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I can't believe there wasn't much more coverage on this but the 33rd America's Cup was won by BMW Oracle who beat Alinghi 2-0 in best of 3 series way back on the 14th of February this year, BMW Oracle was a trimaran which was helmed by Australia's own James Spithill.
The twist is that New Zealander Russell Coutts was dumped by Alinghi in 2007 for breach of contract and missed out defending for Switzerland, but Oracle snapped him up, made him CEO and he's won it again!

What gets me is the boats themselves, these things are incredible!
Oracle is 90 feet long and 220 feet high with the BIGGEST mainsail ever put on a yacht, it is twice as big as a 747 wing!
http://www.americascup.com/en/acteur...oracle/photos/

Looks like the next Defence is in San Francisco!