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America's Cup- Kiwi Media Conference after Races 14 and 15

by John Navas on 23 Sep 2013
Dean Barker, Emirates Team New Zealand ACEA / Photo Abner Kingman http://photo.americascup.com

Videographer and sailing analyst, John Navas, tuned into the Kiwi Media Conference staged at the back of the Media Centre, after the main Media Conference had completed.

It was a slightly more upbeat Barker than the one who appeared a little shell-shocked at the main Media Conference.

Notes these Media Conferences are held before the team has held the full debrief, and questions are literally being answered on the fly.



Below Glenn Ashby answers Ben Ainslie's comment in the main Media Conference about how Oracle Team USA have two Gold Medalists in the back of the boat to handle tactics, which Ray Davies is alone on Emirates Team NZ.

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