I think the AC 45 was some of the best racing we will see. They could have just as easily used those boats for the Cup races and had a lot more teams participate.
It would be hard for any of them to admit that now, but I'm with you. Open up the AC45 rule to allow some development in foils, etc and have a huge event.
I think that was tried but NZ killed the idea, I think it was proposed after the OR crash.
It might have made a much better event, I imagine it would have been much more affordable with more teams jumping in. Probably more teams doing the series as well.
On the other hand it would have have been quite the same as the big badass 72s either. It's not the AC without the wealthiest teams competing with the biggest and baddest boats.
