On a beautiful San Francisco summer day, Larry Ellison of Oracle brings us the America's Cup Challenge: many past and present America's Cup boats, sailing in competition on San Francisco Bay. And we were there to see it, sailing on Another Pearl, Loren's boat.
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The fog is just receding across the city, just south of the Bay Bridge |
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The Captain mans his helm with a watchful eye, as the city stays to port |
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A Harbor Seal pokes his head out, looking to see what all of the commotion is about! |
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Clearly, we were not the ONLY ones anticipating the America's Cup Boats! |
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The Main Event!
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Oracle/BMW, last year's runner-up in the America's Cup, on a downward leg from the Golden Gate Bridge |
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Oracle & Alinghi, the Swiss America's Cup winner, battle for position in Tiburon's Raccoon Straits
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And, as it should have been in the America's Cup race, it's Oracle at the finish! |