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Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill's advocating extra-for-experts in training to win the Auld Mug

Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill's advocating extra-for-experts in training to win the Auld Mug

4 March 2021

His calm heart rate in stressful sporting situations has been a talking point in the America's Cup challenger series with his formidable fitness deemed the reason.

Spithill says sitting down the entire time also helps, but there's more method to his motives.

Luna Rossa and Team New Zealand will race for the Auld Mug from next Wednesday, Covid-willing.

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30 Dec: The glory of crossing the line first in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race might have been celebrated in the bars beyond Constitution Dock, but the contest for the Tattersall Cup to crown the overall handicap winner remains on the water

28 Dec: The leading contenders have now reached the coast of Tasmania in another dramatic Sydney to Hobart yacht race

27 Dec: In the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, Comanche remains around four miles ahead of LawConnect in the lead, with 340 miles to go

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26 Dec: A New Zealand yacht is expected to be right in contention for the overall race win in the Sydney to Hobart classic

23 Dec: Alinghi are back in the mix for the next America's Cup

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