America's Cup: A GBR challenge in 2009?

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A GBR challenge in 2009?

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Category: Keelboat classes
Forum Name: America's Cup
Forum Discription: Your thoughts on challenges to win the 'Auld Mug'
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Topic: A GBR challenge in 2009?

Posted By: Stefan Lloyd
Subject: A GBR challenge in 2009?
Date Posted: 09 Aug 05 at 5:42pm

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1724483,00.html - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1724483,00.html

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Posted By: maxim
Date Posted: 09 Aug 05 at 8:40pm

I rwally hope it works out. so many of these things are planned, but never recieve enough financial backing...

Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 10 Aug 05 at 8:17am

This challenge has pedigree - I really hope they manage it for the next cup.

Posted By: 49erGBR735HSC
Date Posted: 09 Nov 05 at 4:26am

I am really dissapointened that there can't be a GBR team for the AC cup. We are one of the most developed nations within this world with some of the top sailors this world will ever see, it's just dissapointing we can't find sponsorship to fund acampaign.

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Posted By: Contender443
Date Posted: 09 Nov 05 at 1:46pm

Who wants to sponsor a boat for the most expensive and most boring event in history?

Just look at the coverage the event gets in the national press.

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Bonnie Lass Contender 1764

Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 09 Nov 05 at 2:08pm

Awsome boats; great to watch live but a rich mans folly ...

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Posted By: gecko_girl
Date Posted: 23 Nov 05 at 12:35pm

Does anybody know of any good websites with information about the funding of the America's Cup boats? I am currently doing a uni project about the involvment of big business in sport, and I thought sailing would make a refreshing change to what the lecturer normally gets to read about....

Thanks

Posted By: Iain C
Date Posted: 23 Nov 05 at 12:46pm

http://www.oracle.com - www.oracle.com

ha ha!!!

You could try http://www.sailinganarchy.com - www.sailinganarchy.com , take it with a pinch of salt, it's an American site and they do love the scandal side of the sport when it comes to the AC stuff, lots of behind the scenes stuff there.

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RS700 GBR922 "Wirespeed"
Fireball GBR14474 "Eleven Parsecs"
Enterprise GBR21970
Bavaria 32 GBR4755L "Adastra"

Posted By: Stefan Lloyd
Date Posted: 23 Nov 05 at 1:25pm

If you dig around http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/ - http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/ carries a lot of AC stories.

At least 50% of what you on sailinganarchy is rubbish. The only trouble is knowing which 50%.

Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 12 Dec 05 at 8:54am

Originally posted by Contender443

Who wants to sponsor a boat for the most expensive and most boring event in history?

Just look at the coverage the event gets in the national press.

I think the coverage in the press reflects how well we do...... our press are gloryboys, they like wins so they can say, 'best is the world blah blah blha'.If we won it, it would be a different story, plus a great event to have here.

If I had a lot of cash though.... I wouldn't be pitting it in a challenge.