This video made us smile... a spoof of the conversation on the chase boat between James Spithill and Russell Coutts. One warning before you watch - you need a good (and perhaps childish) sense of humour!

"The Kiwis have got their Nespresso machines and their pie warmers - they've got all the good gear. All we want is a Portaloo. Slingers did the numbers it will decrease our crew weight and increase our righting moment and then we'll tack faster!"


Meanwhile it seems that Ben Ainslie could make an appearance on Oracle Team USA for racing later today as he was spied out training in place of John Kostecki yesterday. That could mean just one American crewmember on the 'American' entry!

One feels the competition is entering a crucial phase - a win for Oracle 'Team USA' today could turn the tide for them, although they still have to win twice as many races as the Kiwis to defend the America's Cup, while the Kiwis have five more wins as their goal. One feels the viewing figures for tonight's racing will be the highest yet - you can catch the action live on the America's Cup Youtube channel.

Spithill and Coutts: what did they really say? Spoof video

Spithill and Coutts: what did they really say?



 

Written by: Gael Pawson
Gael Pawson is the editor of Yachts & Yachting Magazine and the founder of Creating Waves. A keen racer, she has sailed all her life, and started writing about the subject whilst studying journalism at university. Dinghies and small keelboats are her first loves, but she has cruised and raced a huge variety of boats in locations across the world.