Peter Montgomery: Sailing commentator says America's Cup return to New Zealand will bring more than just sailing

The voice of the America's Cup says returning the event to New Zealand shores will deliver more than just sailing.

Previous editions have all been held in Auckland, but Mayor Wayne Brown says the hosting decision is in the hands of Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton.

Brown says he'd welcome it back, but has concerns over its cost.

Sailing commentator Peter Montgomery told Ryan Bridge people aren't aware of its positive flow-on effects, like creating jobs and incomes.

“More than the whole industry, more than just the tourism industry and fans coming to fill hotels rooms or whatever. There’s been a byproduct that’s come out of it that no other sport brings.”

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Team New Zealand have done it again, winning the thirty
seventh America's Cup in Barcelona. It was a history making
win for the Kiwis. They are the first team to
win the trophy for the third time in a row.
Peter Montgomery is sailing commentator, the voice of Yachting. He's
with us this morning, Peter. Good morning to you. Cure
to Peter, can you hear us a second? But we

(00:23):
do now have I believe Peter Montgomery with us to
talk America's Cup.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Good morning, good morning.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Thank you for being with me. Really appreciate it. First
of all, what's your reaction? How are you feeling about this?

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Well? I think given how complex these boats are to
design and bill, this has been a remarkable of achievement
by Team New Zealand and are gaining tim elands.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Team New Zealand.

Speaker 4 (00:48):
Showed what a superior all round package they had from
the speed and performance of the boat. And more notably,
the way the savers were talking is when the commentators
stopped talking over audio, we could hear how combined and
how good the tenz And package was in contrast to
any of us. It's just seemed only the two helms

(01:08):
when we're talking, and so I was very impressed what
TVZ and were able to pull off.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
Peter, do you think it will come the America's Cup
will come back here?

Speaker 2 (01:20):
Well, who knows a lot of other factors, But when
there's people like you negative against it and a whole
bunch of others, then the end result is that, well
one of the things that the America's Cup will have
an impact on the New Zealand like no other sporting event.

(01:41):
Are you aware of Southern Spas and Red Wire? I
mean Southern Spas are a huge mass manufacturing operation and
composites and now they've got major contracts with an organization
involved in space exploration because of their brilliant and composites.
I mean there's a sie bar to things. Apart from

(02:01):
all the souper yachts coming to New Zealand where they've
all got to be, a lot of work has done
and there are other things that bring to New Zealand.
So there's a lot of other factors rather than just
a sporting World Championship where people come in and bring supporters.

(02:23):
There are a lot of sidebar effects from the America's
Cup that people are not considering.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
Good point, good point is a whole industry you could
say that that's behind it and thrives, particularly in Auckland,
off the back of it.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Peter, we have more than the whole industry, more than
just a tourism industry and fans coming to fill hotel
rooms or whatever, and more than.

Speaker 4 (02:47):
Sale makers and spa makers. There's been a byproduct that's
come out of it that no other sport brings. And
I think that that there's an important factor. I mean here,
Team years well Enios had Mercedi's Formula one, Alinghi had
Red Bull Formula one, Lula Rossa had Ferrari Formal one,

(03:11):
and Team New Zealand didn't have any of that. And
yet they had blokes with the brains and wit to
be able to do that, particularly with their foils, but
no one's giving them any credit for that. It's more well,
I don't want the America's Cup to come to New
Zealand because it's cost you know, rich white, wealthy people

(03:32):
they can pay their own way, when in fact it's
creating a whole bunch of jobs and income in an
area that people are not aware of.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Yeah, Peter, thank you very much for your analysis this morning.
Really appreciate having you on the program. Peter Montgomery Sailing
commentated For more from.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
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