Blog: Weather gods smile on Dalton

Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton turned 50 today. Photo / Mark Mitchell

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How cool would Grant Dalton have felt today having thousands of people singing him happy birthday.

The Team New Zealand boss was 50 today. When the black boat eased past thousands of people broke into happy birthday.

The weather gods decided Dalton needed a day off to celebrate his coming of age so opted not to deliver any breeze. With tomorrow a lay day, the two-day break may work in the Kiwis favour.

The situation was not ideal for Alinghi who would have loved to have won the event today being a Sunday in Valencia where the America's Cup port was packed. Instead the red and white coloured winners podium, which has been created, had to be towed back to the side of the canal as the wait to find a winner continues.

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