Nice Ink: Chinese Take on Yacht Racing

As your Ed. is in New York this week for the BMW ORACLE event at Rockefeller Center (which is also shaping up to be an excellent promotion for all the teams involved in AC32 as well as for Valencia), we noticed some good ink for China Team and the Cup in today's Wall Street Journal. The 1,000+ word article begins:


Red Sails in the Sunset? The Chinese Take On Yacht Racing
By Hugo Restall

The first time Zhao Fei went to the top of the mast on the China Team's America's Cup Class boat, it was practically on a dare. "The skipper, Pierre, asked me, 'Can you do it?' I felt like he thought I couldn't. So I just said sure."

Mr. Zhao's rapid ascent sums up China's first foray into sailing's most illustrious event, which holds its finals in Valencia, Spain, in June of next year: Chinese sailors are being hoisted aloft by an experienced crew of mostly French yachtsmen.

Despite its name, the China Team is really a joint venture....