First you have to have a multi-million dollar campaign. After that there isn't a second, since every human being on the planet just eliminated themselves from the potential list of new sailing candidates, since all of the multi-millionaires just showed up at the starting line. I hope for sailing promotion reasons that the winner is someone who looks athletic. For upcoming kids, we need a talking head on TV that shows an athlete so we have a chance at attracting new blood into our sport. Athletic kids want to see the Mark McGuire's of the world and go try to emulate them.
Sailing needs a better image on the old set.
We intend to update the page as we sail south to Hobart so some interesting stories and photo's should be found. Sayonara has given themselves just three days of sailing in the Tasman Sea off Sydney in preparation for Saturday's Telstra 54th Sydney to Hobart and the renewel of their ocean racing clash with Australia's champion and race-tuned Brindabella. Dickson flew into Sydney last night, cutting short his honeymoon after being married in New Zealand last weekend, and joined the boat today for a sail and systems testing off the Heads. He has since twice skippered yachts in the Whitbread Round the World Race, more recently campaigning a Tornado catamaran to represent New Zealand at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Navigator is Mark Rudiger, navigator aboard the winning yacht EF Language in the recent Whitbread Race.