{"id":7121,"date":"2013-09-14T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=7121"},"modified":"2013-09-14T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T16:42:15","slug":"burt-ernie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=7121","title":{"rendered":"BURT AND ERNIE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rclhC-VKfBs\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to bangin&#8217; the corners.<\/p>\n<p>Today two races are scheduled, the prediction is for the wind to be near the limit. Could get exciting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: 0840 hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today in America\u2019s Cup history<\/strong><br \/>\nSeptember 14 is notable for two instances in America\u2019s Cup history:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1967, Race 3,\u00a0<i>Dame Pattie<\/i>\u00a0(AUS) v.\u00a0<i>Intrepid<\/i>\u00a0(USA) \u2013\u00a0<i>Intrepid<\/i>\u00a0won by 4:41. Named for the wife of long-serving Australian Prime Minister Menzies,\u00a0<i>Dame Pattie<\/i>\u00a0was denied access to American-made Dacron sail cloth. That forced the Aussies to use a substitute, inferior sail cloth made in Australia.<\/li>\n<li>1983, Race 1,\u00a0<i>Australia II<\/i>\u00a0(AUS) v.\u00a0<i>Liberty<\/i>\u00a0(USA) \u2013 First race of the match that would go down in the history books as one of the most dramatic contests ever.<i>Liberty<\/i>\u00a0wins by 1:10 after taking the lead with better downwind tactics on the first run.\u00a0<i>Australia II<\/i>\u2019s steering gear failed as she threatened to retake the lead on the second downwind leg, losing all hope of winning the first race.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ORACLE TEAM USA Crew List<\/strong><br \/>\nSkipper: Jimmy Spithill (9), Tactician: Ben Ainslie (12), Strategist: Tom Slingsby (10), Wing trimmer: Kyle Langford (8), Jib trimmer: Joe Newton (5), Off-side trimmer: Rome Kirby (4), Grinders: Shannon Falcone (1), Joe Spooner (2), Jono MacBeth (3), Gillo Nobili (6), Simeon Tienpont (7)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emirates Team New Zealand Crew List<br \/>\n<\/strong>Skipper\/helmsman: Dean Barker (14), Tactician: Ray Davies (10), Wing Trimmer: Glenn Ashby (3), Trimmer: James Dagg (9), Bow: Adam Beashel (2), Pit: Jeremy Lomas (8), Pedestal 1: Chris Ward (7), Pedestal 2: Rob Waddell (11), Pedestal 3: Race 8 \u2013 Winston MacFarlane (4), Race 9 \u2013 Grant Dalton (6), Pedestal 4: Chris McAsey (5), Float\/Grinder: Derek Saward (12)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to bangin&#8217; the corners. Today two races are scheduled, the prediction is for the wind to be near the limit. Could get exciting. UPDATE: 0840 hours Today in America\u2019s Cup history September 14 is notable for two instances in America\u2019s Cup history: 1967, Race 3,\u00a0Dame Pattie\u00a0(AUS) v.\u00a0Intrepid\u00a0(USA) \u2013\u00a0Intrepid\u00a0won by 4:41. Named for the wife &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=7121\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BURT AND ERNIE<\/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":[1819],"class_list":["post-7121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americas-cup-34-2","tag-burt-and-ernie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7121","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=7121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7123,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7121\/revisions\/7123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}