Larry Ellison's space-age trimaran BMW Oracle won back the America's Cup for the United States by speeding across the Mediterranean and routing two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland in a two-race sweep. The 65-year-old software tycoon was on board his incredibly fast craft Sunday, after sitting out Race 1 due to a weight limit. His victory over rival Ernesto Bertarelli sends the oldest trophy in international sports to San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club. BMW Oracle Racing owner Larry Ellison raises the America's Cup trophy after sweeping rival Alinghi. The two billionaires have been locked in a tumultuous legal fight for two and a half years, and it looked for a while like the result of this race was going to be contested off the water. While I am happy that such a beautiful yacht, has won the Cup, and that it was chaired by a Kiwi, Sir Russell Coutts the CEO and skippered by an Aussie, James Spithill, this is a series that should have been contested by a multi-nation fleet in Valencia. That such a historic race can be hijacked by two spoiled billionaires in a deal cooked up in a court of law, instead of on the water, is a travesty.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
U.S. Takes Back America's Cup In 2-Race Showdown
Larry Ellison's space-age trimaran BMW Oracle won back the America's Cup for the United States by speeding across the Mediterranean and routing two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland in a two-race sweep. The 65-year-old software tycoon was on board his incredibly fast craft Sunday, after sitting out Race 1 due to a weight limit. His victory over rival Ernesto Bertarelli sends the oldest trophy in international sports to San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club. BMW Oracle Racing owner Larry Ellison raises the America's Cup trophy after sweeping rival Alinghi. The two billionaires have been locked in a tumultuous legal fight for two and a half years, and it looked for a while like the result of this race was going to be contested off the water. While I am happy that such a beautiful yacht, has won the Cup, and that it was chaired by a Kiwi, Sir Russell Coutts the CEO and skippered by an Aussie, James Spithill, this is a series that should have been contested by a multi-nation fleet in Valencia. That such a historic race can be hijacked by two spoiled billionaires in a deal cooked up in a court of law, instead of on the water, is a travesty.
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