Dennis Conner

at people in the industry.

You know, I, I mean, I think the first things I did when I started to have, you know, critical commentary was to go after, you know, Dennis Connor and Peter Eisler and just, God, I hate that guy.

Just guys like that, you know, and I took shots at him, legitimate shots.

Like, like Dennis Connor was, had a couple of PHRF cheater boats and he'd go out there and race PHRF in these boats that weren't exactly stock.

And they, basically weren't legal or let's put it this way rephrase that they were borderline legal and he'd go out there and beat up on people you know joe six-pack and go out there and just win phf races and i remember being like affronted by that you're mr america's cup you're mr star boat You're Mr.

Everything.

An old friend.

Yes, Dennis Connor.

32 years old.

Has a vested interest in the Phillies organization.

It's a great night here in San Diego.

We've had the great one, Wayne Gretzky, and how about Dennis Conner? A four-time America's Cup winner, and Dennis, uh, this city just can't get any more excited about this upcoming, uh, '92 Cup.

Well, it's not far away now, and it's nice to take a break from the preparation and get out here and have some fun.

Pretty confident the elimination rounds won't start early in January?

Dennis, thanks for joining us.

Hey, thanks for having us.

Dennis Conner down here on field side.

Back up there.

An old friend.

That's Dennis Connor, 32 years old, has a vested interest in the Phillies organization.

[laughs] All right.

Happy birthday, Dennis.

I could go to John Longley and get America's Two, whatever it is, Australia Two.

America's Two would be, I'd go to Dennis Conner.

And ask for the spinnaker, and that's what it feels like I'm wearing.

And so, no, ties are hard work, the whole ensemble.

By now, Bondy's PR queen Lesley Green has switched sides.

She's working for Australia's nemesis, American skipper Dennis Conner.

[upbeat music] When she finds out Dolly Parton's in town, she arranges for her to come and see the US yacht because this time it's the Americans who have a secret weapon, and it's called The Dolly.

So Dennis Conner invited Dolly to visit the Stars and Stripes compound to see this mystery sail, this innovative spinnaker.

She laughed out loud when she saw the puffy pockets attached across the, um, upper chest of the spinnaker and designed to fill up with wind and puff out in front.

Dolly was delighted the sail had been named after her.

Nice of them to keep her abreast of their developments.

Hosting the America's Cup is a huge win for the WA economy, but not so much for Aussie sailing.