The skipper's got delusions... he keeps going sailing on America's Cup boats.
Uh oh, we need another $125 m . . .

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with team NZ in Aukland... 		004_NR
on the chase boat on Haruki Gulf 		020_NR
Coming alongside.. mind that carbon
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Can I have a go please chaps? 		Roll 77 - 62 copy
Well, they had won it... but didn't this time		 Roll 77 - 61
Thinks: if we just chopped Cracker about a bit..
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So, let's try Oracle BMW instead...
..here the heads are demonstrated 		CIMG1081.JPG
Thinks: if we just chopped Cracker about a bit..
and sorted out the backstay...

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.but skipper is joining a Louis Vuitton Act race in Valencia.. against Shosholoza
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Maybe we should sell the RIB and get one of these

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on board, Larry Ellison helming, pre start
...skipper now wants us to race lying down too

but we don't think our boom goes this far to windward!		 Picture(18)
Ok.. you try winching from your knees... these chaps were flippin FIT ... off we go to the gym then.
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..and they let the skipper have a drive - not in the race though, but still...		 me2
Oracle BMW didn't half tack quick...		 meandchris
Chris Dickson explains how the trim tab wheel works (no, we can't fit one on Cracker's 3 ton liump of lead)