> Strangely, I found myself rooting for New Zealand.

Nothing strange about it. We're the best, everyone knows that. :-)

well.. apart from the Aussies, who beat us at netball, and rugby, and cricket, and something else I forget, all in the second half of last year...

> Did anybody ever explain why it's called the America's Cup, when the contestents are from all over? Like the "World Series" I guess. I watched some of it in the middle of the night with the sound turned down. Beautiful. I kept thinking about what you said about the thickness of those hulls. I suppose five nil is what we call a shut-out.

Mostly, because America has had it for ~140 of the last 149 years.

> I hope the Japan trip is still go. I've always had a yen to go there.

*hands you another yen* now you have two. Get another ~105 and you'll have the equivalent of $USD1 :-)

> Howard

!Howard