... the boats are certainly going to change, my guess is they'll be monohulls, something like the Farr 40 Class, pure one-design, and I think the costs will drop dramatically, the Kiwi's will take money (and, hopefully, attorneys) out of the winning formula. But seeing how just about every great AC racer/sailor for the past 20 years is a Kiwi, and all the Syndicates are loaded with them at the moment, the Cup will be parked in NZ for a long, long time. How they determine Nationality will be interesting. But paying Russell many millions to come run your campaign ? Those days are probably over, and that's probably a very good thing ... Cheers, John