Americas cup is big. In NZ that is. Since New Zealand is a small country, we hardly ever win things this big, so it seems quite great. Of course, to the Americans, it means hardly anything. So far I have barely been watching the races, as they seem quite boring. It would be nice to win, but I'm not interested. Nothing much has been going on from what I see. Since the last few races, it is plain to see that we have been winning, and chances are, we will win overall. Maybe then they should rename it 'New Zealand's Cup' because there aren't many of those around, unlike in America, where I'm sure there would be lots.
The reactions of the teams seem a little over dramatic, but I have no problem with that because they have done well to get this far, and they deserve it. It just seems a little over the top though. I don't really see why New Zealanders are too interested in this, they should just get the races done and then be off, not make some massive deal about what someone said or did.
The technology used on the boats is a bit far-fetched. A proper race should just have the traditional technology, not all this fancy stuff that makes it that the difference is the boat and not the people. If they downgraded the boats, I would probably be more interested, but at this time, what would be the point? The short race idea is good, but I think there should be a main endurance race also, which would truly bring out the best of us and America. It would be stupid if Dean Barker got knighted. In the old days, being knighted was done by doing things of much larger magnitude, not by merely winning a couple of races in a boat.
Overall it would be nice if we could win, but I am not too interested, and I wouldn't think it would matter too much if we didn't.
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