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25-09-2013, 13:23
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
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Thanks for the cool link.
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25-09-2013, 13:37
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
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Great racing, but who ever wins, remember both boats were built in New Zealand, both have Kiwi's heading the team. So this has truly been a show case for the little country down below.
We're watching it live each morning on TV since we are currently living in NZ. Glued to the TV, even though classic boat racing and cruising are the games we've always played. |
Spithill is Australian and of course Barker is a Kiwi....so it makes it a great New Zealand-Australian rivalry as well.
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25-09-2013, 13:47
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
Full credit to the Kiwis (honestly!), but give credit to some USA input too: Ellison owns Core Builders Composites. It started in the USA (Anacortes, WA), and built Ellison/Oracle's previous AC boats. They then set up the company in NZ. Here's a link.
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25-09-2013, 13:57
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
And TNZ's design team is Morelli and Melvin from the USA.
Spithill is a permanent US resident (California) with a US wife and daughter.
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25-09-2013, 14:11
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
4 minutes..Here we go 
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25-09-2013, 14:24
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
Holy batman,what a race!!!
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25-09-2013, 14:29
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
Oracles ahead 216 meters!
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25-09-2013, 14:30
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At which mark, Oceangirl?
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25-09-2013, 14:39
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
Us won!!
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25-09-2013, 14:39
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
44 sec. At the finish
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25-09-2013, 14:39
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
Kiwis finished 44seconds behind...crazy.
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25-09-2013, 14:40
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Congrats to Oracle!
But...,,, how annoying!
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25-09-2013, 14:54
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
This just might put sailing on the lips of sports fans everywhere.
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25-09-2013, 15:15
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Re: Will Oracle Remain Alive or Will It End Today?
Why do you think US won so soundly after losing so soundly? Bunch of threads going, is this already bring discussed? Seems like there is a story here...
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25-09-2013, 15:19
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Why do you think US won so soundly after losing so soundly? Bunch of threads going, is this already bring discussed? Seems like there is a story here...
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Two words "Ben" and "Ainsley". Crazy how little dinghies and Frankenboats both bend to the same genius. A little glory to the UK here, too.
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