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"The Future" #227476
01/25/11 12:16 PM 01/25/11 12:16 PM
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According to Spithill:

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Then it was time for some fun.

"The 470s were training off Takapuna and I knew my son was over there so we decided to go and give them a closer look at the boat," said Murray Jones. "We came up past flying a hull and gave them a real close look."

Many of the young sailors training in the two-person 470 dinghies today are part of the New Zealand Olympic squad and next-generation America's Cup sailors. They included Matthew Jones and Finn Drummond whose dads, Murray and Mike, are part of the ORACLE Racing team.

"We thought the old guys really should show the young guys the future," said skipper Jimmy Spithill.


http://www.americascup.com/blog/back-to-the-future_57

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Re: "The Future" [Re: ThunderMuffin] #227478
01/25/11 01:04 PM 01/25/11 01:04 PM
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Nice!!!!

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If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
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Re: "The Future" [Re: ThunderMuffin] #227504
01/25/11 05:53 PM 01/25/11 05:53 PM
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I bet the juniors loved it. I took the pirate-hull Isotope down to the Jolly Jordan Regatta (an Optimist event) a couple of years back, and in between races I flew a hull through the Opti fleet. After racing, I gave them rides. The kids thought it was great.

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Re: "The Future" [Re: ThunderMuffin] #227510
01/25/11 06:40 PM 01/25/11 06:40 PM
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Awesome. Hell, even I'd think my boat is an antiquated turd if that thing wizzed by.

I'm boatless.
Re: "The Future" [Re: Karl_Brogger] #227654
01/27/11 02:24 PM 01/27/11 02:24 PM

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I'm not sure they would have loved it that much. They were racing in their national titles when that photo was taken and a least one crew member on the cat had family in the event. Needles to say they weren't sailing on nzl206

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