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Don't you just love lay days.
After all the drama of yesterday which saw BMW Oracle Racing eliminated, Luna Rossa advance to the final, Desafaio Espanol beat Team New Zealand and Chris Dickson booted off his boat we definitely needed a day off.
We both indulged in long, lazy Spanish lunches. For around $15 you get bread and salad, a main, a dessert and coffee. It is great but really makes you feel like a little siesta.
However no time for that.
While Dickson was the biggest story yesterday, it was great to see how excited Luna Rossa were at making the final. Competing in his third campaign Luna Rossa skipper Francesco de Angelis is really good to listen to. When he is asked a question, he pauses thinks about it and gives a meaningful answer. Luna Rossa are going along nicely.
It was also good to see Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker front up to the media again after his team lost. A few of their gybes were a little shabby in their last match so they'll be looking to brush up on those.
The America's Cup Port was extremely quiet yesterday. It is hard to believe that a month or so ago there were 11 challengers now we are left with just three. By tonight we could be left with just two.
In other news TEAMORIGIN, Britain's bid to enter the 33rd America's Cup have announced their intention to purchase its first America's Cup Class training boat - SUI 75 - the training and testing boat used by Alinghi. TEAMORIGIN plans to re-brand SUI 75 and it will later become GBR 75. It will be re-assembled and commissioned in Valencia and undergo a short test sail shortly after the end of the 32nd America's Cup in July 2007.
