#russell coutts

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Sailing icon Sir Russell Coutts, sailor Erik Heil, sponsor Thomas Riedel and Sebastian Vettel at the announcement that Vettel will be involved in sailing in the future at the SpoBis sports congress. Vettel is joining the Germany SailGP team as a co-owne. May 31, 2023 - North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf, Germany Source: Roberto Pfeil/picture alliance via Getty Images

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Yup - He added: "I think (Sail)GP is quite influenced by F1 and the experience around F1 and they want their sponsors to be able to experience that kind of thing."

Bye-bye Auckland for 2024.

Very disappointing, but according to the NZ Herald, the event in March could still be hosted elsewhere.

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Me always @RussellCoutts

who’s got that one gif of Captain Kirk doing this I Need it

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Hi!! Can I please ask for some female (or non binary) faceclaims between 20-29 that have resources set in a sci-fi/space setting, please? Thank you so much!!

Blu del Barrio (Star Trek: Discovery) Argentinian - is non-binary and uses they/he.

Ian Alexander (Star Trek: Discovery) Vietnamese / White - is non-binary and uses they/he.

Mason Alexander Park (Cowboy Bebop) Mexican and Spanish - is non-binary and uses they/them.

Quintessa Swindell (Voyagers) African-American / Unspecified White - is non-binary and uses he/they.

Celeste O'Connor (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) Kenyan - is non-binary and uses they/them.

JayR Tinaco (Another Life) Filipino - is non-binary and uses he/they.

Olive Gray (Halo) Zambian / English - is non-binary and uses they/them.

Lio Tipton (1988) - is non-binary and queer, uses they/them - not sure of their role as I couldn’t find much on Google but they’re in In Space with Markiplier.

Women:

Moses Ingram (Obi-Wan Kenobi) African-American.

Lou Llobell (Foundation) Zimbabwean / Spanish.

Leah Harvey (Foundation) Black British.

Jess Bush (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)

Taylor Russell (Lost in Space) Black Canadian / European.

Celia Rose Gooding (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) - is bisexual and grey asexual, uses she/they pronouns.

Gia Sandhu (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) Punjabi.

Rong Fu (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) Chinese.

Emily Coutts (Star Trek: Discovery) - is queer.

Sara Mitich (Star Trek: Discovery)

Mary Chieffo (Star Trek: Discovery)

Sara Mitich (Star Trek: Discovery)

Jess Bush (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)

Frankie Adams (The Expanse) Samoan.

Adria Arjona (Andor) Guatemalan / Puerto Rican.

Varada Sethu (Andor) Indian.

Elizabeth Ludlow (Another Life) Unspecified Mixed - uses she/they.

Jihae (Mars) Korean.

Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars) Vietnamese.

Sibongile Mlambo (Lost in Space) Zimbabwean.

Charlie Murphy (Halo)

Elizabeth Debicki (The Cloverfield Paradox)

Kim Tae Ri (Space Sweepers, Alienoid) Korean.

Banita Sandhu (Pandora) Punjabi Indian.

Erin Kellyman (The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Obi-Wan Kenobi) Afro-Jamaican / Irish - is a lesbian.

Pearl Mackie (Doctor Who) West Indian / English - is bisexual.

Georgina Campbell (Krypton) Aro-Jamaican / British.

Mackenzie Davis (Terminator 6, Blade Runner 2049)

Sasha Lane (Loki) African-American, Māori, English, Scottish, Sorbian, French, Cornish, distant German, Italian, Belgian Flemish, Russian, and Northern Irish - is gay and has schizoaffective disorder.

Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil) Korean / German.

Ella Balinska (Resident Evil) Nigerian / Polish, English.

Chanté Adams (Voyagers) African-American.

Katy O'Brian (Z Nation, Black Lightning, The Mandalorian) - is a lesbian.

Bolded = those with resources at time of posting!

Here you go, thanks to @rey1x1 for some of these suggestions too!

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My Year in Books 2022:

11,299 pages read

33 books read

Children of the Volga/My Children by Guzel Yakinha

historical fiction, life, solitude

set in Russia (German colony Gnadenthal) between 1910s-1940s

main characters: Jakob Bach, Klara Grimm, Anna Bach

The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

historical fiction, politics, betrayal

set in Dominican Republic in 1960s + 1990s

main characters: Urania Cabral, Augustín Cabral, Rafael Trujillo

Persuasion by Jane Austen

historical fiction, romance

set in United Kingdom (Somerset) in 1814-15

main characters: Anne Elliott, Frederick Wentworth, Lady Russell

In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

nonfiction, memoir, oppression, human trafficking, survival

set in North Korea, China, South Korea in 1990s-2000s

Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth by Dan Richards

nonfiction, memoir, travel

set in Iceland, US, Scotland, France, Japan, Svalbard

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

historical fiction, romance

set in Chile (Valparaíso), US (San Francisco) between 1843-1853

main characters: Eliza Sommers, Rose Sommers, Joaquín Andieta, Tao Chi'en

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

fiction, dystopia, family, relationships

set in US (New York, Hawaii) in 1893, 1993 & 2093

main characters: David Bingham, Kawika Bingham, Charlie Bingham-Griffith

Dálvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra by Laura Galloway

nonfiction, memoir, introspection, Sámi, nature

set in northern Norway

Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

historical fiction, romance, western

set in US (Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming) between 1853-1858

main characters: Naomi May, John Lowry

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

historical fiction, family, hardship, Great Depression

set in US (Texas, California) in 1921 & 1934-1940

main characters: Elsa Martinelli, Loreda Martinelli, Anthony Martinelli

The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

historical fiction, Indigenous, mystery

set in US (North Dakota) in 1960s, 1970s and before

main characters: Evelina Harp, Mooshum Milk, Antone Bazil Coutts

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

nonfiction, memoir, race, grief

set in US (Mississippi) between 1970s-2000s

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

fiction, dystopia, motherhood

set in future US (Philadelphia)

main characters: Frida Liu, Harriet, Gust

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung

nonfiction, memoir, war, Khmer Rouge, family, survival

set in Cambodia between 1975-1980

Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

historical fiction, solitude, western

set in US (Idaho) between 1910s-1930s

main character: Robert Grainier

Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende

historical fiction, romance, dictatorship

set in Chile in 1970s

main characters: Irene Beltrán, Francisco Leal

The Promise by Damon Galgut

(historical) fiction, family, grief, race

set in South Africa (Pretoria) in 1986, 1995, 1999, 2017

main characters: Amor Swart, Anton Swart, Astrid Swart

Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu

historical fiction, family, survival, immigration, identity

set in China, Taiwan, US (Illinois, New Mexico) between 1938-2005

main characters: Meilin, Renshu/Henry, Longwei, Lily

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

(historical) fiction, family, immigration, deportation

set in Cuba, US (Florida, Texas), Mexico between 1866-2019

main characters: Jeanette, Carmen, Gloria Ramos, Ana

It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo

fiction, social unrest, oppression, grief

set in Venezuela

main character: Adelaida Falcón 

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall

nonfiction, geopolitics, history, international relations

set worldwide

Stolen (Stöld) by Ann-Helén Laestadius

fiction, Sámi, discrimination, crime, family

set in northern Sweden

main character: Elsa

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

historical fiction, witch trials, romance

set in northern Norway (Vardø) between 1617-1619

main character: Maren Bergensdatter, Ursula Cornet

Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra

(historical) fiction, identity, politics, dictatorship

set in Chile between 1980s-2000s

characters: nameless protagonist, Claudia, Eme

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

nonfiction, memoir, abuse, mental health, child acting

set in US (LA)

The Marshal (Die Marschallin) by Zora del Buono

historical fiction, family, politics, war

set in Slovenia (Bovec) and Italy (Bari) between 1919-1980

main characters: Zora Ostan, Pietro del Buono

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

nonfiction, nature, environment, national parks

set in US (Utah) in 1960s

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

historical fiction, geisha’s, Japanese culture

set in Japan (Kyoto) in 1930s-1940s

main character: Sakamoto Chiyo/Nitta Sayuri

Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie

historical fiction, romance, family

set in Japan (Nagasaki), India (Delhi), Pakistan (Karachi) in 1945, 1947, 1982-1983, 2001-2002

main characters: Hiroko Tanaka, Sajjad Ali Ashraf, Raza Ashraf, Harry Burton

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

nonfiction, self help

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

fiction, separation, abandonment

set in Italy (Turin) in 2000s

main character: Olga

The Gift of the Wild (Das Geschenk der Wildnis) by Elli H. Radinger

nonfiction, nature, animals, environment

set in US (Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, Arizona, Minnesota,   Massachusetts, Texas), Germany

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

historical fiction, sci-fi, time travel, race, slavery

set in US (California and Maryland) in 1810s-1820s and 1976

Main characters: Dana Franklin, Kevin Franklin, Rufus Weylin, Alice Greenwood

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These are the kind of statements from Coutts that make this avid fan feel absolutely feral.

If you don’t have enough BOATS AVAILABLE from the get-go, what the fuck are you doing letting a 12th team into the league???

Their funding model needs a serious overhaul if they are so hard up to take the money from the 12th team but only if they boot out an established team at the start of the season.

And if I was Spain or Canada, I’d be seriously worried.

Canada has great sailors, but let’s face it, it is EXTREMELY difficult to find funding and major sponsors for events and teams in this country. (Unless they are willing to team up with a mining or oil company and that is kinda against the powered by nature theme. A coalition of engineering companies could work though…but what am I doing giving people free fundraising advice?…).

So, even if the fucking VAST MAJORITY of the fans watching these events are Canadian, the league will not hesitate to cut us off at the knees.

I have no doubt that Spain and France will find (and have access) to better funding opportunities. And Russell couldn’t even step foot back in NZ without risking major death if he cut the kiwi 🇳🇿 team.

Overall, this feels rushed and silly. Another hallmark of this sports league.

(This smells of another push from the tech wonder funding the league boo-hooing that he hasn’t made enough money back fast enough.)

Ten to Eleven to Twelve… but who?

Somewhat buried in the lead-up to SailGP New York was a statement from Russell Coutts that Season 5 will end with 12 teams but start with 11:

Elsewhere, we’ve announced Brazil will be one of the two new teams entering the league for Season 5. Both of the new teams coming on board are extremely exciting and I expect them to be very competitive almost from the get go. We are arranging more than a month of pre-season training for both new teams as well as some of the underperforming teams of Season 4 so that should help to get them going. 

However, the big news is that we will only have 11 F50s available at the start of Season 5 and, with 12 teams wanting to start, it means one of the current teams will not be on the start line until at least May 2025 when we should have boat 12.

Although not named here, the other new team is believed to be Italy, as Jimmy Spithill announced his intention to start an Italian team when he left the US team at the end of last year. But who knows, maybe it could be someone else?

The league has therefore notified France, Canada and Spain that the league will likely not continue to fund them, meaning that if they don’t receive funding then at least one of them won’t be starting in Season 5.

Each of those teams is optimistic they’ll receive all of their funding, but we’ll have to wait and see how this plays out with the league confirming participation according to who secures their funding first. 

Of course we’ve also considered what would happen if all three teams secured their funding. Would we allow all of them to compete and pause New Zealand’s participation? I guess we’ll have to face that decision if that situation unfolds.

Spain finding new investors was hinted at at the end of the last Racing on the Edge video, but here they’re still discussed as funding-uncertain, so that’s interesting. New Zealand being discussed separately like this is also interesting— are they also funding-uncertain but less likely to be put on hold because they’re leading the leaderboard? Or have they found some funding, but not enough?

The only previous precedent for this situation would be Season 3, where Japan were first paused (with a system proposed to give them compensation points for missed events) to provide a place for Canada and then eliminated altogether before a new boat was available.

Many fans asked then why one team had to be benched the whole time instead of “not-participating” being an alternating role so that everyone at least got to race once, perhaps at their home event— a question which also arises now. Canada, at least, are “confirmed” (as tenuous as that status may sometimes be) to host a Season 5 event.

All of the “threatened” teams have had excellent home events and inspired loyal fanbases, and SailGP would be the poorer with any of them gone.

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F1 legend Sebastian Vettel invests in new German SailGP team

F1 legend Sebastian Vettel invests in new German SailGP team ahead of globe-trotting event's fourth season with quadruple world champion planning to take a hands-on role Vettel, 35, retired from Formula One racing at the end of the 2022 season He has invested in a new Germany SailGP boat skippered by Erik Heil By Adam Shergold for MailOnline Published: 12:58 EDT, 31 May 2023 | Updated: 12:58 EDT, 31 May 2023 Formula One legend Sebastian Vettel has invested in the new Germany SailGP team in his first sporting move following retirement from racing. The four-time world champion, 35, has partnered with double Olympic sailing bronze medallist Erik Heil and team owner Thomas Riedel in the sport often described as 'F1 on water.' Vettel and Riedel will both put money in to the German team, with Heil, who was on the podium at both the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, set to drive the 100km/h F50 hydrofoiling catamaran. The German boat takes the SailGP field to 10 ahead of the opening event of its fourth season in Chicago on June 16. Vettel said: 'I see a lot of potential as SailGP starts its fourth season and for the first time with a German team. Parallels between sailors and Formula One have long existed. Formula One legend Sebastian Vettel (left) and with skipper Erik Heil at the launch of the new SailGP team he has invested in SailGP CEO Sir Russell Coutts (left) hands over the wheel of the German boat to (second left to right) Erik Heil (Driver), Sebastian Vettel (Co-owner) and Thomas Riedel (Team owner) Germany will be the latest addition to the SailGP fleet ahead of the event's fourth season 'The boats are fascinating and the speeds on the water are incredibly high. The races are exciting and I am happy to be close to them with a motivated group of young sailors. 'In addition, the series not only uses wind power, but also strives to set new standards in sustainability in sports.' Vettel won four consecutive Formula One drivers' championships with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013, before pushing Lewis Hamilton close with Ferrari in 2017 and 2018. He spent the final two seasons of his F1 career with Aston Martin before announcing his retirement in July 2022. Vettel plans to take a hands-on role in the management of the German SailGP team, which was officially welcomed to the event by CEO Sir Russell Coutts at an event in Dusseldorf on Wednesday. The strongest challengers in the 2023-24 season will be three-time SailGP champions Australia skippered by Tom Slingsby, the New Zealand boat led by Pete Burling and Sir Ben Ainslie's British team. Vettel won four consecutive Formula One world titles with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013 Vettel, 35, waved goodbye to Formula One with Aston Martin at the end of the 2022 season  The sustainability aspect of SailGP would have been a big draw for Vettel with all the teams competing in an Impact League which ranks them on being the most environmentally conscious. Vettel regularly wore custom t-shirts and helmets to promote environmental causes during his F1 days. He caught up with Lewis Hamilton at last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix with the Mercedes driver posting an Instagram picture of them sharing a hug. Share or comment on this article: F1 legend Sebastian Vettel invests in new German SailGP team via Formula One | Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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OH Russell…

… how much did you pay for this coverage?

But yes, Phil Robertson is gold.

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RNZ Pacific 1307 29 Mar 2024

7390Khz 1259 29 MAR 2024 - RNZ PACIFIC (NEW ZEALAND) in ENGLISH from RANGITAIKI. SINPO = 55344. English, s/on w/bellbird int. until pips and news @1300z anchored by Peter McIlwaine. Drought support is being extended into the North Island by the government as farmers struggle with dry conditions. Northland, Taranaki, Horizons and Greater Wellington regions including the Wairarapa join parts of the South Island now in drought. The drought declaration unlocks tax relief for farmers and up to $80,000 for rural support trusts in the affected regions. Sir Russell Coutts' 2024 SailGP event in Christchurch received $2m from the government and an organisation part-funded by ratepayers. New Zealand won the event on Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour last weekend, after the first day of racing was cancelled when endangered Hector's dolphins were sighted on the course for hours. Sir Russell, the SailGP chief executive, released a scathing statement in the wake of the event. He criticised the local authorities, their fees and "unprecedented layers of bureaucracy and red tape". A Māori portrait by renowned artist Vera Cummings is set to return to New Zealand after at least six decades. The portrait was sold in the UK for NZD$3790 (1800 pounds) to an online bidder from New Zealand by Richard Winterton Auctioneers. It depicts a Māori man with a tā moko wearing a pounamu hei-tiki pendant. Cataloguer and auctioneer David Fergus said the previous owners of the painting were not aware of its importance, and did not know how it had travelled to the United Kingdom. At least 42 people have been killed in air strikes in north-west Syria, reports say. Syria's defence ministry said Israeli planes targeted several sites in the Aleppo countryside at 01:45 on Friday (22:45 GMT Thursday). A UK-based monitoring group said Hezbollah militants and Syrian soldiers died as a Hezbollah arms store was hit. Hours later, Israel's military said it had killed a senior Hezbollah figure in an air strike in Lebanon. Sports. @1303z trailer for RNZ "The Detail" podcast. @1304z Weather Forecast: Mainly Fine with isolated showers, possible thunderstorms in the afternoon. @1305z "All Night Programme" anchored by Peter McIlwaine. Backyard gutter antenna, Etón e1XM. 100kW, beamAz 35°, bearing 240°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 12912KM from transmitter at Rangitaiki. Local time: 0759.

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There are many species of Parrot Fish 🐠 in our oceans.

But if they want to rename this species as “Russell Coutts,” this would be a prime candidate.

Parrot Fish

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Birthdays 2.7

Beer Birthdays

Susannah Oland (1818)

George Wiedemann (1833)

Morton Coutts (1904)

John Hickenlooper (1952)

Jeff O'Neil (1974)

Tom Acitelli (1977)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Eubie Blake; jazz musician, songwriter (1883)

Charles Dickens; writer (1812)

Sinclair Lewis; writer (1885)

Thomas More; writer (1478)

Pete Postlethwaite; actor (1945)

Famous Birthdays

Alfred Adler; psychologist (1880)

Thomas Andrews; Irish shipbuilder and Titanic designer (1873)

Eric Temple Bell; Scotish mathematician (1883)

Eddie Bracken; actor and singer (1915)

Oscar Brand; folk singer (1920)

Garth Brooks; country singer (1962)

Buster Crabbe; swimmer, actor (1908)

King Curtis; saxophonist (1934)

John Deere; farm machinery manufacturer (1804)

Frederick Douglass; writer, abolitionist (1817)

Russell Drysdale; English-Australian painter (1912)

Joe English; rock musician (1949)

Miguel Ferrer; actor (1955)

Eric Foner; historian (1943)

Karen Joy Fowler; author (1950)

Margaret Fownes-Luttrell; English painter (1726)

Henry Fuseli; Swiss-English painter (1741)

Jason Gedrick; actor (1965)

Godfrey Hardy; mathematician (1877)

Bill Hoest; cartoonist (1926)

Eddie Izzard; comedian (1962)

Thomas Killigrew; English playwright (1612)

Earl King; singer, songwriter (1934)

Ashton Kutcher; actor (1978)

Robyn Lively, American actress (1972)

Jock Mahoney; actor and stuntman (1919)

Bernard Maybeck; architect (1862)

Erkki Melartin; Finnish composer (1875)

Sam J. Miller; author (1979)

Paul Nizan, French philosopher (1905)

Emo Philips; comedian (1956)

Chris Rock; comedian, actor (1965)

James Spader; actor (1960)

Matthew Stafford; football player (1988)

Gay Talese; writer (1932)

Isaiah Thomas; basketball player (1989)

Laura Ingalls Wilder; writer (1867)

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Hello! I was wondering if you'd be able to help me with a face claim! I'm searching for a female (anywhere between 20-30) that would be befitting of an astronaut? Someone who might have space vibes! Thank you! <3

Anne Hathaway (1982) - Interstellar which was filmed in 2014.

Emily Coutts (1989) - is queer - Star Trek: Discovery.

Jihae (1989) Korean - Mars.

Kelly Marie Tran (1989) Vietnamese - Star Wars.

Sibongile Mlambo (1990) Zimbabwean - Lost in Space.

Elizabeth Debicki (1990) - The Cloverfield Paradox.

Sara Mitich (1990) - Star Trek: Discovery.

Jess Bush (1992) - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Frankie Adams (1994) Samoan - The Expanse.

Taylor Russell (1994) Black Canadian / European - Lost in Space.

Celia Rose Gooding (2000) African-American - is bisexual and grey asexual - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Here you go!

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Sir Russell Coutts Reflects On The 35th America’s Cup

Sir Russell Coutts Reflects On The 35th America’s Cup

The day after Emirates Team New Zealand won the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda, Sir Russell Coutts, CEO of the America’s Cup Event Authority, gave his thoughts on a magnificent America’s Cup in Bermuda. “No doubt there are a lot of Kiwis waking up with a headache today, and they deserve the celebrations that will have taken place in Bermuda, in New Zealand and around the world. The achievements of…

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And sometimes Uncle Russ is one and sometimes the other.

there are 2 types of uncle

kinda goofy

literally the worst human being youve ever had the displeasure of meeting

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Not often that I agree with Russell Coutts.

“ROCKWOOL Denmark is another team that has just kept improving. My impression is that they are really fast and capable of moving through the fleet. All they need to do is eliminate some of the simple errors that have been preventing them from achieving better results.

…

On the other end of the spectrum, you’ve got to ask what’s up with Canada? Seriously, they were one of the top emerging teams by the end of Season 3 and yet they’ve just had a horror start to Season 4. I don’t get it.

Phil Robertson (Canada driver) is brilliant at times but at other times he just doesn’t show up. I can only imagine the frustration of someone like (wing trimmer) Chris Draper and the coaching team. Knowing when to encourage Phil to back himself and when to play the averages is obviously key.”

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Abandoned America's Cup yacht NZL-14 moored in Queenstown Bay.

The yacht, which has a 35-metre carbon fibre mast, was used by a Russell Coutts-led Team New Zealand as a trial yacht in the 1992 America’s Cup challenge.