This is a heartening sign to the many volunteers who make school sailing go. It's worth doing. With funding and travel a challenge, school sailing is blessed with the support of many yacht clubs and sailing associations, community programs and colleges who lend their equipment and their people's time. A basic premise is that student participants need only equip themselves, boats and support are provided at no cost. Schools join, not individuals.
Local leagues are the key to increasing participation, and that message is now clear.
This from Louis Vuitton's supremo, Bruno Trouble. With modern communications and in particular, access to the Internet, there will be fewer journalists in Auckland than was the case for the last regatta in San Diego. There were 1300 accredited media people in San Diego in 1992, and only 1000 in 1995. Trouble estimates that Auckland will see in the vicinity of only 600. A far cry from what has been considered likely by New Zealand predictions.