James Spithill's speech at World Yacht Racing Forum

6:51 PM Tue 14 Dec 2010 GMT

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BMW Oracle Racing skipper James Spithill gave the Opening Keynote Speech this morning at the World Yacht Racing Forum in Estoril, Portugal. Here is a copy of the speech. That is a future for the America?s Cup that is full-on, dramatic and addresses a question which I guess is relevant to all of us here. We love our sport. Many of us have grown up with sailing since childhood and it?s more like a way of life. But that doesn?t mean we can afford to take it for granted or miss an opportunity to improve it, make more it approachable ...

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