Dave,

And what evidence do you have that such a system exists? The onus is on the accuser to bring evidence - otherwise they're the very definition of "baseless accusations".

Turns out that the whole "SAS" thing was a rampant speculation by a kiwi engineer on his facebook page that the kiwi media ran with...

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This comes from something I posted on another thread, but I felt it was worth re-stating.

Firstly, both Coutts and Tom Speer have stated clearly that there was no Stability Augmentation System used on Oracle.

The rumours regarding a Stability Augmentation System originated on the Facebook page of a kiwi called Paul Wiggans https://www.facebook.../paul.wiggans.3, a mechanical engineer. It appears to have been based on speculation only with no inside knowledge of what systems Oracle actually used. It was then circulated to a bunch of gullible journos (including Clean) who were desperate to find a scapegoat for TNZ's loss. As a result it's now widely believed by the NZ public that Oracle won the Americas Cup by cheating.

It's a sad indictment of how social media can shape national opinion.