America's Cup: Stan Honey on TV and Umpiring systems for AC45's

10:57 AM Sat 30 Apr 2011 GMT

'Stan Honey - founder of Sportsvision in 1998 and developer of new TV graphics for the 34th America&rsquo;s Cup' Claude Breton Click Here to view large photo

Sail-World's NZ Editor, Richard Gladwell spoke with Stan Honey, one of the key players behind the development of the remote umpiring systems and television systems intended for the America's Cup World Series and then the America's Cup itself. In this video interview Honey explains how the graphics being developed for the AC45's and 72's will differ from those that have gone previously. In effect there will be three systems, instead of the single graphics system used in the 32nd America's Cup and going back to 1992 when they were first used. The first system is that outlined by regatta Director ...

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