario Caponnetto
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Just looked at the TF35 class designers.. EB has already a team ready to go with these guys. Full of America's Cup veterans.
https://tf35.org/tf35-articles/about-the-designers
https://tf35.org/tf35-articles/about-the-designers
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dogwatch
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Country house cricket, mate.
I guess I meant that there is probably still enough of a 'back-room' organisation left over or ready to come back into the fold that can build the rest of the team. They're not exactly newbies at this game....
