{"id":65,"date":"2008-09-09T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=65"},"modified":"2010-10-20T19:47:47","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T23:47:47","slug":"1983-americas-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"1983 America&#8217;s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SMbprbuTdJI\/AAAAAAAAAzE\/vXxlmSm0QY0\/s1600-h\/ben+lexan+morning+after.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SMbprbuTdJI\/AAAAAAAAAzE\/vXxlmSm0QY0\/s320\/ben+lexan+morning+after.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244135748505138322\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SMbnyEbKn3I\/AAAAAAAAAys\/-yuyf-T6nw0\/s1600-h\/1983+newport+america%27s+cup.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SMbnyEbKn3I\/AAAAAAAAAys\/-yuyf-T6nw0\/s320\/1983+newport+america%27s+cup.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244133663486680946\" \/><\/a>1983 changed the course of America&#8217;s Cup history forever, and with it the fate of Newport. Twenty-five years ago this September, a bittersweet anniversary.<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>I was not participating , I did go to see the final race aboard a syndicate member&#8217;s boat to watch. Liberty did lead 5 of 6 legs, and gained on the last leg. <\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>I went to watch the cup literally be handed to Alan Bond on the terrace of Marble House. The NYYC was gracious in defeat and naturally the Australians were overjoyed. I took the photo of Ben Lexan around 6:30 the next morning, still basking in the afterglow of success.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SMbnyErICkI\/AAAAAAAAAy0\/4qSnJYdVuzw\/s1600-h\/pow+wow.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SMbnyErICkI\/AAAAAAAAAy0\/4qSnJYdVuzw\/s320\/pow+wow.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244133663553620546\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SMbnyXaKQFI\/AAAAAAAAAy8\/EbrHao1rCAA\/s1600-h\/the+final+moments.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SMbnyXaKQFI\/AAAAAAAAAy8\/EbrHao1rCAA\/s320\/the+final+moments.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244133668582735954\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1983 changed the course of America&#8217;s Cup history forever, and with it the fate of Newport. Twenty-five years ago this September, a bittersweet anniversary. I was not participating , I did go to see the final race aboard a syndicate member&#8217;s boat to watch. Liberty did lead 5 of 6 legs, and gained on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=65\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1983 America&#8217;s Cup<\/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":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americas-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","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=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}