Oh sure, we were rarely close, but at least we were in the hunt with them. They dd not take home a first in the regatta due, in no small part, to a BFD. That's a "Black Flag Disqualification" in the first race.
Remember that first race? General Recall, and then straight to the dreaded Black Flag. Well, boat 21, the Chinese AC team, got called over early and boy did they not care for that. We don't think there was a protest actually filed, and the result still stands.
We finished 12th (out of 30) in that race, and felt pretty darned good about it! In a sense, we beat an Americas Cup team, but in another sense, they beat us to the starting line, just a little too fast!
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