Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Prologue: The Greatest of Comebacks ix
1 'It Is Unlikely He Will Ever Be Any Good at Sports…' 1
2 'I Am Going to Sail in the America's Cup' 5
3 Dodging a Bullet 17
4 Some of Life's Lessons 31
5 Mixing It with the Silver Spooners 41
6 The Door Opens to the America's Cup 49
7 Big Hopes, Small Bucks 59
8 Kicking Down the Door to the America's Cup 69
9 California Girl 79
10 Parenthood 87
11 Learning from Luna Rossa 93
12 Dogzilla 99
13 Winning Our Way to the White House 105
14 Heroes, Hunting and Nakedness 117
15 Death and Destruction 123
16 Rolling with the Punches 139
17 Winning the Unwinnable 145
18 Comeback Consequences 159
19 Bermuda 165
20 Close to Losing a Wing 175
21 The Match 181
22 Now What? 191
Thank-Yous 195
Favourite Words 197