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I think the biggest change won't be the boats, but will be Nationality ...

... 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

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