Well, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli (Led by both James 'Jimmy' Spithill (Who is known as the Pitbull but 2007 was the last America's Cup without Jimmy Spithill (Who made his America's Cup debut in 1999 when he was part of the Young Australia syndicate which competed in the challenger selection series & was the helmsman aboard the OneWorld yacht in 2002-03 although in 2007 where Spithill was part of Luna Rossa in which they lost the Louis Vuitton Cup to Dean Barker & Emirates Team New Zealand) involved as Spithill would go on to appear 3 consecutive America's Cups (It was in 2010 where he was the next big thing in America's Cup history & led Oracle Team USA in an unlikely victory against Alinghi in Valencia then in 2013 when Oracle produced one of the greatest comebacks of all time when they successfully retained the Auld Mug against the challenger Emirates Team New Zealand in San Francisco but was on the losing side in 2017 with Oracle Team USA when ETNZ went on to successfully dominate the America's Cup in Bermuda) & Francesco Bruni in a dual helmsman role that made the difference & Spithill is one of the most aggressive starters in the history of the America's Cup along with INEOS Team UK's Ben Ainslie) go 2 from 2 against the returning American Magic (Who haven't competed since the capsize which took them out of action for a while after their boat discovered a massive hole) in the 1st 2 races of the Prada Cup semifinal yesterday & are 2 wins away of reaching the Prada Cup final against INEOS Team UK for the Italians if they want to progress.
So that is my 386th blog of the year 2021 (MMXXI) & my 6th of this year.
P.S. And there's been an update of today's Prada Cup semifinal action but disaster for American Magic as they are out of the Prada Cup (And I mean they're out of it completely after 4 straight defeats in the Prada Cup semifinal) after the Americans choked on pasta fantasta against Luna Rossa (The main headlines would probably say: ''PRADA KO'S BARKER IN THE PRADA CUP SEMI'' Well, at least Dean Barker could be fired from American Magic (Who were so good in the America's Cup World Series when they beat Emirates Team New Zealand until in the Prada Cup where they never won a single race including that capsize which ruined their chances of winning but I guess that the 2021 America's Cup would be the 4th in history (And 1st since 2007) without an American boat involved as Italy & the UK are now contesting the best of 13 races (First to 7 wins) in the Prada Cup final to decide who'll face New Zealand in the America's Cup match) as a result for his woeful performances on the water (And I mean, Barker is getting too old at the tender age of 47 but he might have to retire from sailing) who are in the final against INEOS Team UK (With the winner of the Prada Cup facing the defender of Emirates Team New Zealand in the 36th America's Cup match (I hope it's not going to be the Italians but the Brits would be my pick as Emirates Team New Zealand's America's Cup opponent) but it looks like that Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli have taken over as favourites to win the Prada Cup from INEOS Team UK.
And I've got something interesting to tell you as I told Pops about it when Pops woke Dad up at a hostel & told that Dad had missed 1 or 2 lectures (According to Pops telling Norman (One of Pops cousins who I saw along with his wife) & Carol about it on Wednesday) because Dad had been out drinking with his mates.
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