The America’s Cup is fundamentally a very boring event.
Did you know that in the last seventy years spanning sixteen America’s Cup regattas, there has only been one occasion on which the losing boat won more than one race? That was the time when Dennis Conner won three races against Australia ll but still managed to lose the Cup. Eleven of the other fifteen America’s Cup finals since 1937 were sweeps with the loser failing to win even one single race in what was usually a best of seven series.
No wonder it is tough to persuade the general public that the America’s Cup is exciting. But this year things are different. With Alinghi’s win yesterday tying up the series at 2-2, it is now certain that even the losing team will have won at least two races.
Aren’t you just pumped up about that? Doesn’t it make you want to jump on a plane to Valencia right now? Or at the very least subscribe to the Versus channel?
No? Oh well. I guess you could go and watch some paint dry.
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