BMW Oracle’s vision for the America’s Cup

By looking at new boats - the fundamental question of whether the next America's Cup will be sailed in multihulls or monohulls is still wide open, but should be announced before the end of the summer - new courses and new ways of giving yacht racing mass appeal, BMOR are challenging convention. As previously reported pairs of RC44 monohulls and X40 catamarans have been used in a series of ambitious and unique experiments with a plethora of racing, media and technical experts providing input.

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So in Valencia the emphasis has been on how to make yacht racing a must-view sport. More effective onboard footage and audio, the aforementioned annotation of live footage, faster, more demanding boats that work across a wide wind range, improved commentating, even re-directing budget to promote sailors as screen personalities at the expense of sailing boat hardware, like sails perhaps - it's all on the agenda. Crew numbers will certainly be down on the new 72-footers in an attempt to make the sport more athletically engaging. Rail ‘lard' and just sitting around are clearly out.