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    Posted: 05 Feb 10 at 3:47pm

Different to what Bertarelli has been trying to do how?
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At least Bertarelli has won it....

Ellison could not win it in a fair fight, sorry several fair fights, so decided to bar every other competitor.  

Don't get me wrong I don't like Bertarelli's behaviour either but I too worry what Ellison would do if he wins.  Mind you the same applies to the other side....

We wait for Monday.......
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Originally posted by Rupert

the next move will be to outlaw carbon fibre and insist that all boats are built from wood grown within 10 miles of the build site, and the trees have to be brought in using elephants bred in the country of challenge, and only cut up using hand tools. These rules only apply to challengers.

 At least it'll prove sailing is a truly 'enviromentally friendly' sport!

 

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Posts: 8956 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Rupert Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Feb 10 at 7:32pm
The odd thing is that the AC gets so much more coverage and money than any actual match racing world champs. The attraction to the billionaires must be that there is no limit of how big their wallets need to be, or their egos, whereas in an actual sailing event, you soon run out of things to spend money on (by their standards, where new sails/hulls don't count as anything but small change), as the event has passed. Here, a small matter like the event being over needn't get in the way of the spanding, or even the result.
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