We can’t ignore all the court cases, articles, interviews and gossip about the next America’s Cup. Why is it the only time sailing makes the sports its because of a court case or some crazy guy or gal who is lost at sea? Anyways, with all the ta do about the next cup, we wanted to know if you think the America’s Cup is representative of the best our sport has to offer. So check out our weekly poll let us know how you feel.

From a regatta organizer point of view and from someone that tries to market the sport of sailing to the general public all I have to say is shame on you guys (the rich guys controlling the BS). Each side points fingers at each other but is unwilling to do the hard work to make our sport better. Or does it even matter? Is the cup irrelevant to the true participants in our sport? Unfortunately, that answer is no and the Cup did a lot of good for our sport last go around. More t.v. coverage, more professionals getting paid big dollars, more sailing, more development and more sponsors willing to commit their advertising dollars to sailing. It worked both for the sponsors and the sport.