Well, the America’s Cup 37 Protocol is out in the open, some would say at last. And it is, um, interesting.
The presentation this morning/evening depending on where on the marble you were, appeared to be scripted with Shirley Robertson constantly referring to her notes on her iPad to make sure she got the wording right to enable the participants to get their piece out in response.
I’m not saying this apparent role as a facilitator rather than an interviewer is wrong, just perhaps different than expected. Having said that, how do you get the salient points of an 80+ page document crammed into a 35-minute broadcast?
It is noticeable that comments and criticisms within a matter of hours were already flowing that this is not right or that is not right about a document that the (currently) two interested parties who, let’s face it, know the game pretty well, have spent months discussing or perhaps even arguing over through the likes of Zoom and e-mails to arrive at what was presented t the world today – on time this time too!
Cost and visible sustainability are clearly issues and without putting in place a rigid Formula 1 style spending cap which would be a nightmare to police the D/CoR have chipped away at the things that ARE very visible and impossible to hide…