Sailing Magazine
pic from Peter Goldman Archives
by Richard Crockett
Unless reminded it’s hard to remember that the culmination of the ‘Shosholoza’ America’s Cup campaign was 18 years ago. My, how time flies!
Most followers of this blog need little reminding of those heady ‘Shosholoza’ days, nor of the America’s Cup, so I won’t delve deeper other that to share the comments made by the author of today’s newspaper cutting. He said: “It is hard not to get caught up in the excitement and energy that swirls around the ‘Shosholoza’ team at their base in Valencia. They lie ninth in the rankings but are first when it comes to the fans.”
Chris Dickson, the skipper of ‘BMW Oracle’ said this: “They are not only the most popular team, they are now even good at sailing, a dangerous mixture.”
READ MORE HERE: 2007 04 01 – 690 – OCR_Redacted
