Peter "Pedro" Isler (USA, Sailing Team - navigator) penned this report for today's Scuttlebutt, providing his insight on the events surrounding the build up toward the 2007 America's Cup....

March 13, 2006 -- Spring weather has arrived to Valencia and the sailing
conditions have quickly changed from frigid to delightful. Since I was
last here in October with BMW Oracle Racing, there has been a massive
amount of construction and development around the Port America's Cup.
Team Bases are being built out, but the biggest change is the new harbor
entrance... a 1/4 mile channel cut that enables teams to leave the dock
and be sailing on the race course in less than 15 minutes time (versus
the one-hour tow previously). It's part of a massive public works'
project that will greatly change the face of Valencia's shorefront.

Read the full report at http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/06/pi0313/.


Sailing team member (navigator) Peter Isler, two time AC winner
('87 and '88). Pedro also has extensive media credentials as an
author of a number of popular sailing books as well as a TV
commentator for ESPN and OLN in the USA, to say nothing of
being a decent guitar and piano player.