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When you have a downwind finish in traditional match racing boats you expect the delta to reduce on the final leg - assuming the boats...

Sort of. They were offered the world feed, which has adverts, so essentially had to turn it down.

I like the idea of whelming your boat, I usually find myself underwhelming it.

I think Ratcliffe is keen on ….Ratcliffe. The cycling, the Grenadier car, the AC and did you know you can now buy Ineos branded goods in...

I'm not arguing at all that you are in any way mistaken about the history. Sorry if I wasn't clear. I'm arguing you're mistaken about...

I didn't say that the dinghies who get into that situation are legally correct. Not being legally correct when they are without wind in...

I think your interpretation of the COLREGs is correct. But.. For a brief, and utterly inglorious, time I was part of the Foxer fleet...

Yes, but mostly as a bi-product of being bankrolled by the same people. Chris' stuff is great, really, and the history of the cup, and...

Your history lesson is great. It doesn’t have a whole lot to do with what the cup has become in the modern era though. Look harder...

I think your major mistake here is to assume that the Americas cup's reason to exist has anything at all to do with promoting the sport...

https://www.yachtworld.co.uk/yacht/2000-j-boats-j-105-9503965/ But what I'd actually buy with that budget would be this. No wheel...

The foils and arms weigh about a tonne each. To be clear, the foils are not OD, they are designed by each team, and vary quite a bit...

That has no more bearing than a "gentleman's agreement". Nothing that the teams sign is legally enforceable with respect to the next...

I don't think it's possible to put the foiling genie back in the bottle now. Nor is it especially desirable that we do. There clearly...

There's lots of feasible small foiling sailing boats already - do you mean small foiling yachts? The Quant 23s in Europe are similar...