I think Mike/Brucat is absolutely spot on. This will be "just another '88" affair to the monohull sailing community, if they ever get a verdict for multihulls in the court that is.
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I see the monohullers reaching for the tissues already.
The western yachting/mono community dont care. They want to sail monos and that is it.
So...looks like WE had better start planning now for some exciting exhibitions/regattas at venues with good spectator access, with crazy reaching legs, potential crash and burn stuff. Play off the hype of the AC, schedule for August and September of 2009 (immediately after AC), highly advertise and publisize.
After all, the mono guys just don't care, for them the agony will be over and everything will be back to status quo (and we really know "the status quo blows"). Maybe we can pick up the casual observer of the AC just out of curiosity, the X-game type. What better chance of free advertising than the AC on catamarans?
