The Cup in New Zealand was certainly compromised by the pandemic in terms of visitor numbers and revenue but with such a knowledgeable home audience the atmosphere was still electric with thousands turning out afloat and ashore to cheer on the home team – and enough overseas visitors making it through the gates of Fortress Kiwi to also support their opponents. There is a confident consensus that a deal with a foreign venue for the next America’s Cup was done months ago by Grant Dalton (above) and longtime associate Kevin Shoebridge, and what’s happened since is just polite window dressing to put on a show for the home fans. The New Zealand government does seem far from unhappy to lose the event – which might yet come back to them on the cheap if any other negotiations fall apart. As for Kiwiland, it’s unclear where Jacinda ‘lock the doors’ Ardern’s Covid policy will end with January’s SailGP round already canned
be paid by the Auckland taxpayer. That was always going to be the case, between lack of promised challengers and the Covid pandemic. Everyone knows Team New Zealand and Grant Dalton play a ‘total game’. What I call ‘total war’. Every front is fought for hard, take no prisoners, on or off the water. It became clear last December when word got out that Dalts was shopping around the world for a venue for the next Cup that the total game was on. Team New Zealand was a name, but the country could well be on its way out. In a marketing sense New Zealand has only five million people and is 12 hours out of whack with the best time zones for a television audience. The government is dealing with tough times financially so can’t, or won’t, put in more than the 100 million offered. Maybe more money could be found elsewhere, but no one at TNZ will say how much more is needed to secure the event. Only that the 100 million offer has been rejected as not enough. That leads to the inescapable conclusion: it’s not about what Team New Zealand needs, it is what Team New Zealand can get that is driving all of this. Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are making the call. Maybe they will defend in New Zealand, maybe things like home town advantage, country loyalty and more money will come to the fore. The vast majority of Kiwis would rather have Team New Zealand attempt to defend the Cup in home waters (even if they fail) than to take the event away to richer shores. They know if the Cup goes it’s gone for good.
Or maybe it is just a business decision. Nothing personal, New Zealand, just business. You can watch it on pay TV. That is the new shape of the America’s Cup.
Just doesn’t feel right to this old boy. SEAHORSE 37
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