Americas Cup

[Bovidae]

@kiwiwomble Luna Rossa rumoured to be partnering with Ferrari.

The ultimate mercenary Butterworth is still cashing in with Alinghi.

[Kiwiwomble]

@bovidae yeah, seems an obvious fit....we'll probably end up partnering with a super cars team at best

[canefan]

Who will TNZ pair with?

[Crucial]

@canefan said in Americas Cup:

Who will TNZ pair with?

The big question.... Ford or Holden?

[Crucial]

@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:

@bovidae yeah, seems an obvious fit....we'll probably end up partnering with a super cars team at best

Yeah I can see it now....Dick Jones Racing Team NZ sponsored by Jennian Homes

[Canes4life]

@canefan we’ve got Toyota.

[Duluth]

@canefan said in Americas Cup:

Who will TNZ pair with?

McLaren would make sense

[Canes4life]

@duluth that would be nice

[Tim]

America's Cup, Sport, Sailing

Adios to the Auld Mug: New country confirmed as next America's Cup host

Spanish media is reporting the next America's Cup host has been signed off.

[Kiwiwomble]

@tim so strange that all those countries think the america's cup is big enough to bid to host...but none have teams of their own

from memory valencia was actually pretty good so hopefully they can recreate in Barcelona

[Bovidae]

It was never going to be Saudi Arabia once Burling and Tuke signed on again.

[canefan]

@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:

@tim so strange that all those countries think the america's cup is big enough to bid to host...but none have teams of their own

from memory valencia was actually pretty good so hopefully they can recreate in Barcelona

Barcelona? Not a surprise I guess, seeing as one of TNZs sponsors is Estrella Damm. And they used to be sponsored by camper. Not sure now

[Kiwiwomble]

@canefan yeah, not surprising to hold a sailing regatta...just shows much of a bigger step putting a team together is

[canefan]

@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:

@canefan yeah, not surprising to hold a sailing regatta...just shows much of a bigger step putting a team together is

When were they last in the AC? Have they ever been in it? Last time Valencia was host it was Bertarelli's team who were the defenders

[Kiwiwomble]

@canefan yeah...thats what im saying, i cant remember spain ever having a team but they obviously still think enough of it to try and host it. you imagine that putting a team together is a lot more effort than hosting the event

[antipodean]

If Auckland couldn't secure the funding necessary for the team to mount a successful defence, then out of the other options, Spain is a no-brainer.

We've had ridiculous mismatches in boat design, court cases, teams from landlocked nations...

[Hooroo]

While it is disappointing it won't be in Auckland, Barcelona would be a wicked place to go visit for this.

[Kiwiwomble]

i'll definitely still be backing the team too

[Bovidae]

And it looks like the French will have a team again with the venue being Barcelona.

[Kiwiwomble]

@bovidae really? have you got a link? thats would be good news, wondering if we might see Artimus again too as i think they had hinted it would need to be in europe