Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Britain's TeamOrigin ploughs in!

Sir Keith Mills, Principal TeamOrigin (GBR), with a printed, folded, and apparently, just unwrapped, Union Jack.

Speaking in italics, Sir Keith Mills (GBR), Principal of TeamOrigin, representing the new British challenger, the Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC), today declared the new Protocol for the 33rd America's Cup to be absolutely the best protocol ever.

Not a defect anywhere. Just perfect. No two-boat testing (a huge relief, to be perfectly honest). Club Náutico Español de Vela (CNEV), absolutely the right challenger of record, no quarrel with that, looking forward to their regatta, sometime in 2007, should be a stunner. Thanks to Ernesto, we're going deep into the 21st century with this one, forget the past, it's sheer brilliance all the way. Happy to be part of it.

To paraphrase.

Seriously, it's great to see Britain seriously involved in America's Cup 33. Team Origin, let's hope, will be a dedicated and innovative competitor.

But this Billy Bunter support for the protocol?

Where does that come from?

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