12-17-2020, 08:49 AM
When I received my induction into the awful job of being a moderator, my superiors took a great deal of trouble to instil in me an appreciation of the fact that this is a motorcycle forum and discussions which have no connection whatsoever to motorcycles or motorcycling should be brought to a halt. From the excellent example set by the Ferret, I came to understand that this rule could be generously interpreted
In the case of a post only about a yacht race that has become a testing ground more esoteric even than the MotoGP, I think I could be forgiven for wondering how I could allow it to persist.
Fortunately it was easy. The only other activity in my life that gives me as much pleasure as riding a motorcycle is sailing. Although one is powered entirely by nature and the other by the ICE, they both enable the participant to engage with the wind to achieve a serenity not achievable in a humdrum daily existence. Of course the America's Cup is to sailing what the RC213V is to the CB1100 and ordinary motorcycling, but it's still sailing.
For me, the America's Cup has never been the same since the abandonment of the 12-metre class. Fairly or unfairly, I've always put that down to a northern hemisphere petulance that an upstart mob from down under managed to wrest the Auld Mug to the other hemisphere inducing a determination to buy it back by pricing opposition out of the market. I stayed awake all night to watch the deciding race.
It remains only to say two things.
First, thanks Max. I'll look forward to looking at the videos. The catamarans are truly extraordinary.
Secondly, I'll look forward to the continuation of this conversation about the connections between motorcycling and sailing.
In the case of a post only about a yacht race that has become a testing ground more esoteric even than the MotoGP, I think I could be forgiven for wondering how I could allow it to persist.
Fortunately it was easy. The only other activity in my life that gives me as much pleasure as riding a motorcycle is sailing. Although one is powered entirely by nature and the other by the ICE, they both enable the participant to engage with the wind to achieve a serenity not achievable in a humdrum daily existence. Of course the America's Cup is to sailing what the RC213V is to the CB1100 and ordinary motorcycling, but it's still sailing.
For me, the America's Cup has never been the same since the abandonment of the 12-metre class. Fairly or unfairly, I've always put that down to a northern hemisphere petulance that an upstart mob from down under managed to wrest the Auld Mug to the other hemisphere inducing a determination to buy it back by pricing opposition out of the market. I stayed awake all night to watch the deciding race.
It remains only to say two things.
First, thanks Max. I'll look forward to looking at the videos. The catamarans are truly extraordinary.
Secondly, I'll look forward to the continuation of this conversation about the connections between motorcycling and sailing.