The Yachting/Anti-American Rant Digest

[Kevin.FILLIP@domain.elided]

     Michael Smith writes:
     
     >By now everyone who is interested will know that the Italians blew 
     >the Americans out of the water on the Hauraki Gulf in New Zealand. 
     >AmericaOne was VERY lucky to win any races, no matter what the 5-4 
     >margin appears to indicate. The Italians were just faster and 
     >smarter. The US team got lucky, beating the Italians soundly only 
     >once when, unaccountably, the Italian afterguard went brain dead on 
     >the first beat. Prada will challenge New Zealand for the America's 
     >Cup.
     
     >   America is falling behind... even though an American coached the 
     >Italians, an American helped design their boat, etc etc , the world 
     >is shrinking and the US is showing signs of withdrawing from the 
     >competition. BTW, the Americans had several "foreigners" on their 
     >teams as well, including a couple of New Zealanders, one a helmsman 
     >and another a strategist.... hmmmm.
     
     Funny...I thought this was the Alfa Digest, not the Yachting and Lets 
     Bash America Digest. I happen to find find your virulent anti-American 
     rants on this forum boorish. Oh BTW.....did you happen to see all 
     those lovely Dodge Vipers "falling behind" your world beating Italian 
     and German machines last weekend at Daytona.....don't believe they 
     were SUV's either.
     
     Ciao for now.
     
     Kevin Fillip
     Dallas, Texas
     
     '91 164
     '91 Spider
     '91 Spider Veloce

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