The more I learned about the court dealings the more I feel the wish for some high ranking racing official to act like a normal parent who pulls tow kids apart and tells them very forcefully.
"I don't care WHO started ! Now I'm in charge and we are going to do things my way because you two obviously can't work out things for yourself."
Rule number 1
-1- We're racing in anything that will see you guys do the course under 6 hours with winds up to 25 knots without a limit to swell height. This is the bloody Mediterranean, you don't get large swells here.
-2- BMWO can park their boat anywhere they like as long as the can make it to the starting area in time.
-3- We'll do a race series of best of 7; it is afterall as much a desigers/construction match as a sailing match. Thus show the audience that you haven't build one-days wonders
-4- 1 race per day and you can repair anything in the time we're not racing.
-5- Alinhgy may use their 3D sails. Limiting them to only Swiss based cloths and sailmakers constitudes an unfair disavantage with respect to any USA based team.
-6- DURING racing neither boat may use any external weather help or any electric equipment that measures the weather beyond 10 meters away from any point of the boat itself. We are testing sailing skills of the crew here and not who can program the best optimization routines to route a path through a completely known environment.
-7- You can use any water ballasting that you like in any way you see fit.
-8- No longer shall any boat be disqualified during measuring as long as no critical feature is altered in its specs after last week. We're racing these boats for kicks now and history will judge which team conquered the high ground irrespectly of who wins the most races.
-9- Both teams will shut the f@ck up and play nice during the event. This is the biggest showcase of sailing worldwide and I won't let any overblown ego, and that means your ego's Ernest and Larry !, to sour the milk for all those sailing enthousiasts and lobbists out there. Money had given both of you a high standing and now it is time to rise to the expectations and duties that come with such elevated and privilegded positions. You are now both ambassadors of the same SHARED goal and that is too make this event a success and show the beauty of sailing.
-10- I always reserve the right to make a binding (Salomon inspired) judgement in any case of contention. By default my ruling shall be "Shut the %@#^% up and race !"
-11- Any rule breaking of the above regulations by either team will see them forfit the race of the day. If you don't like that then go home and cry to your mama, because I sure as hell will give you the cold shoulder.
-12- Simply put, to either of you I'm God and not that softy version of the new testament. If you are in doubt with what that means I refer you to this Ezekiel 25:17
