Victorious?

Well, America's Cup 33 is all wrapped up. BMW Oracle Racing swept the Swiss catamaran in two straight races to win the best of three series. Let's not take my attention to this race to mean that I agree in any way with the stupid legal squabbles that have been going on for the past couple years, but you have to admit that this match produced some amazing boats. Two of the most advanced course racing boats of all time and an epic wing sail. 

And maybe my favorite - a day after the race, Bertarelli is heard trashing the victory:

"They got a little help from the legal system in New York. That always makes things difficult for us Europeans to get the same advantages," Alinghi owner Ernesto Bertarelli said. "It's not the Europeans' Cup; it's America's Cup. It's very difficult for a European to win.”

Hey buddy, quit whining - you didn't lose the cup in court - you lost it on the water! You won it twice and we'll give you due credit for that. You built a better boat and put together a better crew (ahem, hired New Zealand traitors), but you still won. But the challenger was simply better prepared this time and Alinghi 5 was far inferior. Get over it, put together a new program and come back in a few years. I'm sure they'll let you race without trying to change the rules in their favor.

I'll just leave it with this cool video from onboard the big tri. I read somewhere that Spithill was bummed that they'd probably never get to sail her again. I'm sure he was! One of the most sophisticated boats ever built - and it probably costs a couple hundred thousand dollars a day to run. My guess is that she's dismantled and parted out. $200 million bucks for two races. Classic.