Sailors are a superstitious bunch. Some cannot bear the sight of anything green on the boat, and will not even allow the use of green electrical tape let alone paint anything green. Bananas, they’re bad luck too. As is changing the name of a boat, or losing a bucket overboard. Sailors are also superstitious about numbers, which perhaps explains why after this year’s final Act, number 12, the organisers had scheduled next year’s one and only Act as number 14...
With five new sail numbers allocated to various America’s Cup teams, design and build teams are working furiously to have these Version 5 boats ready for competition in the 2006 Acts...
Gavin Brady was one of two high profile resignations from BMW Oracle Racing last year, with tactician John Kostecki having left a few weeks earlier. Brady clearly wasn't happy with being moved off the helm to call tactics, while skipper Chris Dickson stepped up to the wheel. But despite his sudden departure, Brady wishes the team well, and hasn't ruled out the prospect of returning this side of Valencia 2007...