Allianz Cup Photo Op Oct 28, 09:49
This (Friday) evening our search engines have picked up this photo, taken at the St Francis YC during a break in the Allianz Cup action today, being distributed via the Associated Press ("AP") and now appearing in newspapers around the world with the caption below. Of course, the caption is not 100% accurate inasmuch as that is not the original America, but one of two replicas in existance today, this one built in 1995 and belonging to Troy Sears of San Diego. Allianz Corp. brought it up to San Francisco to be used as a special, and spectacular spectator boat during this week's Allianz Cup.
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AP - Fri Oct 27, 5:32 PM ET America's Cup helmsmen, aboard the schooner AMERICA, the winning yacht of the first America's Cup race in 1851 on Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, San Francisco, Calif. Chris Dickson, front row, right, is skipper of BMW ORACLE Racing, the sole USA entry for the 32nd America's Cup, the oldest trophy in sport, in Valencia, Spain in June 2007. The skippers are racing in San Francisco at the Allianz Cup, the only US stop on the World Match Racing Tour. (back row from left: Cameron Dunn, Jesper Bank, Paolo Cian, Ben Ainslie, Ed Baird; front row from left: Peter Holmberg, Chris Dickson) (Feature Photo Service)
Allianz Cup | by TFE
