Sailing Tries to Solve Its One-Per-Center Problem

On Saturday afternoon, thousands of fans gathered on Battery Park’s lip, hoisting beers, coffee cups, and children into the air, their eyes fixed to the Hudson River. Some had made plans to be there, others had roamed into the crowd by accident, but most seemed genuinely interested in the six America’s Cup vessels that had assembled as part of a series of races aimed at drumming up interest in next year’s big competition, in Bermuda.

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