The Comeback: How Larry Ellison's Team Won the America's Cup

by G. Bruce Knecht

Larry's Ellison's America's Cup team was down 1-8. New Zealand needed just one more win. Oracle ultimately beat back the odds in what's been called the greatest comeback in sport. But was it? G. Bruce Knecht set out to investigate how Oracle turned things around and, most particularly, the source of extra horsepower that seemed to come from nowhere during the final races. What he discovered was that the team was using a sailing technique that was prohibited under the rules. The Comeback is a pulse-pounding account of Oracle's desperate stop-at-nothing campaign.

G. Bruce Knecht, a former staff reporter and foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, is the author of three books, including The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race. Larry Ellison was a major character in that book as well and it explains how his experience in the race led to his pursuit of the America's Cup. A sailor himself, Knecht raced across the Atlantic in 2005 on the yacht that broke the 100-year-old transatlantic race record.

Cover design by Charles Rue Woods.

82 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2016

Reviews

[William Prinzmetal · Rating 2 out of 5]

What about New Zealand?

New Zealand which was foiling up wind from about the second race. We are they pumping, or just had a better designed wing or hull. I think 20° falling off and heading up would've been noticed on the computer rise tracking, but I didn't see it. So what the book is missing is real evidence. Was it pumping or the redesigned wing? I found this slim book: slim.

[Douglas Sellers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another conspiracy theory about how oracle came back and won the cup

[Joseph Garza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Historic comeback!

Thrilling insider's account on how they accomplished the impossible! Tech + brawn + ingenuity + teamwork = the Cup is home, again!