'the love of ships the best and most genuine part' says to me that its the development of the boat thats the focus, theres an antique notion of boat as vessel, safety in extremes, creation of a womblike structure that protects us in the most dangerous and violent situations. an open 60 in the southern ocean. my hobie 16 in steep chop and 20 kn with two 9 year olds for crew is a stretch, but its a love and respect for the vessel that i read into the statement. maybe the americas cups are too civilized to be really appealing. i coulda raced on any of those days they cancelled (with my gorilla crew of course) and maybe have beat those fancy posers with my ancient hobie 16, bring em on, aarghhh!