And this is different from past cups how? AC has always been the playground of the ultra rich.I wonder why you would go. In my opinion, the AC has been ruined by egotistical rich boys who have nothing better to do with their money.
Ummm, they are still powered by the wind...isn't that kind of the definition of sailing? If not, what do you think they are doing? Is it because they are fast, and using a solid "wing" instead of a fabric sail? You do realize that even the most basic sail is fundamentally a wing. Is it because they are on foils? Does that make a moth not a sail boat?The comparison to auto racing is not really valid as I see it. I am an F1, IndyCar, etc fan as well. These boats don't really sail, at least in auto racing, they still drive.
I'll give you that. Letting the winner change the rules every time really limits how much development can be done on a particular design. One of the main reasons there are so few challengers is that there simply aren't many teams that can develop this stuff in so little time. If they were to keep the same rules for 3 or 4 cups I think it would be really amazing to see how these boats could be perfected.There is also a central sanctioning body that sets the rules, in the AC its the past winner... that is just dumb.....