culture. The Magic team, however, was very much more mixed, sailing team members coming from Argentina, Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand as well as the USA, and an even more diverse support team of boatbuilders, designers, sailmakers, technologists and so on.
Being an immigrant country, perhaps this is just a reflection of US society as whole, and is often cited as one of our greatest strengths. Yet being a successful veteran sailor and coach for numerous multinational teams, Baird also wonders if this may have some small effect in the present cycle with its very compressed competitive timeframe. Looking into the future, Holmberg and Baird both see plenty of room for improvement! Both are concerned about the AC having lost inspiration and relevance among sailors, who arguably remain – and may always remain – the biggest and most loyal audience. ‘Having to suit up in body armour and pull on a crash helmet is not what many sailors think of when they start their day on the water,’ says Baird. ‘The visuals of helmeted heads hunkered low in the boat to reduce windage resemble a bobsled team, not a sailboat. ‘There may be a lot going on to make these boats go around the course, but you can’t see any of it,’ he says. ‘There’s just no connection with the humanising drama of boat manoeuvres like pulling sails up and down that shows the athleticism and excellence of a well-honed team.’ Holmberg thinks the foiling boats are interesting and a spectacle in themselves, but for the same reasons maybe not suited to grow- ing interest in the America’s Cup. He worries that as a pinnacle of sailing it has lost most of what makes the sport beautiful: human struggle with the elements, their competition and even them- selves… it’s these factors that make the sport attractive and endur- ing. ‘I think this has been an experiment in the history of the Cup,’ Holmberg concludes, ‘but I’m not sure it’s proving much of a success for the sport itself.’ Dobbs Davis
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