Apart from the most obvious fact that these two boats are all composite, winged 30 knot racers, they are also laced with cutting edge electronics and sensors.

Case in point: The helmsman for the USA boat BMW/Oracle racing is outfitted with a Heads Up Display glasses that shows him all the wind information and rigging load information and allows him to make adjustments that would just be impossible without.

He looks like a member of the Borg.  Resistance is futile.

Update: Here is a picture of the cyborg in action:

This might be off-topic but the title of the article keeps it in. [and it also let's put a 7-of-9 picture on the site]

The premise of the article is that we, the capitalist/democratic/free-market west are the Borg.  But we don't compel assimilation.  We merely make all the alternatives less attractive than our way.

You can join and better the lives of you, your kids, your grandkids etc. or not join and basically get left in the dirt.  Your choice, we aren't forcing you.

But the decision becomes obvious.

Go read the whole thing.

What is our challenge as leaders in a Borg world? We should stop denying the obvious. We are taking over the world -- not because we want to -- we just can't help it. Our Borg stuff is just too good. Given the choice, most people will eventually vote Borg. We give them what they love. They will become part of us. We will all become more alike.

Resistance, while not futile, may be inevitably the wrong decision.