Well. nice to hear from some other sailing 'Catters!

I labour under the dual disadvantage here in Belgium of (a) being a keen sailor and (b) being married to a Kiwi. We own a little 27 foot sailboat and sail whenever we can, mostly in the Belgian and Dutch coastal waters. When we were in NZ four years ago, we were taken out to see some of the Vuitton races from the water and very exciting it was, too.

Personally, (don't tell the wife....) my money's on NZ - the level of commitment by the general public there has to be seen to be believed and that has to affect the team performance in the end. Pity we don't see more on TV here. The VS software is better than it used to be, but still no substitute for seeing it live.