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If you missed Part 1 then it is available here.

Part 3 of 5 will be available soon

 Gary Jobson
“There were a few theories in the New Zealand press going on. We’ll cast that aside for the moment. One of the other changes you made was to bring Ben Ainslie on the boat. In the long history of the America’s Cup it is very rare in the actual Cup to change one of the crew, whether you’re winning or losing. So what was behind bringing Ben Ainslie in and what difference did that make?”

 Jimmy Spithill
“We had amazing depth in our sailing team. We actually had it set up this way on purpose because our campaign was based around trying to sail two AC72s. We don’t get to race in the challenger series. Big advantage to the challenger. Always has been. To take on two 72s, we honestly didn’t know how often we’d be able to sail one let alone two which is    …  More

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