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There's a bit of America's Cup angst - but are we going overboard (boom boom)? PLUS: Cricket!

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Dylan Cleaver
Mar 30, 2022
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Barcelona - famous for unfinished churches and… the America’s Cup! Photo / Getty Images

The America’s Cup is gone and people are going to be angry.

Some, like those still waiting for Clarke Gayford to be arrested for running a dog-fighting ring out of a strip club in Clevedon1, will be angry at the gummint for not stumping up more taxpayer cash to keep it here.

Some will be angry at the top-end-of-towners who call the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron home, like the mild-mannered bloke who I spoke to today who swears on average twice a year. “If the Yacht Squadron was on fire I wouldn't cross the street to p*** on it,” he muttered.

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