America's Cup

[keeperreaper]

I liked it when Dennis was at the helm. The cat boat they came up with one year was wild and FAST! Now I could care less about it.

[striperman36]

Gives extremely large ego-ed people a chance to spend extremely large amounts of money to do nothing.

[Mike P]

It was never in the hands of the Americans--it was held by the NY Yacht Club, which is hardly representative of what we would consider America. If you asked the doorman at their clubhouse nicely, he'd take you inside and let you have a quick look at it in its glass case, when the big mucky mucks weren't there. For many years, they shaded the rules in their favor to screw the British and then the Aussies. Finally, the Aussies beat them at their own game by designing a superior keel. DC won it back for the San Diego Yacht Club once, and then they lost it in its next defense. When it wound up in the hands of a yacht club from land-locked Switzerland, I think the remaining 100 Americans with any interest in it finally gave up on following it.

My favorite America Cup moment was when Ted Turner defended it, got blind drunk when they were towing his boat back to Newport, and then put on a performance for the ages in front of all of those stuffed shirt bluebloods at the award ceremony.

[Clammer]

I use to see them all the time in & just outside the bay . but never really cares / I felt like what s36 & MikeP posted /////////// high end snobs /passing time & millions of &&&& . floating boats .............................. another group who actually believe their S $%^ don,t stink

[MarshCappa]

My grandmother used to work for Person yachts in Portsmouth in the 70's and 80's and my famuly used to own Persons and race them. I remember the party scene in Newport even though I was a youngster. I always dreamed of being on a crew. My Uncle used to race in SIRA in Mount hope Bay and I was on his crew for years and we did well. Americas Cup has always been big in my family and when it's on my Uncle and I watch it. We're not rich and we don't think we are snobby so I don't think about it that way. It's so technical and you have to be on your game at all times during a race. I love the sport!