I can identify with one aspect of what they're trying to do. The grinders and the x-box controllers did bother me a little bit. I do like seeing the guys wind and grind winches and make lots of timed physical maneuvers to sail the boats. Bicycles on the deck always seemed to strike a little touch of absurdity with me - it's a marriage of two different unrelated sports and those guys legitimately have nothing to do with executing the boat. I dunno. Not a fan of the monohull, obviously...it seems like a pretty big step backwards. The only reason the Volvo uses them is that it will easily self right (which is important going where these guys go) but strapping a hunk of lead to something you are trying to get up out of the water onto a foil seems sillier than bicycles on a sailboat.


Jake Kohl