Talk:1987 America's Cup

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[edit] Nice one!

This is a great article; I just noticed it on the WA Project noticeboard. Congratulations to Moondyne and the other editors. I think it could be legitimately expanded with a section on the controversies/crazy schemes that blew up in the few years between victory and defeat. (For example: a proposal to bring the oil-rig Amethyst to Fremantle as a floating stadium, the "America's Cup Tent City", the power poles the FPA spent a fortune reconfiguring to take advertising, people being squeezed out by landlords hoping to cash in.) I've read some of this in one of Paddy O'Brien's books, Burke's Ambush, which could be used as a source. There was also plenty of coverage by the Sunday Times and the West Australian and an ABC TV panel programme (Couchman ?) that dealt with it. The public debate about the event's merits was big news throughout the process. If there's no objection I'd like to add some of it in a new section. Retarius | Talk 06:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Retarius. There's no objections from me for anything you said there. I just wish I'd kept some photos. :-( (—Moondyne click! 09:24, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Staging issues -
I have suggested offline that the issues such as are mentioned above in the staging issues should actually deserve a separate article - the henrietta website http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search/X?SEARCH=1987+americas+cup&searchscope=1&Da=&Db=&p=&SORT=A has a list in there somewhere of the west articles which should save you a lot of time. Please consider a separate article - as the article as it stands is more about the cup than the rubbish around the event - best of luck if you really want to indulge in the stufff - please consider a separate article - cheers SatuSuro 10:52, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Have left more comment at Retarius talk page re the actual article lists (shudder) -
http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search/X1987+americas+cup&searchscope=1&Da=&Db=&p=&SORT=A/X1987+americas+cup&searchscope=1&Da=&Db=&p=&SORT=A&SUBKEY=1987%20americas%20cup/13%2C88%2C88%2CB/frameset&FF=X1987+americas+cup&searchscope=1&Da=&Db=&p=&SORT=A&16%2C16%2C
and this
http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search/X1987+americas+cup&searchscope=1&Da=&Db=&p=&SORT=A/X1987+americas+cup&searchscope=1&Da=&Db=&p=&SORT=A&SUBKEY=1987%20americas%20cup/13%2C88%2C88%2CB/frameset&FF=X1987+americas+cup&searchscope=1&Da=&Db=&p=&SORT=A&17%2C17%2C
may all who sail on those stories not come asunder - break a leg or something like that SatuSuro 11:17, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
I personally don't see a great need for a separate article, but will leave that to whoever can put something together. The current article could be easily expanded, IMHO. —Moondyne click! 11:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
For those of us who were there (and bear the scars) those were strange days indeed. Somewhere/someday there should be an article/book about the events and projects that provoked the fevered imaginations of 'gropers over the decades: John Glenn and the whole town in their yards with torches/Skylab's landing/Miss Universe (both '79)... Well, I'll have a try at this one if I can make time. Retarius | Talk 07:12, 9 April 2008 (UTC)