World champions and Olympic medalists are the sailors with the best resume', the boats are just a different tool for the job. They'll get it. Coutts is definitely a bit ****, busting his crews balls after all the mistakes he made(OCSs, and hitting ETNZ).
Originally Posted by Timbo
I guess in the end, it's still "sailing" ie. sometimes a crapshoot, you get the puff nobody else got or you were in front and hit the hole first, the guys behind see you parked and sail around it, to win, etc. But still, at this level, I would have thought every team would want the top cat racers on board and train them to match race, vs. take a top match racer, and try to train him to race a cat.
I guess the one factor that kind of levels the playing field is, the wing thing is new to everyone, (but I would have put the top C class guys on my short list of crew!) so the learning curve on wing handling is steep for all of them.
It will probably be the same curve all over again, when they come out with the Monster Boats, the 72 footer!
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The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
