Yes, I sure am a partizan Kiwi. : )
To be clear about Fay..he is a creap. He is an "investment banker" rogue who fled the country when the law started to catch up with him and took Irish citizenship because there was no extradition treaty.

But he did initiate a wonderful challenge which dreamt big. There is so little that has a purity about it these days and that boat challenge had that.

Where did that cat defense leave the NYYC?

They are no longer even also rans at the level of AC, too weak to even turn up for the fight. Fat Boy did them no favours. Do they actually sail boats? Who would know?