Friday 25 January 2013

America's Cup Update, ETNZ Dean Barker talks about the task ahead

From the following Sail-World article:

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-Time-running-out-for-Emirates-Team-New-Zealand/105899

Emirates Team New Zealand's America's Cup skipper, Dean Barker, talks about the task ahead, as the realisation hits home that 2013 is the year of the America's Cup. There is no next year. And for the longest running America's Cup team, the options are running out, with some hard decisions yet to be made.

'You do sense the change in atmosphere around the base', he says. 'It is no longer next year. In ten month's time it's all over (sic).'

'We have to get Boat 2 up an running very quickly, and then we have just two months here, then we pack the boat up, and when we get to San Fran, it's game on.'

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