What do you think of Emirates Team New Zealand's victory?
Emirates Team New Zealand completely deserves its victory, both in terms of vision and motivation. In match racing, it's not about going very fast, but going faster than the other.
They won it by being faster on the water, having worked on three particular points:
- how to navigate the boat by better distributing the tasks on board
- the drawing of the foils they had to redesign after their initial breakage in Auckland
- the computer management of the automatisms of their hydraulics.
They were better sailors on the water thanks to an exceptional shore team, beating with their onboard software one of the world leaders in the sector.
As New Zealanders have not ratified the charter, what do you think about the future of the Cup?
Freamwork has no legal existence. In order, there is:
- the Deed of gift.
- The protocol, edited by the Defender and Challenger of records once agreed.
- Then class rules, that is, the gauge.
- Then racing rules.
The rest is worthless. The New Zealanders have won, so they will receive the next challenge. The challenger of Records will be Luna Rossa and both will agree to produce a protocol and rules of racing. The Italians and New Zealanders were already working together on this and previous editions, so they won't have to worry about reaching an agreement.
What future for the Cup?
Like Grant Dalton said, "we're going to put rules in place that will allow all the challengers to win the Cup. We're just the organizers of the Cup."
I'm betting on a protocol in a month's time that'll give us a gauge with foilers. It will be the box rules (the opposite of the one-design), to give everyone the chance to win this race by designing the best boat.
There is anticipation and excitement about returning to New Zealand, a country that loves the Cup as much as it loves rugby.
So a good idea to go back to one-design boats?
Monotypy is in essence contrary to human nature, whose richness is expressed in creation and in differences.
Monotyping is not only restrictive and castrating, but it is a source of reckless spending for minimal gain.
Would you be for or against the return to monohull sailing?
It's not my call. I'm not in favor of going back to the old days. You don't have to be exclusive, you have to be able to say "and" and not "or." In Bermuda, we had both. The J-Class regattas between the 45-knot foilers Cup regattas satisfy everyone.
I love sailing monohulls and multihulls, but for the America's Cup you need boats with the latest technology
What did you think of the performance of the French Challenge?
Without vision and experience, it is difficult to find funding. You have to do things in order.
