America's Cup: AC45's - Redefining the 'Dolly Ride'..



1:15 AM Fri 17 Jun 2011 GMT
'34th America’s Cup - First Racing trials in San Francisco bay' Gilles Martin-Raget/www.americascup.com Click Here to view large photo
San Francisco based sailing journalist, Kimball Livingstone is a passionate follower of things America's Cup. Seeing the AC45's sailing on San Francisco Bay is a small slice of heaven, and sailing on one is probably as good as it gets.. Here's Kimball's take on his Big Day Out. I have to tell it to you backwards. It went like this . . . 5) I'm hanging onto a strap on AC45 4, the Oracle Racing cat skippered by Jimmy ('Everyone's wearing helmets for a reason') Spithill, and we're making tracks toward a destination on San Francisco Bay that will soon ...


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by Kimball Livingstone





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