America's Cup: High Noon for San Francisco over Venue wobbles

7:19 PM Sun 12 Dec 2010 GMT

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Paul Oliva writes for the San Francisco Chronicle. Following is an unpublished report written for SFGate.com on the America's Cup venue stand-off which has appeared on the US sailing website www.pressure-drop.us Oliva spent Wednesday through Friday in Miami grilling sources involved in America's Cup hosting negotiations. Miami is also hosting the RC44 Worlds, and several key AC players were present. He writes: Wednesday through Friday from Miami I grilled sources involved in America's Cup hosting negotiations, here's what I learned in Miami. In any race, there is rarely too fast, only too slow. Too slow, wrong tactics, you lose. Today's ...

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by Paul Oliva