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This is great news, as sailing is a wonderful sport, and the TV coverage of it in the past has often been hard to find, quite inconsistent and very poorly done.
by nirvana 14y ago
This is great news, as sailing is a wonderful sport, and the TV coverage of it in the past has often been hard to find, quite inconsistent and very poorly done.
I don't know why WIRED is increasingly becoming such a snotty, hostile and tabloid publication. I guess it's cool to hate on Ellison for putting money into a wonderful sport.
While we can't afford these huge multi-million dollar boats, we can have much of the same excitement in our own lives racing $20,000-$30,000 boats. And you don't even need a boat-- since crews tend to be 5-7 people owners are often looking for crew!
Good coverage of the Americas Cup will hopefully help bring more people into the sport of racing.
- jfb 14y ago"I guess it's cool to hate on Ellison for putting money into a wonderful sport." There're a lot of better reasons to get your hate on towards Larry Ellison, in my mind.
- bofussing 14y agoI am sure the legions of budding professional sailors hope that the America's Cup series will be a commercial success too. The line-up of sailors in the current series is literally a who's who of elite sailors, if they cannot do well out of this series the prospects are not bright for those further down the food chain.
- cfn 14y agoI would add that you can have a lot of fun on a Laser that goes for £5,000 new and anything down to £500 used. I am very happy with ACs coverage both TV and web and it is the first thing ever to bring this sport to the forefront.