On a recent visit to his native Australia, America's Cup helmsman Jimmy Spithill squeezed in the time to get his pilot's license.
It was an understandable decision for a man who will have his hands on the wheel of one of the most mind-blowing sailboats ever built when the 33rd America's Cup begins Monday.
Spithill will steer USA, a 90-by-90-foot trimaran representing American challenger BMW Oracle Racing of San Francisco, which is owned by software magnate Larry Ellison.
It will try to wrest the oldest trophy in international sports away from two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland, whose equally massive catamaran, Alinghi 5, could be …
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