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    Posted: 16 Jun 17 at 9:35am
My issue with the AC stems from the injection of public money that was put into the BAR campaign.... I'm sorry, but that just stinks of poor priorities.  

If a bunch of super rich blokes want to make talented ex-dinghy sailors wealthy, fine... whatever.  I'll even enjoy some of the racing to a level... better than football innit.  But I'm not deluding myself it's the pinnacle of the sport I've enjoyed participating in.  Nor would I expect that anyone who did watch it and think they wanted to have a go, would be anything but sorely disappointed when they do eventually step foot in the front end of a Vago at the local gravel pit.   

This is probably a dinghy-centric view though..... given BAR really is local initiative for the Portsmouth regeneration area, I guess it might stimulate a few non-sailors to get on the crew rostas for solent lead-mining.... yellow welly sales might benefit.


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BAR should never have received any public money ...
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Originally posted by davidyacht


I was cynical of the AC format, but have enjoyed the BT Sport coverage, well at least until Clare Balding turned up.  Twenty minute snappy races with fast foiling multihulls, one step away from failure makes great TV.



Clare is excellent, much better than the american commentator! They need to stop using the word 'cyclors', it's not a real word.
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The American... unbelievably is the CEO of North Sails!!!!!!!!!!! Some of the stuff he comes out with beggars belief. But I might be doing him a disservice, it's just possible he could be amazingly competent at 'dumbing down' sailing commentary to an accessible level?
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Public money ????? Wow, on what grounds ? 
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Originally posted by tgruitt

Originally posted by davidyacht


I was cynical of the AC format, but have enjoyed the BT Sport coverage, well at least until Clare Balding turned up.  Twenty minute snappy races with fast foiling multihulls, one step away from failure makes great TV.



Clare is excellent, much better than the american commentator! They need to stop using the word 'cyclors', it's not a real word.

Ken Read has provided informed commentary which frankly I have enjoyed, I suppose it could be worse ... it could be Nick Mullins!
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Originally posted by 423zero

Public money ????? Wow, on what grounds ? 


6m - bullsh*t ROI grant for education, innovation etc

There's a FOI request out there on google
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To put in context - that's the difference between fire retardant cladding and a sh*t face lift on a council block....
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Have any other teams received government money?
Grounds for a rule change right there.
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Originally posted by 423zero

Have any other teams received government money?
Grounds for a rule change right there.

Team New Zealand are part-Government funded and were so in the previous cup. BAR are not unusual in this respect.
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