rbgarr
09-12-2006, 08:12 AM
'Australia II’s magnificent win in the America’s Cup in 1983 was the victory that ended the longest winning streak in the history of sport. Alan Bond was the remarkable man behind the Australia II syndicate. He backed Ben Lexcen’s radical, winged-keel yacht that took the coveted prize, and then he went on to become one of Australia’s richest entrepreneurs. By the late 1980’s he was the head of a business employing 25,000 people in more than 20 countries. Yet after being named Australian of the Year, Bond was jailed for corporate fraud.' - Sail World
http://tinyurl.com/gukv6
http://tinyurl.com/gukv6