Ellison Is Hands-On and Happy in Quest to Win America's Cup

By Angus Phillips - The Washington Post

VALENCIA, Spain -- Sir Thomas Lipton, the Irish tea merchant who raced for it unsuccessfully five times from 1899 to 1930, dubbed the America's Cup "surely the most elusive piece of metal in all the world." He was among many well-heeled yachtsmen to try in vain to win it over the last 156 years.

Now comes Larry Ellison of San Francisco, high on the list of the world's wealthiest men and latest in a long line of powerful seekers of the Auld Mug.... more