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    Posted: 12 Jan 07 at 12:10pm
it is a shame cause PH has got an awesome set up at gbr yard! But its brilliant and at last we are competing in teh Americas cup again Britain shud be involved and shud do well!
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Originally posted by hurricane

 

well I think alot of Bear of Britain crew will be picked to sail on this challenge,

seeing as the old boats are in storage next to the Bear setup, im sure they will be used as training boat 

 

Wud be nice :p

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Originally posted by andyrj

I wonder what Peter Harrison has to say about all of this. He ownes the boats.

He was desperate for sponsors and nobody was willing to stump up the cash. Now, six months later, somone else has decided to give it a go. Where were you, Sir Keith?

He was in negotiation with PH, but got offered the Olympic gig and went for that instead...

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I wonder what Peter Harrison has to say about all of this. He ownes the boats.

He was desperate for sponsors and nobody was willing to stump up the cash. Now, six months later, somone else has decided to give it a go. Where were you, Sir Keith?

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Originally posted by Quagers

About time to, are they building new boats from scratch or using the 2 that are in storage at Cowes?

AC is a development class. By this time, the existing boats only have value as training boats.

 

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well I think alot of Bear of Britain crew will be picked to sail on this challenge,

seeing as the old boats are in storage next to the Bear setup, im sure they will be used as training boat 

lifes to short to sail slow boats!

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Hooo-Rah!

They make a few mentions of taking on board 'top designers' which implys to me new boats....
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About time to, are they building new boats from scratch or using the 2 that are in storage at Cowes?
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So GBR will have a team for the 33rd Americas Cup !

 

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