So the silence is deafening . .

[Omatako]

Oracle won their court battle, they now are the Challenger of Record. And no reaction from the board.

Is that because the America's Cup is already essentially dead and the Oracle victory has slammed the final nail into its coffin?

I'm interested to hear the general consensus.

[poopdeckpappy]

I don't know, I think the reputation of the AC went into the light a long time ago

[blt2ski]

It went into the light?!?!?! or black hole never to be found again?

[sailingdog]

The only good thing about BMW/Oracle winning their challenge is that their contender is a huge trimaran... 90' LOA x 90' beam.

[chall03]

Damned Multi-hulled crooks, you just cant trust 'em

[sailingdog]

You're just jealous...

Originally Posted by chall03

Damned Multi-hulled crooks, you just cant trust 'em

[WanderingStar]

The Challenger of Record status puts the multihulls on hold I think. They can work out all arrangements, the one on one race is to solve disputes. I'm looking forward to some kind of racing. I do think the Swiss were trying to rig the game.
Maybe it's a light black hole.

[bobmcgov]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

The only good thing about BMW/Oracle winning their challenge is that their contender is a huge trimaran... 90' LOA x 90' beam.

Not much of a match race -- going to be a pure boat-speed exercise. Hard to practice tactics with combined closing speeds of 50 knots. & where will they find skippers? Only the French can sail these things worth a damn. Hooray for novelty, but.... I'd rather see two Catalina 22s rubbing at the marks than a couple hyperthyroidal ORMAs twenty boatlengths apart.

Guess Ernesto didn't have "the best lawyers" after all, eh?

[sailingdog]

The other guys can build a monster trimaran too... Then that'd be a speedy match race...

Originally Posted by bobmcgov

Not much of a match race -- going to be a pure boat-speed exercise. Hard to practice tactics with combined closing speeds of 50 knots. & where will they find skippers? Only the French can sail these things worth a damn. Hooray for novelty, but.... I'd rather see two Catalina 22s rubbing at the marks than a couple hyperthyroidal ORMAs twenty boatlengths apart.

Guess Ernesto didn't have "the best lawyers" after all, eh?

[bubb2]

This is very unfortunate. Anyone wonder why Nascar is the largest spectator sport in America. Because it has some resemblance of what a person can walk in to a car show room and see. 90x90 sailboat I like to see the show room. My interest is just not there anymore.