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  • Andrew Simpson was killed when an Artemis Racing boat capsized on the SF Bay
  • British sailing gold medalist Andrew "Bart" Simpson suffered extensive trauma to his head and neck and drowned after being trapped underwater.
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  • Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill holds up the Auld Mug as they celebrate in the podium after winning the Americas Cup sailing event over Emirates Team New Zealand on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  • In one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, Oracle Team USA beat Emirates Team New Zealand to win the America's Cup.
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  • Americas Cup Pavilion in SF
  • The America's Cup won't turn out to be the financial windfall SF once thought it would be, but officials say it won't be a bust either.
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america's cup, san francisco bay, boats, competition, tourism, larry ellison, sports, carolyn tyler
  • Americas Cup Pavilion in SF
  • The America's Cup won't turn out to be the financial windfall SF once thought it would be, but officials say it won't be a bust either.
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america's cup, san francisco bay, boats, competition, tourism, larry ellison, sports
  • Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill holds up the Auld Mug as they celebrate in the podium after winning the Americas Cup sailing event over Emirates Team New Zealand on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  • In one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, Oracle Team USA beat Emirates Team New Zealand to win the America's Cup.
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america's cup, san francisco bay, boats, competition, tourism, larry ellison, sports
  • Young Americas Cup fan waves an American flag
  • America's Cup racing fans are gathering along the bay for what promises to be one of history's most exciting finishes in sports.
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  • Stage set for winner-take-all Americas Cup finale
  • Oracle Team USA sped past Emirates Team New Zealand on the upwind third leg to win their astonishing seventh straight race.
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  • Mark Grieb, former San Jose Sabercat QB,is the new head coach at Menlo College.
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  • Oracle's remarkable comeback closed the Kiwis' lead to 8-6 and no doubt has all of New Zealand on edge.
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  • Spectators at Pier 27 cheer Oracle Team USA that won the 14th race of the Americas Cup sailing event against Emirates Team New Zealand, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
  • Oracle Team USA won two races against Emirates Team New Zealand on Sunday to stay alive in the America's Cup.
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  • Oracle Team USA goes past Alcatraz Island before the start of the first running of the 13th race of the Americas Cup sailing event against Emirates Team New Zealand, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, in San Francisco
  • The final races of this year's America's Cup competition have been pushed back to Sunday due to wind conditions.
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  • Light wind, Oracle thwart Kiwis in Americas Cup
  • Oracle stayed alive in the America's Cup for the second straight day, pulling away from the Kiwis to win the re-sail of Race 13.
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  • Team Oracle and New Zealand at 2013 Americas Cup
  • Oracle remains alive in an America's Cup that continues to plod along because of a convergence of wind, tide and safety concerns.
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  • Kiwis close within one win of Americas Cup
  • The Kiwis won Race 11 of the America's Cup by 15 seconds and are within one victory of taking the trophy from Oracle Team USA.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand foils on the water heading back to its base after the 12th race of the Americas Cup sailing event against Oracle Team USA was abandoned Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in San Francisco.
  • The Kiwis won Race 11 of the America's Cup by 15 seconds and are within one victory of taking the trophy from Oracle Team USA.
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  • Americas Cup merchandise
  • Team New Zealand leads 7-1 and needs two more victories to wrest sailing's biggest prize from Oracle.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA.
  • Emirates Team New Zealand beat Oracle Team USA twice on Thursday, moving closer to taking the America's Cup.
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  • Oracle atamaran at Americas Cup
  • Super fast and always just a mistake away from mayhem, the boats will be the stars when the 34th America's Cup starts Saturday.
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  • Americas Cup mural in SF dedicated to Artemis Racing sailor unveiled
  • A San Francisco mural has been dedicated to an Olympic sailing champion who died while practicing for the America's Cup races.
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  • Americas Cup mural in SF dedicated to Artemis Racing sailor unveiled
  • A San Francisco mural has been dedicated to an Olympic sailing champion who died while practicing for the America's Cup races.
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  • Americas Cup
  • The America's Cup race is not bringing in the anticipated economic boon many businesses in San Francisco expected.
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  • Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy makes its way past the Palace of Fine Arts in the background heading for the windward marks during their Americas Cup challenger series semifinal sailing race against Artemis Racing of Sweden on San Francisco Bay
  • Italy's Luna Rossa ended Artemis Racing's emotional attempt to advance in the America's Cup trials, finishing a four-race sweep.
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  • Team Artemis
  • A Sweden-based sailing team this week lost its first two races in the America's Cup regatta since the death of one of its crewmembers.
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  • Team Artemis
  • Tuesday was the first day of America's Cup racing for Sweden's Team Artemis since May's deadly accident during a practice run.
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  • Team Artemis
  • Tuesday was the first day of America's Cup racing for Sweden's Team Artemis since May's deadly accident during a practice run.
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  • Tom Cruise on Team New Zealands boat
  • Emirates Team New Zealand broke the rules when it let Tom Cruise and his son ride an America's Cup racing boat over the weekend.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand foils before the start of their Americas Cup challenger series sailing race against Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in San Francisco. Emirates Team New Zealand won the race.
  • Team New Zealand is moving onto the finals of the America's Cup Challenger Series after beating Italy's Luna Rossa on Sunday.
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  • John McCormick taken into custody after pursuit by the Coast Guard
  • The U.S. Coast Guard has taken into custody the captain of a suspicious sailboat that fled from the Sausalito area Sunday.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand foils before the start of their Americas Cup challenger series sailing race against Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in San Francisco. Emirates Team New Zealand won the race.
  • Team New Zealand is moving onto the finals of the America's Cup challenger trials after beating Italy's Luna Rossa on Sunday.
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  • New Zealand team goes past Alcatraz Island and Mount Tamalpais in the background while heading for the finish during their Americas Cup challenger series sailing race against Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in San Francisco
  • New Zealand team was scheduled to have its boat blessed Sunday at a customary Maori boat blessing for the America's Cup.
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  • David John McCormick leads Coast Guard on pursuit
  • A sailboat skipper who was arrested by the Coast Guard after an alleged assault and pursuit will be arraigned August 7.
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  • A hearing has been scheduled in a lawsuit by a group of African-American sailors against the America's Cup race.
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  • Artemis racing in the Americas Cup
  • In the run up to the America's Cup, we're seeing a whole new evolution in yacht racing at speeds never before seen in this race.
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  • David John McCormick leads Coast Guard on pursuit
  • A man has been charged with felony assault after lunging at officers following a Coast Guard pursuit in the San Francisco Bay.
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  • Andrew Simpson was killed when an Artemis Racing catamaran capsized on the Bay
  • The Swedish-based Artemis Racing team is back in the water for the first time since a deadly accident.
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  • Boat named Phat Woody run aground on a Richmond shoreline.
  • Neighbors in Richmond are wondering why a crippled boat is still stuck on the shore weeks after it ran aground.
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  • Neighbors in Richmond are wondering why a crippled boat is still stuck on the shore weeks after it ran aground.
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  • sinking fishing boat in in Pillar Point Harbor
  • There were 6 adults that had to be rescued from a sinking fishing boat in in Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay Thursday morning.
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  • The Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors is getting their outboard motors back after someone stole them.
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  • The Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors is stuck on the dock after a cruel theft.
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  • A sailor from the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors.
  • The Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors is stuck on the dock after a cruel theft.
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  • The owner of the Italian Americas 
Cup team called for better safety measures in the wake 
of the death of a sailor on another team.
  • The owner of the Italian America's Cup team called for better safety measures in the wake of the death of a sailor on another team.
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  • The owner of the Italian Americas  Cup team called for better safety measures in the wake  of the death of a sailor on another team.
  • The owner of the Italian America's Cup team called for better safety measures in the wake of the death of a sailor.
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  • From left, Americas Cup Regatta Director Iain Murray, Matt Bliven of the U.S. Coast Guard, center, and Golden Gate Yacht Club Vice Commodore Tom Ehman,right, during a news conference Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in San Francisco.
  • The America's Cup will go on as planned after the death of a sailor during a training run last week on San Francisco Bay.
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  • Artemis boat flips in the San Francisco Bay
  • America's Cup officials are meeting today about the investigation into the deadly sailing accident in the Bay last Thursday.
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  • Artemis Racing rescue
  • Last week's fatal accident aboard an America's Cup catamaran is fueling speculation about the impact it will have on the event.
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  • Artemis Racing sailor Andrew Simpson
  • Last week's fatal accident aboard an America's Cup catamaran is fueling speculation about the impact it will have on the event.
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  • Artemis Racing sailor Andrew Simpson
  • Speculation is growing that a flaw in the carbon body of an America's Cup catamaran may have caused last week's fatal accident.
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  • Artemis Racing sailor Andrew Simpson
  • Speculation is growing that a flaw in the carbon body of an America's Cup boat may have caused last week's fatal accident.
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  • There are many questions being raised about the safety of the America's Cup and the new catamarans.
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