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Florida Suncoast, Dunedin Caus... | The crew walking from the wing toward the hull makes me laugh for some reason. He stops a stares at NZ frozen for a moment before he falls back into the wing when the boat turns. It's clear by his reaction that it was close. I think I would have been running toward the back.
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Portland, Maine | Some interesting replies in the Reddit AMA. –]rminelli 2 points 1 minute ago
you mentioned high, fast and beast mode. what did beast mode entail, how was it different from fast mode?
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On the Water | Spithill is on a tear. He joins Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report on Comedy Central Monday, 11:30/10:30c Colbert Nation
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On the Water | Here's Jimmy in the SiriusXM/Howard Stern studios. Bababooey!
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Portland, Maine | Here's Jimmy in the SiriusXM/Howard Stern studios. Bababooey! Wish he would have done O&A instead. Did he actually go on the air? | | | Re: AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
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On the Water | Spithill will be on Prime TV's 60 Minutes. This is a New Zealand show, not CBS. "In a 60 Minutes exclusive, Belinda Henley talks to Oracle Skipper Jimmy Spithill about his remarkable America’s Cup win, billed as the biggest comeback in sporting history."
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On the Water | Spithill "I told porkies!" "The Australian-born sailor who broke New Zealand's hearts with his come-from-behind victory in the America's Cup admits he lied at press conferences during the regatta."The surprise admission by Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill - made to 60 Minutes reporter Belinda Henley for a show to be screened tomorrow night - reveals how far he stretched the truth to try to rock Team New Zealand captain Dean Barker.
"Most of it at press conferences is all about trying to get into the other guy's head, playing mind games," Spithill said. "Every time I stated we could win, that was true. Every time I said we wouldn't give up, that was true ... But when I was saying we were changing the boat every night ... nah, we weren't. We made a few changes but we wanted it to be known we were doing huge things every night."
Oracle trimmer Joe Newton, a childhood friend of Spithill's, backed his skipper's actions.
"Jimmy is a rough little redhead from Sydney - he's a grubby little thing in the press conferences."
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On the Water | more from the above link worth quoting.
Spithill also said he was amazed at the rumours that swirled around one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sport.
"The last one I heard, [Sir Russell] Coutts had a remote control sitting on the chase boat. He could drive grinders, drive the boat ... he could do everything. I wish he had; it would have made it much easier for us."
Likewise, Spithill dismissed talk of automation being introduced to stabilise the Oracle boat midway through the challenge - some reports called the device Herbie.
"It's comedic, this talk of there being a super system on the boat ... [It's] people trying to look for a silver bullet. Unfortunately [it] just came down to hard work.
"Let me be crystal clear, because obviously you are very misled: There is no Herbie. Herbie is a car that drives around in movies.
"This super stability system, if anyone has got it, send it to me and we will use it next time. For people to suggest or come up with fairytales, it's comedic. [I] can't believe people coming up with that.
"I'd be shocked if it was coming from Team NZ as they are champions and there is no way they would suggest that, as it was a fair fight and they were beaten fair and square.
"Our boat was measured every morning and afternoon just like Team New Zealand."
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