{"id":5024,"date":"2012-12-18T10:51:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T15:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5024"},"modified":"2012-12-18T10:51:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T15:51:33","slug":"americas-cup-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5024","title":{"rendered":"AMERICA&#8217;S CUP IN SAN FRANCISCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5024 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-8-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5025'>\n\t\t\t\tGOLDEN GATE BRIDGE\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ac-hospitality.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ac-hospitality-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ac-hospitality-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ac-hospitality-48x48.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5026'>\n\t\t\t\tEMPTY HOUSE?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/coit-tower-8-16-12-126401.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/coit-tower-8-16-12-126401-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/coit-tower-8-16-12-126401-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/coit-tower-8-16-12-126401-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5027'>\n\t\t\t\tPIER 29 AMERICA&#8217;S CUP CENTER\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/coit-tower-8-16-12-126402.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/coit-tower-8-16-12-126402-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/coit-tower-8-16-12-126402-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/coit-tower-8-16-12-126402-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5028'>\n\t\t\t\tFIRE DAMAGE AT PIER 29\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/san-francisco-8-22-12-128111.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/san-francisco-8-22-12-128111-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/san-francisco-8-22-12-128111-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/san-francisco-8-22-12-128111-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5029'>\n\t\t\t\tAMERICA&#8217;S CUP CENTER\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Many of us who sail are having difficulty, until we stop and catch ourselves, grasping the America&#8217;s Cup of today. It is profession entertainment. Yes we all are seduced by the technology of the boats themselves, but almost everything surrounding the cup is a little less savory. The history of the America&#8217;s Cup is one highlighted by contentious behavior, but it seems we have reached a new threshold of behavior. It is all about the money.<\/p>\n<p>In stark contrast is the newly launched site about &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/figaropages.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/17\/james-francis-bucky-reardon-1931-2012-2\/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog\">Figaro&#8221;<\/a>; Bill Snaith&#8217;s boats. Much like the story of the Nye&#8217;s &#8220;Carina&#8221; it is a story of family and friends. I encourage readers to visit the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us who sail are having difficulty, until we stop and catch ourselves, grasping the America&#8217;s Cup of today. It is profession entertainment. Yes we all are seduced by the technology of the boats themselves, but almost everything surrounding the cup is a little less savory. The history of the America&#8217;s Cup is one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=5024\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AMERICA&#8217;S CUP IN SAN FRANCISCO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[632],"tags":[525],"class_list":["post-5024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americas-cup-34-2","tag-americas-cup-34"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5030,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024\/revisions\/5030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}