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From Andrew Banks
Who do you think will be top boat and why? Luna Rossa and GBR Challenge would be my favorites as top boats. They are the only 2000 era boats in the Jubilee regatta; and unless it's windy and the race committee decide to incorporate some long reaching legs into the racing, the 1992 boats will be nowhere. Prada as finalists in the Americas Cup must be contenders in anyone's book, while the GBR Challenge has a good boat, and what they lack in ACC boat experience, could possibly be made up for in local knowledge. Team New Zealand might be a good outside bet, but NZL-32 is six years old, and must surely be passed her best against the newer boats; although one can never totally count out such a highly talented group of sailors.

From Mikael Ahrenberg
Are these most beautiful boats in the world? There is no doubt that these boats represent the queens of the oceans. The design is outstanding. Although their hulls are delicate and almost frail (in their looks) they still are efficient and aggressive. It is a good thing that these boats are preserved and cared for and most of all sailed. They are constructed for sailing, not to be put away in some museum. I hope they will continue to roam the seas in the years to come!

From Andrea Watson
Are these most beautiful boats in the world? Thank you for making my day. The one event I wanted to see in person at the America's Cup Jubilee was the race between these most beautiful boats - Endeavor, Shamrock and Valsheda. Through your images, I felt like I was in Cowes on a spectator boat, cheering on my favorite, Endeavor, who ultimately won. Elizabeth Meyer (The International Yacht Restoration School) who restored Endeavor, must be thrilled. While these boats are without question the most beautiful yachts, even better is what they represent. For it seems that there is a heightened interest in restoring older boats to their original condition and that bodes well for the sailing community, both on a local level and internationally. I am delighted that our rich nautical history that we, at times take for granted, is being preserved by bringing back some of the "best of the past." Kudos to madforsailing for sharing this historic occasion with your friends.

From T Stud
Do you think this was the case?I find it incredible that after 150 years, the British are making excuses about why they lost a race. Under the rules in effect, against the boats participating in the race, America won. Arguing that she did not deserve to win seems poor sportsmanship.

Americans don't have a problem with the impact the cutter Madge had or admitting the impact it had on subsequent designs on their shore. Some arguments in this article don't seem to make sense. When the owners put the America up for sale, it seems they actually didn't have to wait long to find a taker, so she wasn't overpriced, at least by the theory that a market-clearing price is the right one. And surely, if she was a stripped-out racing machine, she would not have been suitable to immediately undertake an 8,000-mile cruise.

It also seems Scott Russell comes in for unnecessary abuse. Mosquito, winner of the 1852 Queen's Cup, was reputed to be influenced by the wave-line theory. Russell was wrong, but not so wrong that fast boats were not designed under the influence of his theory. Mid-sections seem to have permanently moved aft following the wave-line period. There is interesting historical detail in the article, and I certainly think the little Aurora deserves more credit, but face it guys, you lost.