Interviewed by Sail Magazine, Juan Kouyoumdjian gives a very straight forward opinion about the America's Cup.

In a very clear way, the Argentinean believed the International America's Cup Class introduced in San Diego for the 1992 defense isn't high performance enough and must be ousted in favor of a faster, more modern boat.

"I wish the Cup fleet was more technologically advanced," he said. "When they developed the ACC rule it represented a big jump forward from the 12 Meter. But the rule hasn't changed in pace with the times. It's sweet and sour to work with this rule, dealing with so many restrictions. At times it feels like doing Formula One on a tractor."

Moreover, Juan Kouyoumdjian showed he had some definite ideas about the future direction and organisation of the America's Cup.

"America's Cup Management has a misunderstanding of the value of quality versus quantity", he said. "We have three clear divisions, and that's not what the cup has been about for all these years. I would rather see the future of the Cup focused on the quality and glamour of the event—and a rating rule that does not block evolution just to keep small teams alive."

He considered it is definitely time for a rule change and hoped that the process of modernization initiated for the 32e Cup should be extended for the next edition and another step should be taken to increase potential of the event.

"Right now, nobody can say whether there will be an Act in September or a Cup in 2009 or 2011 or what", said Juan K. "And with the Deed of Gift giving all the power to the winner, it creates problems for people who want to build a circuit of races."