Il ressort que (comme le fait savoir largement Dalton), ACRM (Iain Murray) est apprécié, mais ACEA pas du tout. Bien résumé dans ces deux points :
Et ceci qui est intéressant sur le format et qui pourra aussi faire réfléchir Loïc Le Bras...Would a French Event help that ?
I am sure. Everything could help, and the fact that there are two events in Italy and none in France – it’s a bit surprising. But we could have helped – we could have introduced ACEA to Marseille for example, but anyway…
Are there conflicts between the organisers and the teams ?
We can disagree. We still disagree on a few things, but they are listening and we can give them credit and I think that is good.
We are working very well with ACRM, Iain Murray and his team are doing a fantastic job. We disagree on the sails rules and we are talking about that, but again, maybe I am wrong, but I trust the level of lucidity around the process and the level of interest. Maybe I am a dreamer. Let’s hope I am not alone.
Pour les dire de Dalton voir notamment sur Yachtsponsorship. Et.... à noter qu'ils ont finalement réussi à trouver un biais dans leur bagarre avec l'organisation pour avoir leur propre adresse URL indépendamment de celle de l'AC, puisqu'ils viennent d'ouvrir : http://etnzblog.comNone of the results of the World Series count for the next phase. Is this more of a show in a way ?
No its not just a show , it’s real high level racing but there are still things that need to improve.
I disagree with the choice of just using the so called “super sunday” points after having been racing almost 10 races in the week , it would be far better to count all races like in any high level competition to get a real ranking and not just a good or a bad day for a team.
The point system is also a bit peculiar where some boat that doesn’t even start or finish get the same points than one that finishes the course properly. That has to change.
And one last thing. It seems like new format will make more of match races than fleet races . I can understand why, because at the end, the America’s Cup is a match race , but we need more fleet races to raise awareness in every market where there are far more sailing fans than match racing fans .
So I consider this move a mistake in terms of marketing in the short term where the priority is to promote the product.
We have plenty of time to promote match racing and we can keep a fair ratio in the program, but again, just ask the newcomers on TV and Youtube what they want to watch and you ll get a very simple answer.
The new America’s Cup will succeed as a revolution only if we, all together, are able to attract a far larger audience than fans and forgetting this could be dangerous.
