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See, if I had won, the next America's Cup would involve vessels from the Lipton (tea trade) era, and the crews would have to talk like a pirate... harkening back to the "good old days."
The venue would be the Isle of Wight, to provide emphasis on the history of the competition. Not sure that we could get Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth to be the Official Starter, but I'll bet that at least one member of the Royal Family could be recruited to act in that capacity.
Obviously, we would have to do away with that 40' time limit, as the vessels would be much slower, albeit much more majestic. Just think, if that time limit had been 45', the ETNZ would have won the regatta. 
Since we will be doing a tribute to Snuff the Seal, we probably need to get the folk at Pixar involved, as there is little footage of Snuffy, as a pup. As a matter of fact, unless we can locate some old S-8 footage, and have it telecined, we probably only have the footage of the last few moments of his life available - animation will be the way to go. I think that Fuzzy should be the coordinator here.
I nominate Biggles to do all of the historic and geographic background footage, on and around the Isle of Wight. He can bring an insight, that few of us "Yanks" can ever hope for. Also, he can be the liaison with the Royal Family, and provide translation to/from UK English and US English, where required.
That would be a great, and multi-national production team, if there ever was one. Kevin can be our Lead Editor, and Adobe software will be prominently featured on our AC Web site. We just have to promise that we can secure a seat for him, right at the start and then finish - he is owed this, after giving up his lunch hour, and not getting close to the action.
If nothing else, this Reply has helped me work on the speed of my typing... Getting better, but far to go. Maybe if there were fewer commas used, I would be quicker?
Hunt
hehe.. Col....we dont know that the boats that competed can't reach speeds equal to cigarette boats ...cause they had 24 knot wind limit or something for the races...
In a stronger wind they might beat the heck out of anything the top gear guys can put together for the water !
hehe...time will tell...I bet they increase that limit on wind a few knots in the next race...
well, for that matter, even the amer cup had NO COVERAGE in the USA ....if it wasnt for your play by play Bill.. I woulda had no idea what was going on during those races !
luckily you stepped up to the plate and filled me in...
Steve.. write a script that is loose and fun and that everyone can contribute to.. and lets do it !
would be fun.. and I can use adobe cs6 just as well as you can use CC... mix it up ...should work fine...give adobe a boost ...
My local sailing club which was situared adjacent to a river estuary used to hold a pint to pint race.
Down a pint in the club house, set sail up the tidal river inland to a pub about three miles away, down another pint and back down to the club house to sink another pint.
Last team back picks up the beer tab.
It was all dead serious with a handicap system in place and timecards to stamp at each way point, the evening degenerated somewhat when all had returned
Col
I took a friend out sailing one day out of city island... rented a 25' merit for the day..( at a mooring, no motor on boat ). He brought a friend, another guy. They arrived with this HUGE cooler full of ice and beer. LOL...
They never sailed before.
Soooo, I figure I can handle the boat alone and we go out...and sail around the LI Sound for the day... throw out the anchor someplace and eat lunch ( I ate sandwich, they drank more beers )... and eventually we sail back to mooring. I manage to hit the mooring under sail and take down the sails and so on... and someone from marina comes to pick us up in a skiff...
As we are getting into our cars to go home my friend says to me, " That was kinda fun, but NEXT TIME LETS GO SOMEWHERE ".
He missed out on the whole point of sailing for the day.. not a clue...
That guy was Haddon Hufford, a fellow grip at the time, now a famous silversmith in Montana. He quit drinking but was a lot nicer when he drank it turns out.. cause now he is a warthog.
I took that shot for his website before he became a warthog.
Another day I took some people out sailing , same deal.. same type boat etc.. , with another fellow grip and 2 chics I think...4 of us.
Same thing.. nobody knew how to sail. The grip guy was late getting there but made it. He had not slept the entire night before cause he was coming straight from an after hours club in NYC to the marina...and was totally WRECKED.... like really really wrecked. LOL....
So we go out and sometime around 1pm the wind dies on the LI Sound. We got no motor. We sit there in the swells....bobbing around, the main sail and jib just totally dead.. really hot ...sun is blaring...stuck in the middle of the LI Sound ....luckily not near main channel with barge traffic etc.
My grip friend, lying on the floor of the cockpit like a dead mackerel moans, " CAN WE GO TO A NICE AIR CONDITIONED RESTAURANT NOW ???? "
hehe.. one of the funniest things I ever heard someone say..
merit 25 is a cute little day sailing type thing.. you can stretch it out.. like going "camping"...stay along shoreline and go for a week or so...and can put a little outboard on the stern...to get to marina docks etc...
2 people ( preferably in love ) would be best IMO.....as the 'cabin' is kinda like very intimate if you know what I mean...
you can also get a little potty thing and make it work ...is kinda fun if you live in area where there's tons of harbors and safe ports etc...
city island to block island to nantucket is do able...and back.. week or so... kinda favor north shore or CT.. whatever...
ps...
dont be fooled.. you cannot stand up in that merit cabin...and your sail bags will be in that fore area...plus anchor rode and so on...you really only have the sides to scurry around in comfortably... if you wanna take a nap, sleep etc...
is fast though.. points into wind very well... close hauled is tight to wind...and is very stable in high wind re: keel weight .. is safe...
I like it...
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