After watching both post race press conferences, and seeing the behavior of both teams, it makes me wonder if all the stress and BS leading up to this is what was making some of the players act up the way they did. Maybe they are more like us than we realize, in that, a day on the water clears the mind , strips away the haze and let's you focus on the important stuff.The BMWO guys were clearly respectful and pointed out repeatedly that "this is only one race". The Alinghi guys were for the most part respectful and almost seemed to have conceded. Brad Butterworth earned a lot of points in my book for really telling it like it was. I honestly didn't expect that. It's refreshing to see some modicum of sportsmanship, FINALLY. Let's hope it will last. Here's a clip of BB coming into the dock and what he had to say. Butterworth On Alinghi
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
