If you haven't read the book "The Billionaire and the Mechanic" by Julian Guthrie, you should check it out. It's basically a history of Larry Ellison and his goal to win the America's Cup. Good read.
"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