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The America’s Cup: Part Six – Sports Bizarre
Season 2 Episode 37
In 1983, Alan Bond would go all in for the Cup, bringing together John Bertrand and Ben Lexcen in an all-out assault on the New York Yacht Club.
The Australians would bring their winged keel, and perhaps more importantly, their mind tricks, as they fought the Americans in court and out on the water.
Titus O’Reily and Mick Molloy recount the year the Australians challenged for the cup and for the first time in 132 years, prised it from the New York Yacht Club’s iron grip.
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Research
There is no limit to the writings on the America’s Cup, and this was one of the biggest research jobs I’ve had.
Some of the key sources included:
A Full Cup: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup by Michael D'Antonio
The Quest for the America's Cup: Sailing to Victory by Richard V. Simpson
Exposed: The Dark Side of the America’s Cup by Alan Sefton and Larry Keating
Of course, the great man joined us and his book is Born To Win: The Power Of A Vision by John Bertrand.
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