You had to get up early to see the BMW Oracle Racing dock-out for Race 1 of the America's Cup. But it was worth it. Larry, Russell, James and the gang emerged from one of the tents like
Bruce Willis and the astronauts who saved the earth in ‘Armageddon’.
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