Experienced Swedish sailor Gurra Krantz with an America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race behind him, wants to renew the sailing sport. He believes there's need for simplification. He has clear views on how sailing can be developed to be more understandable to the public and more interesting for sailors. 'Remove all rules,' he said. 'But if there is contact between the boats, disqualify both.'
Krantz plans to try and arrange such a race in Sweden next year. 'Something must be done to lift the sailing sport,' he said, referring to the upswing in interest that hockey has had since someone dared to change the format. 'It is impossible to compare sailing and hockey in all aspects,' he said. 'But from being fairly interesting, hockey is now the most interesting of all TV sports. Something must be learned from that,' he claims.
Krantz will make it so that it is allowed to touch marks, he will remove rules on mark roundings and the basic keep clear rules. 'Everything is allowed, except for the collision. Then both will be disqualified,' he said. 'If that doesn't work, we begin at the other end and enter simple rules that we need.'
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