On May 23, 2:35 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
"Bryan" wrote in message

...

A few questions about format.

I'm watching the Luis Vitton Cup. Two boats will go to the LV finals
and the winner will go against Desafio (or is it Alingi?) in the
America's Cup. Do I have this right? You can see I have some
confusion on this subject!

Does the America's Cup have more than two boats racing or is it just a
two boat race: defender vs winner of the LV?

Bottom line: with BMW Oracle out of the LV, are they also out of the
America's Cup and on their way home to San Francisco?

You got it wrong. The defender is Alinghi. They possess the Americas
Cup. The challenger is the winner of the final in the Louis Vuitton
challenge. BMW Oracle is out because they lost in the semi-final 1-5.
They lost this badly because they were foolish enough to put has-been
Kiwis as skipper and at the helm. This proves Larry Ellison (the money
man) needs to stick to computers. Where's Ted Turner when we need him?

Wilbur Hubbard

Right about that. We should have fielded out own skipper. In
fact the entire crew should have been Americans.

How about Buddy Melges, Paul Cayard, or Dennis Conner?

Not that Chris Dickson is that bad.
Each would have done a better job.