Comments on: America’s Cup: Smaller Boats To Reduce Cost

By: Build a Better Bermuda

Build a Better Bermuda — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:03:48 +0000

I’d just like to see the teams compete in a regular fitted dinghy race, Bermuda fitted dinghy race rules. Ought to be an experience they won’t forget.

By: Keepin' it Real!...4Real!

Keepin' it Real!...4Real! — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:39:03 +0000

hahaha!…billionaire boy’s club crying poverty…gimme a break…

By: anydeeng

anydeeng — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:48:41 +0000

Passive aggressive anonymous commenters lol. Pretentious snobs

By: reggie

reggie — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:30:48 +0000

we can build these boats in Bermuda. Lots of scientists around.

By: Cardine Alice

Cardine Alice — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:08:37 +0000

O for F-sake. You go train with the international engineers and earn the right to design and build these. Or sit on de island and carve out canoes! Really….

By: blow in

blow in — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:23:19 +0000

can anyone join?, i could handle most SUNDAYS

By: Onion

Onion — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:05:37 +0000

85% of the non-raft builders are Bermudian each year.

By: Onion

Onion — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:40:45 +0000

Duct tape. Duct tape everywhere.

By: Weather Bird

Weather Bird — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:09:12 +0000

How bout we build and race some foiling Bermuda Fitted Dinghy’s?

By: C James

C James — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:03:31 +0000

Or have the after party at the PRC (Police Recreation Club).

By: C James

C James — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:02:42 +0000

Mock: You should recommend that we get more PRCs so we can share the expense.

By: Person who knows a little

Person who knows a little — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:40:55 +0000

It will probably take more than a week for this to be finalized and although our course is smaller than they are used to it is big enough for tight multiple lap racing(which is what they want) except when the wind is out of the west. But the wind is still predominantly out of the south west to southeast around the time the race is scheduled so it shouldn’t be that bad. In saying this i still do think a small bout could be better to offer a higher potential of late entries into the race.

By: Person who knows a little

Person who knows a little — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:36:13 +0000

It was clearly sarcasm. relax.

By: biggadon

biggadon — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:35:34 +0000

I have been thinking that all along that the great sound is to small…. I had the pleasure of seeing some AC races in San Francisco and San Francisco bay has wayyyyy more room to maneuver those crafts!

By: C James

C James — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:34:41 +0000

My bye darm de boatyard near Crow lane could do it. He even fixed a dent in a beemer once.

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:16:02 +0000

I guess everyone realizes that Bermuda is too expensive.

By: Skink

Skink — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:51:07 +0000

Like Bermudians have any experience building these types of boats… with the precision and accuracy required for racing…. We don’t even have the facilities to produce the parts….

By: Lois Frederick

Lois Frederick — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:04:32 +0000

Looks like we will find out in the next week whether they use the smaller boats or not. Makes sense to me. I think the real reason might be that the AC 65 is too big for the Bermuda course, as the Bermuda course has been described as tight and small by those that have been testing it over the last few months and they were using even small boats.

By: Coffee

Coffee — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:55:05 +0000

Grassroots Bermudians usually have nothing to do with non-mariners . You’ll find boat builders aplenty , unapologetically drunk and letting it all hang out on a certain Sunday at Mangrove Bay !

By: lolwut

lolwut — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:54:13 +0000

Ya man do palmetto thatched sails and cedar wood foils.

By: C James

C James — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:18:47 +0000

I certainly hope they will ask Grassroots Bermudians to build these new boats. However I expect it will be foreigners who are given this job over Grassroots Bermudians.

My ace boy fixed a flat on his carbon fibre bike – so he could do it – maybe.