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AmericaOne New Zealand Chronicles: Daily Report - Thursday, November 4, 1999 - "Dogs off chains" Auckland, NZ "Dogs off chains" is the way they say it down here, when the wind is blowing so hard you have to lean forward into it to walk across the compound. Oh, and the rain is pelting the offices so loudly and relentlessly that it was hard to hear each other talk during the sailing team meeting. Today we discussed ways to get our spinnaker full even faster, how to do this better, how to do that better. Meanwhile USA 49 sits on its cradle with lines from the mast to keep it safe in the 40+ knot gusts. Curtis Blewett was up the rig today and reported that the boat swayed a bit in the big puffs, which is quite something for a boat sitting in its cradle. The outlook for tomorrow is nasty: 20-30 knots, and for our first race of Round Robin 2 the weather forcasters are predicting 20-25 knots. When we race the Spanish Team on Saturday we will be looking to better our 1:09 lead from our last race against them. Kevin Hall AmericaOne Sailing Coach About The Challenge AmericaOne is one of the leading challengers for America's Cup 2000. The team is currently competing in Auckland, New Zealand for the Louis Vuitton Cup and the right to challenge New Zealand for the America's Cup in February 2000. AmericaOne has built two boats based on 4 years of technology development and innovation. The top level technology partners are Hewlett-Packard Company, Telcordia Technologies/SAIC, Ford Motor Company/Visteon and United Technologies Corp. AmericaOne represents San Francisco's St. Francis Yacht Club. To learn more about AmericaOne visit: www.americaone.org. # # # Select here for the Louis Vuitton Cup Chronicles Select here for more New Zealand Preparation Chronicles Select here for Long Beach Training Chronicles Select here for Jan-Feb. 1999 New Zealand Training Chronicles

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