americas cup that aust won. cheated?

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Mister Dugong
Mister Dugong
368 posts
368 posts
14 Mar 2010 7:37pm
article on channel seven now.
thought the yachties might appreciate the heads up.
did australia cheat?
KEARNSY
KEARNSY
WA
1322 posts
WA, 1322 posts
14 Mar 2010 7:56pm
Hey Wotzy - thankyou very much for the heads up , that was some very interesting bs.

My first thoughts were - as if , Ben lexen has the copyright on that keel.
Secondly I know the machinist that did most of the work on that keel in Perth.
WTF The guy that was attempting to "spill the beans" and claiming that it was his design has a nice Oz accent and had been living in Australia since the 1950's . He had never filed for citizenship until 1990. He just did the testing on the design in Europe.
Australians cheats? I dont think so - that is not who we are. We won that cup square and fair by out sailing the yanks in the last race. Poor Dennis conner - boohoo , you lost it Dennis , live with it !!!

Thanks again Wotzy - very interesting!
Mister Dugong
Mister Dugong
368 posts
368 posts
14 Mar 2010 8:46pm
cheers

skeatesy
skeatesy
ACT
15 posts
ACT, 15 posts
15 Mar 2010 1:10pm
wotzy77 said...

article on channel seven now.
thought the yachties might appreciate the heads up.
did australia cheat?

if we did we learnt how to from dennis conner yukyuk ..aussy ..
skeatesy
skeatesy
ACT
15 posts
ACT, 15 posts
15 Mar 2010 1:12pm
wotzy77 said...

article on channel seven now.
thought the yachties might appreciate the heads up.
did australia cheat?
you have to admit we came up with a wing keel and that dennis over looked ..

skeatesy
skeatesy
ACT
15 posts
ACT, 15 posts
15 Mar 2010 1:17pm
wotzy77 said...

article on channel seven now.
thought the yachties might appreciate the heads up.
did australia cheat?
..i was realy impressed how dennis went to every length to get the cup back with a special layer on the hull slowly wearing away to loose drag ..and his perfect timing with his crew absolutely increadable ..i recon new zealand are bad sports ..they would have wanted their boat replaced if it broke in half in the intrests of technology .a facter new zealand envies in australia .

GalahOnTheBay
GalahOnTheBay
NSW
4188 posts
NSW, 4188 posts
15 Mar 2010 7:30pm
lol next they will say that the planet is getting warmer... oh wait.

ok next they will say that we never put a man on the moon... oh wait.

jewelray
jewelray
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22 posts
23 Mar 2010 10:19am
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