America's Cup: Fans vote overwhelmingly in favour of monohull

10:54 AM Sat 9 Oct 2010 GMT

'In pursuit of USA-17, Race 2, 33rd America's Cup, Valencia. However monohulls get the Sail-World reader's vote' BMW Oracle Racing: Guilain Grenier Click Here to view large photo

With the survey responses pouring in, the sailing fans are showing a strong preference for the 34th America's Cup to be sailed in monohulls. After just the first day of polling, of Sail-World readers world-wide, a massive 67.65% of those who responded would rather watch a match race between monohulls than multihulls. Interestingly the response is coming not from armchair sailors but hardcore racing sailors, with 85% of the responders describing themselves as racing sailors , and 54% say they race each week. Only 7% classed themselves in the 'no longer sail' category. Over 58% of the ...

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by Richard Gladwell