As someone who do unexpectedly was addicted to AC racing since the Conner days, this venue is plain boring.
Not sure which races you were watching, but they were anything but boring. By far, more passing than any other AC in history.
The coupe de grace was lowering the wind speed they could race at. That killed the what suspense was left.
Unfortunately, high winds were at least partially responsible for also killing a sailor. I didn't like it either, but it made sense and I understand it. And, there was plenty of suspense.
There was not one suspenseful race. Virtually every race was over at the first turn, some even at the start.
Again, what were you watching? The boat that won the start won 12 races and lost 7. Oracle came back and won 4 races after being behind at the first mark, and NZ came back and won 3 after being behind at the first mark. After being behind at the second mark, Oracle and NZ both came back and won 3 races each. After the third mark NZ came back and won 1 race. Not much need for the fifth leg though. Have you seen an AC that remotely compares to this?
The fact that one team could win virtually all the races and then the other team did the same just does how terribly uncompetitive the whole spectacle was.
Uncompetitive??? There were some damn close, and exciting races (until the last leg).
The challenger series was only missing one thing, challengers!
How true!
They are now running an electric, hydraulic boat. So fatigue will no longer be an issue.
Really? I don't remember the numbers, but heart rates were monitored, and these guys were on the levels of triathletes. Didn't you see them not only grinding, but running almost the entire time? These guys were athletes like never seen before in the AC.
And lastly, for those who think this is like F1, it would be, if F1 cars had no f...ing tires and became hovercraft, like in the Jetson's.
Nuff said.