How Ferrari is revolutionizing sailing

by Matthew Sheahan, Yachting World
Give me two wheels any day – I couldn’t care less about cars. At least that’s what I’ve always maintained. But as my wife points out, it only takes the sight of a vintage Triumph Stag to send me down memory lane and when a Grand Prix comes on, everything else in the house stops.

She also reminds me how long I went on about desert rallies after standing in for a fellow TV producer in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. She points out how I wouldn’t stop talking about the technology and tactics and how similar the strategy is to coastal and offshore racing.

Thanks largely to the America’s Cup I’ve been lucky enough to visit a number of the big F1 teams to see how they utilize their technology for the benefit of Cup teams, all of which have sparked conversations at the dinner table.

So I guess it was obvious that I was going to be a bit of a pain when I came back from a very special trip to Ferrari’s famous home of Maranello. And I was. – Full report