Coutts in for the long haul
After a nightmare year, America’s Cup yachting legend Russell Coutts could be forgiven for counting down the days until it ends.
But Coutts, in Auckland for Christmas, was bright as a button reflecting on the year and what lies ahead.
Sacked from Swiss syndicate and cup holders Alinghi in July, he watched in dismay as his boss and friend Ernesto Bertarelli teamed with Oracle head Larry Ellison and changed the cup protocol to prevent him from joining another team.
Coutts took neither his dismissal nor the rule change lying down, and is now going through legal arbitration with Bertarelli, which will decide whether he is part of the next regatta, in 2007.
Since the process is expected to take a while, Coutts has been back doing what he does best - sailing.
He joined Jes Gram-Hansen’s Danish match-racing team, who won two of the main events on the Swedish Match Tour, the Elba Cup and the Bermuda Cup.
Coutts in for the long haul [Stuff]
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