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Jun 09, 2007 00:10 |  #46

DDA wrote in post #3344239 (external link)
NZ is waaaayyyy to far away for anyone to go see the cup.

Not for some of us :D

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Jun 09, 2007 00:39 |  #47

weka2000 wrote in post #3344930 (external link)
I hope you are not the entire support team :lol:

Don't worry, there are plenty of us!! :p Heck, there are 7 millions inhabitants in Switzerland, it's a big country! :rolleyes:

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Jun 09, 2007 00:47 |  #48

DDA wrote in post #3346749 (external link)
Don't worry, there are plenty of us!! :p Heck, there are 7 millions inhabitants in Switzerland, it's a big country! :rolleyes:


But how many of them are Yauchties? :lol:
We might only have 4 million odd people here, but we all live less than hours drive from the sea. :)


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Jun 09, 2007 02:17 |  #49

bcdoug wrote in post #3345553 (external link)
we just don't have the financial backing to use said talent.

You know it's not like NZ is a rich country. I am sure that there is someone in your fair country willing to pull together a plan on trying for the cup. When NZ first won the cup it's not it was funded by one person. sponsorship is the name of the game.

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Jun 09, 2007 02:53 |  #50

We tried to fund it ourselves once, we lost to a land locked country with more money......

This year the bulk of the funding is coming from a sponsor based in another country, although we do have strong ties with a UAE.


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Jun 09, 2007 02:54 |  #51

Moppie wrote in post #3346989 (external link)
We tried to fund it ourselves once, we lost to a land locked country with more money......

This year the bulk of the funding is coming from a sponsor based in another country, although we do have strong ties with a UAE.

yea we do now :)

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Jul 03, 2007 09:38 |  #52

Sorry guys! I told you you wouldn't get it ;-)a

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Jul 03, 2007 17:22 |  #53

Some very good sailing, some very bad luck for the Kiwis.

Congrats Alinghi, see you next time (maybe).

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Jul 04, 2007 02:49 |  #54

:(


There will be a next time!
And by the sounds of it Alinghi won't have the Kiwi crew to spend Ernesto's money and sail his boat.


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Jul 04, 2007 04:02 |  #55

Its a shame we lost but I honestly... I wasn't surprised.

There were some good races this year and to hear we lost the last race by only a second really shows you how good each team is.

I have no doubts in my mind that we will be facing alinghi at the next americas cup where ever it is.

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Jul 04, 2007 04:26 |  #56

We blinked first.
Pretty close racing in all :D

I mean :(

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Jul 04, 2007 05:19 |  #57

Yes, it was a pretty crazy race... I think a 5-4 final score would have better shown the qualities of each team. Both deserved to win!

Let's wait a few years and fight again (peacefully, only on water ;-)a ) for it!

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