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Offline rustynutz

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Amanda Lulham
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September 26, 2013




AFTER the longest and fastest regatta in history Australian James Spithill and his team on Oracle Team USA have won the America’s Cup after a miraculous comeback which has rewritten history.

The famous sailing regatta was won by the Larry Ellison backed Oracle, the America’s Cup defenders, this morning  when they beat Emirates Team New Zealand by 44 seconds on the waters of San Francisco Bay.

It signaled the end of almost three weeks of thrilling racing in the high-speed AC72 chosen as the weapon of choice in the battle for the 34th America’s Cup.

“Good one guys,’’ Spithill said to his crew as he steered across the finish. "It is really about the team. On your own you are nothing.’’

“We faced the barrel of the gun at 8-1 and what did these guys do? They didn’t even flinch.’’

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Pretty historical day for us Aussies too as it's 30 years to the day since Australia won the 'ol mug from the Yanks...  :goodjob:  :happydance:

And this win is pretty special too as the Yank boat was skippered by an Aussie with 3 other Aussies in the crew....  :D

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!


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Oi! Oi! Oi!

Great result. Gotta feel (a bit) sorry for the sheep Kiwis though.
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They needed the help of a British Olympic Gold Medalist too do it tho  :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob:


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Thanks Rusty I have been following that (great to see the Aussies doing so well) and the Brit :winker:  :happydance:
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I notice the Kiwis have stopped whining about the lack of America's cup coverage too..... :rofl:
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