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America’s Cup: Will Dean Barker and Jimmy Spithill ever duel again? – Stuff.co.nz
American Magic’s capitulation could mean we no longer see Dean Barker and Jimmy Spithill duke it out on the water.
Dean Barker and Jimmy Spithill were once the young guns of the America’s Cup – now one is out and pondering his future, while the other keeps fighting to take on the next generation. Suzanne McFadden examines the latest chapter of an intriguing sporting rivalry.
Twenty-one years ago in Auckland, two ambitious and precocious young helmsmen made their first splash in the Americas Cup.
Dean Barker and Terry Hutchinson believe the talent and drive is there to build from the painful loss at Auckland…
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