Can some body explain HOW you think America's Cup racing will help, support or drive cat racing forward.

I have to tell you... I also play with monohulls and the Cup action had little or no impact on sailing in my neck of the woods. If Cup Competition drives sailing... Why are the monohull classes experiencing similar decline trends.

Technology advances like cuben fiber sails was irrelevant to my level of the sport. The fact that cup designs could break in two and sink certainly did not inspire any of the boat builders IMO.

Technology development will run counter to keeping the H16, F18 classes healthy. The A class is much more design driven but they don't want flying A cats.

In fact, the only thing that has come out of Cup Racing is the notion that YC's should manage and fund match racing for an elite core of racers.

The need for a mechanism to build star status for the pro's at the helms of J22's or something so that they can maintain their pro sailing career was not a great result IMO.

I would be curious if anyone thinks that match racing F18's is a winning strategy to grow the sport of cat racing.

We certainly need a big goal to inspire young cat racers... But.. the nitty gritty of how to leverage AC cup racing on cats is not clear.