The America’s Cup is all on for this year and it is lining up for a great 2007 season. The two Challenger favorites are BMW Oracle Racing (San Francisco USA) captained by Chris Dickson:

and the other favorite is Emirates New Zealand (Auckland NZ) captained by Dean Barker:

The Alingi Defender team (Geneva Switzerland) is captained by Brad Butterworth:

Aside from the fact that all of these skippers are seasoned America’s Cup Captain’s, what does the captains of USA, Switzerland and New Zealand have in common ??!!!!