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Connor & co did not know anything about the boat the kiwis already had buildt in secret, before they challenged, except the length and width (and boy, was the kiwi boat wide!). The kiwis was obviously thinking "outside the box", and to catch up they needed something really spectacular.
I was in Auckland just after Conner lost the Cup to the Kiwis. I was walking around the port area and saw both Black Magic and the humungous challenger on the hard. The failed challenge boat made Black Magic look like a Sabot.

They were both close to the YC where the Cup was kept. I looked in the front door and it was sitting in a case just inside. That didn't last long because some nutter took a hammer to it.

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