On Wed 18-Sep-1996  7:57a, Sandy Whetherholt said to Dan Ceppa:
SW> If Fay hadn't been such a horses ass and challenged in the usual way,
SW> there wouldn't have been such a defense.  Fay knew that we couldn't come
SW> up with a comparable boat in the time frame of his challenge, so turn
SW> around is fair play.  For those who think otherwise, they're probably 
ust
SW> jealous of DC and his success with the AC.
SW> Later........Sandy
        Sandy,  You hit the nail right on the head, I am a permenant resident 
of San Diego an a member of the San Diego Yacht Club.  I was able to watch 
the "Big Boat" defense first hand as well as keep up with the legal issue.  
Micheal Fay should have never taken the San Diego Yacht Club to court after 
they turned down the initial defense, like you said we would not have had 
enough time to build a boat to match the Kiwi's.  It was a tragity to the 
spirit of the sport of yachting to have had it abused in the legal system 
like it did.  I could have accepted an international protest commitees ruling 
but I belive Michael Fay showed VERY unsportmans like conduct sueing the 
club..
        Sure we all knew what the outcome was going to be even before they 
raced, I am an avid muli-hull sailor and know what a catamaran can do with 
any wind, but we had no choice.
        This race also ended forever the 12 meter being the chosen boat for 
the AC, which is too bad, The IACC boats just are not build to handle heavy 
winds because they where built to sail well in the winds off Point Loma, look 
at the damage done to the boats last race, now picture what will happen when 
they are sailed in the trade winds down in NZ...
        
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