Originally Posted by
Iride01
I miss the mono-hulls too in the Americas Cup. The new boats are amazing technology, but they remove a lot of the human interest other than to say someone didn't react quick enough.
I don't miss the old 12 Meters. I've gone far faster on a 24' ocean racing monohull that was far more seaworthy than those lead mines. (And cost 0.10% as much, new.) Probably went faster on my hiking straps only, no spinnaker 15 footer. Close on my 12 footer when the 12s were still being raced.