SF Bay Team Wins Round 1 of
Pre-America’s Cup – Moet Regatta
US Challenger of record from
San Francisco faced off with Alinghi of Switzerland on San
Francisco Bay waters September 15th – 20th. Alinghi’s
owner Ernesto Bartellini brought Russel Couts and Murray
Jones, the Kiwi’s he formed his team around, plus his
winning boats and crew to San Francisco to race against
Oracle, the Challenger of record for the next America’s Cup
sponsored by Golden Gate Yacht Club. In the "Moet
Cup", Oracle fought hard and much to local relief won
both the professional and owner/driver races, but only by one
race each, making Saturday Sept. 20th a very exciting Day.
Dawn
Riley was the blow by blow Announcer joined by an all-star
team of co-hosts. International newsroom and OLN TV station
all were based at GGYC.
The next pre-cup race will
be in Newport RI and the rest will be in Europe. See our
website or www.OracleBMWracing.com or www.Alinghi.com
for more photo’s or info.![](MurryJonesBriefKidsTISailng.jpg)
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