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Butterworth comments on the Team NZ Lawsuit

by Sail-World on 9 Mar 2008
Brad Butterworth, Alingho skipper, at the Media Conference to announce the Protocol for the 33rd America’s Cup Gilles Martin-Raget http://www.martin-raget.com/
On Sunday morning (NZT), Alinghi skipper, Brad Butterworth was interviewed by Peter Montgomery on Newstalk ZB.

At the time, Butterworth was competing in the SORC aboard Numbers.

Following is the full audio of the broadcast (see player below the Slamd and High Modulus logos)

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