I really hadn’t been paying much attention to this edition of The Ocean Race before the long Southern Ocean leg. Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I find it had to relate with what this race has become. I feel a similar lack of interest in the current day America’s Cup.
As for what’s next for The Ocean Race… obviously, fully electronically controlled boats with no one onboard. What do you need the sailors for? Plus, those boats are damned uncomfortable and dangerous.