While lackluster attendance and a qualifying Cup in which too many times only one boat has been racing has taken a bit of the bloom off San Francisco’s America’s Cup rose, glimpses of ten 45-foot boats all out on the Bay can’t help but to perk things up.
So it’s a tip of the captain’s cap to the ten international teams competing in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup which begins this weekend with two fleet races each day from September 1-4.
∙ America’s Cup Spectator Count Isn’t Lagging, It’s Luffing [SocketSite]
∙ 10 international teams ready to soar at the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup [americascup.com]
1. An international armada of evil preppies from a John Waters film.
2. Couldn’t the city fund just one 35′ Sea Ray powerboat and some paintball guns for team Hunters Point?
3. It’s easy to grin, when your ship comes in, and you’ve got the stock market beat…..
Sails with advertising all over them are decidedly less enchanting.
Agreed Bob. The sponsors should just pay for this out the goodness in their hearts.