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Into the Wind: The Story of the 34th America’s Cup
After losing race 7 of 2013 Americas’ Cup, the oldest international sporting trophy of the world in which two of the fastest sailing yachts on earth go mano-a-mano to resolve who is the fastest, Jimmy Spithill found his team of sailors, engineers, designers and computer scientists had started a meeting without him; all discussing possible solutions and different sailing alternatives for the following race. At this point, the team Spithill lead, Oracle Team USA, reigning champion or ‘defender’ was losing the match 0-6 against Emirates Team New Zealand or ‘challenger’. In a competition to be the first to win 9 races and take the cup home. It was, from any…