Sorry for the confusion Mark / Robin! No mud slinging!! Just having fun! And the Americas Cup may have originated in New York but was raced for decades in Newport Rhode Island! Don't care what wiki says!! Dozens of "sheds" all around the region where the yachts were designed and fabricated. The designs that didn't make the cut would be wholesaled at auction and folks came from around the world to see what others would come up with and stay "within the rules"!!

It ain't racin' if they aren't pushing the envelope.. Don't matter if it's cars / boats / planes / rockets / you name it!

So again, no mud slinging! Just havin' a laugh at human nature! And when Dirty Dennis took the cup to San Diego we (New Englanders) all hated him as much (if not more) than anyone "down under"!!!