Another great video on Stan Honey and his technology team.
Stan Honey and Team

Oh, please . . .
Another jury blow for Oracle?

I find it hard to believe the MC would miss anything when issuing a certificate to OR at this point. This more like a protest against the MC. The MC will have to show why OR is legal. Could be a back door way of finding out how the OR system works.

On the news I heard that De Ridder denied that he is guilty of cheating and will appeal the jury decision.
Apparently he can go to the CAS court of arbitration in Swiss.

America wears black hat, but looks for little Cup love

check out the guy who got cut, on AC uncut . . .

Looks like they still have a sense of humor. B2 is known as 007.

ORB2 measurement certificate

At this point, with a measurement cert in hand, unless they can prove modifications were made after the boat was measured, I'd tell them to settle it on the water. They already have a 2-loss cushion (which I doubt they need), so what is the point now?

ETNZ just gave us a reason to root against them...

Mike

In addition to the main reason to root against them - that if they win, they'll return the America's Cup to stone age technology. Boring, slow, lumbering lead-haulers that wouldn't get a nonsailor interested in the sport even if it shat $100 bills out the stern?

I'm not convinced ETNZ will go back to lead-haulers. Please show me the quote where key team members specifically state that?

Interesting interview with Gino Morrelli: http://www.sailingworld.com/blogs/racing/americas-cup/writing-the-rule

Smaller isn't necessarily cheaper...Little AC certainly reflects that.

and remind me why billionaires even care what we think (about what the next cup will be on, etc.)?

That's a great interview with Geno Morelli! Lots of insight as to how the foiling came to be. Here I'd been thinking it was LE and Oracle who were trying to put a stop to it, when in reality it was Mascalzone Latino!

As he said in the interview, if they'd just been allowed to use articulating rudders, like with the Moths, they'd be able to (safely) go even faster! I found his comments about the soft sails only being 1-2% slower enlightening, and he also mentions the huge cost and manpower required just for the 35 man Wing Team! I agree with him, they should go back to soft sails and forget the wind limits!

But I think Larry made a huge mistake by not signing M+M as his design team! And I think he's going to find that out tomorrow.

I didn't want to mention that again...

There are numerous quotes in the media from very high up at ETNZ stating that they hate having the AC on cats, and will return to monohulls if they win. Time will tell if they've changed their minds.

Mike

Alright gang, it's time for the big show that's been building up for 3 years. Racing will be broadcast LIVE on NBC at 1 PM PT.
AC Schedule

There you have it, Jobson's prognostication

I don't have the time to do your homework for you ,but if you go back to when ETNZ first committed there were a couple of interviews where it was stated by Grant Dalton that it would go back to monos. Dig around you'll find them. I saw them in the AC thread on S.A. and apparently there are newer quotes saying high tech monohulls (TP 52 style ?) with nationality rules, haven't seen those myself though.