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Nice Links: Recommended Reading
The America's Cup: Buoyant Swiss are off to a flyer (with podcast link), by Stuart Alexander in the Indepedent (UK). Afterwards, Barker said he felt his team had been competitive, adding: "It was nice to finish the first race." TNZ was dismasted in the first race of 2003. He was also ready to praise his opponents, saying: "They were fast and they sail well. There was nothing we didn't expect." And he added a tribute to the hordes of fans which have made the pilgrimage to Valencia. "We are very much in awe of the support we have received," he said. Fisher's View: First Blood to Alinghi , by R. Percival Fisher on the Sail-World website. Neither boat flew a red flag in protest of the other?s use of the leeward running backstays ? the Public Interpretations must have been fully comprehensible (or frightening). Canadian has eye on capturing his second Cup by Tom Tebbutt (gotta love the name) writing in the Toronto Globe and Mail. "I call it the sewer," Blewett said of the below-deck space where he operates. "It's dark and it's wet. I basically have to repack the head sails for them to rehoist. So I use a few simple systems, some elbow grease and just go for it. It's like playing in the backs in rugby, a really physical job." There is no light in Blewett's sewer. "I have a little pencil head lamp that I run around with in my pocket in case I need to spot something," he said. "It's pretty dark down there. There's no paint, just carbon." Yachting: Coutts to rescue Oracle? Paul Lewis in the NZ Herald on Sunday. When asked about his future recently, Alinghi tactician Brad Butterworth said he would not rule out working with Coutts again. "I would like to work again with Russell," he said. "I do not know what he will be doing next." But whichever way Coutts does decide to go, Butterworth is convinced he'll lead that team to victory. "Russell is a very intelligent man, with firm beliefs in his own ability. He has a great mind for what's going to happen next. "Coutts is the best guy in the game. Any team he's on would be a prime candidate to win it. He's got all the skills you need." Full Story »

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