Re: [NTLK] OT (sort of)

From: John Derbyshire (johnderbyshire_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 11:24:44 PDT


Yes, the Swiss do hold the America's Cup, they won it last month.

The amazing thing is that the English, despite having the greatest maritime
tradition of any nation on earth, and after numerous attempts to win it, as
yet have never managed to - the Swiss don't even have a coastline!

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