The Espionage Behind the America's Cup Yacht Race

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http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/Espionage-Behind-the-Americas-Cup-Yacht-Race-139917363.html

By Joe Rosato Jr.
NBC Bay Area
Feb 22, 2012

Inside a cavernous white room amid the ramshackle piers of San 
Francisco’s Southern waterfront, a group of men in white industrial 
suits scrape away at what looks like a long Styrofoam canoe.

Men in matching black jackets emblazoned with the Oracle logo nervously 
scan the group of media invited into this top secret room within the 
yacht racing team’s massive headquarters at Pier 80.

The canoe-like structure will eventually make-up half of the hull for 
the team’s 72-foot catamaran that will compete in the 2013 America’s Cup 
yacht race.  For now, the design is strictly under wraps.

“We’re working hard to come up with the best mousetrap to win this 
event,” said Dirk Kramers, one of the Oracle Racing Team’s catamaran 
designers. “We’d just like the other guys to figure it out for 
themselves and not show them what we’re doing.”

Above the curtained area where the hull is coming together, a giant sign 
says “Top Secret,” just in case visitors didn’t get the message. 
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi was allowed in. So was San Francisco Mayor Ed 
Lee. For everyone else – it’s "keep out."

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