Sail-World’s recent story on the state of the proposed AC33 venue at Ras al Khaimah (America’s Cup: Images from Ground Zero in Ras al-Khaimah? ( click here to view ) provoked two very different responses from our readers:
A Dubai resident and ex-Hong Kong sailor wrote to us saying:
‘You really think it (AC33) will be held in RAK? I doubt it. The venue hasn’t been constructed yet and this place has a history of failing to build anything on time. The pictures of the venue show that it will be an island with no road access, and around here nobody would dream of walking more than two metres to get to anything… there is precious little sailing in this place, I have done some racing in Dubai, and it was rubbish.’  … Details