Emirates Team NZ: Dalton's Crusade



12:16 PM Tue 10 May 2011 GMT
'Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton with trophies for the Trophee de Marseille and winners of the MedCup series' Emirates Team New Zealand / Photo Chris Cameron ETNZ &copy Click Here to view large photo
Clad in his signature seafaring jacket, Grant Dalton sat in the foyer of the majestic Napier Sailing Club with Emirates Team New Zealand media wallah Warren Douglas. Considering it's the day after the big flood in Hawke's Bay, a road block and detour near the Port of Napier along the Marine Parade meant I was running half an hour late. If Dalton had any qualms about the delay, the poker expression on the old salty dog's face wasn't giving anything away. If anything, the 53-year-old Aucklander was exuding the demeanour of a saint. After all, he was on a pilgrimage ...


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by Anendra Singh, Hawkes Bay Today





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