Mary,
Just an opinion:
Tony must be rotating slowly in his grave. After all the effort he put in to his Patient Lady’s and fabulous work he and Duncan did to make the Little America’s Cup the elate event it is.

After personally witnessing some of the Cup races and seen the work an ingenuity being tested on the water, call it what you may, but what you are talking about is no Little America’s Cup event.

In reality it should be run using the Aqua Cat 12. This would more fitting the memory of the real solid wing or most innovative C-Class of it’s time because the Aqua Cat 12 was the boat most abundant on the grounds of the Rowayton Yacht Club when the Queen was in her glory.

The new venue misses the whole point of the Little America’s Cup. It would be like running the Americas Cup using Lasers. Maybe next time that will be the boat of choice since the Swiss lack water?

It is not just match racing thing, there is something to be said about furthering technology. Sometimes it is better for an event die with dignity but as you stated it even sounded like there was hope for a real revival.