Four things I could be doing this weekend:
a) Watching Groove Armada, Muse, Snow Patrol et al at the Isle of Wight Festival.
b) Going to a massive party weekend (Happy Birthday, John Hodgart).
c) Racing in the Giraglia.
d) Sitting around at home because I thought I’d be busy commentating on the Louis Vuitton Final, and turned down the opportunity to do all of the above…
Yup, it’s d) – the Kiwis swept Luna Rossa to set up a rematch and four years, four months, 13 Acts and 32 Louis Vuitton races later, the Kiwis are back where they started – they must beat Alinghi in five races to win the America’s Cup.
The ‘game-face’ dropped big time on Wednesday afternoon, and there was some serious partying going down in Valenica. It does make you wonder if many of the Kiwis haven’t already achieved their goal – but there’s not much doubt that Dalts is fully up for the final leg of this year’s European tour, as his latest video update will tell you...
Meanwhile, the New Zealand Herald reports that the Auckland authorities are starting to wonder if they might not have to find space for the Cup again, having built apartments on a lot of the syndicate bases from 2003...
And on Thursday, Luna Rossa announced on their website, ‘Being the only semi-finalist still working here in Valencia to not have raced against Alinghi, after they raced Emirates Team New Zealand two days before the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals and also against the Spanish Team during the Finals, Luna Rossa will race the America's Cup defender Alinghi tomorrow.’ Just like the Spanish, who have already raced Alinghi, it is not in Luna Rossa’s interests to see the Cup go back to New Zealand…
THE CUP MATCH STARTS ON JUNE 23RD
Put the date in your diary and these in your Favourites folder...
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Mark Chisnell ©
a) Watching Groove Armada, Muse, Snow Patrol et al at the Isle of Wight Festival.
b) Going to a massive party weekend (Happy Birthday, John Hodgart).
c) Racing in the Giraglia.
d) Sitting around at home because I thought I’d be busy commentating on the Louis Vuitton Final, and turned down the opportunity to do all of the above…
Yup, it’s d) – the Kiwis swept Luna Rossa to set up a rematch and four years, four months, 13 Acts and 32 Louis Vuitton races later, the Kiwis are back where they started – they must beat Alinghi in five races to win the America’s Cup.
The ‘game-face’ dropped big time on Wednesday afternoon, and there was some serious partying going down in Valenica. It does make you wonder if many of the Kiwis haven’t already achieved their goal – but there’s not much doubt that Dalts is fully up for the final leg of this year’s European tour, as his latest video update will tell you...
Meanwhile, the New Zealand Herald reports that the Auckland authorities are starting to wonder if they might not have to find space for the Cup again, having built apartments on a lot of the syndicate bases from 2003...
And on Thursday, Luna Rossa announced on their website, ‘Being the only semi-finalist still working here in Valencia to not have raced against Alinghi, after they raced Emirates Team New Zealand two days before the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals and also against the Spanish Team during the Finals, Luna Rossa will race the America's Cup defender Alinghi tomorrow.’ Just like the Spanish, who have already raced Alinghi, it is not in Luna Rossa’s interests to see the Cup go back to New Zealand…
THE CUP MATCH STARTS ON JUNE 23RD
Put the date in your diary and these in your Favourites folder...
www.tackbytack.com
www.markchisnell.com
Mark Chisnell ©