The best part of the presser: Larry said that it would be great if more kids start sailing, and if they sail HOBIE CATS instead of Lasers!
He later botched it a bit by talking about Lasers a lot, but did circle back and again mentioned getting kids onto cats!!!!!
We need to find a way to tap into this momentum...
I can't find the video with these comments. Can someone provide the link to the press conference? How about the NBC commentary about US yacht clubs needing to get kids on high performance boats?
Is it just my iPad or have a lot of videos disappeared?
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Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
[Re: David Parker]
#265568 10/02/1309:03 AM10/02/1309:03 AM
The best part of the presser: Larry said that it would be great if more kids start sailing, and if they sail HOBIE CATS instead of Lasers!
He later botched it a bit by talking about Lasers a lot, but did circle back and again mentioned getting kids onto cats!!!!!
We need to find a way to tap into this momentum...
I can't find the video with these comments. Can someone provide the link to the press conference? How about the NBC commentary about US yacht clubs needing to get kids on high performance boats?
Is it just my iPad or have a lot of videos disappeared?
I was thinking more of AC36 and beyond for a relative who just got out of college. Very athletic & lightweight, but a little skinny on the sailing resume.
As a multihull kool-aide drinker, it's hard to comprehend having to start on Optis...
Jay
Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
[Re: P.M.]
#265570 10/02/1310:19 AM10/02/1310:19 AM
Quote from Larry Ellison at post-race press conference today: "I think a lot of people who were never interested in sailing suddenly got interested in sailing. I think a lot of young kids are going to go out now and try sailing. They might jump on a Hobie Cat rather than a Laser, who knows . . ."
Found the quote in the press conference. Cool!! Larry references Hobie Cats at about 47:56
We have been working hard to ride this one. The Simpson accident put a lot on hold I think. We are still working on this for the future.
I am surprised at how little the whole cup thing got onto media. Greg Thomas was over in France during the finals and said he simply could not get anything on it. The french guys at the factory were oblivious to it. He saw the final race when he returned. You really had to be dialed into the event to know what was going on. So, the event is not the key to our success as cat sailors, but getting Oracle and the AC to invest in new sailors, especially if on cats, possibly is.
Yes I remember that, Slingsby even yells Starboard to the kiwis as if they could hear him He possible overdid the turn a bit for dramatic effect, and gave ETNZ a penalty.
Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
[Re: Tony_F18]
#265577 10/02/1302:02 PM10/02/1302:02 PM
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
Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
[Re: P.M.]
#265595 10/03/1305:40 AM10/03/1305:40 AM