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So it's the end of an era

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With the announcement that the preliminary regatta to the AC will be held in Bermuda and not Auckland, the New Zealand government appears to have yanked the subsidy of Team New Zealand.

It was then mentioned in the local press that Team New Zealand were confident that one of their main sponsors, Toyota, would close the fiscal gap. But a little later a spokesman for Toyota said that they may have considered increasing their sponsorship had the AC been held in San Francisco but Bermuda?? Not likely.

So Ellison has finally got what he wanted - a return to an AC in which the American team has no real competition.

I wonder if we've witnessed the last AC.
 
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