Stop wasting time and just surrender the America's Cup now - that is the message from William from Switzerland.
The Alinghi fan left a message at the Herald complaining that the race committee was helping Team New Zealand by postponing racing.
William said the abandonment of race four on Thursday and Saturday
was a cunning plan to give Team New Zealand more time to regroup.
"It is hard for us to get up in the middle of the night and then have racing postponed. We have to go to work at 7 the next morning you know," William complained.
"You New Zealanders are really bad sports. Please surrender the cup now and I hope it never comes back to your country."
A lack of sleep seems to have put someone in a bad mood.
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A local radio station decided to make sure the Swiss syndicate knew the words to Team New Zealand's theme song Loyal.
The station organised a competition to see who could ring up Alinghi and sing the words to the song Loyal before Alinghi hung up.
The person who sang the most before being cut off was the winner.
However, Alinghi soon cottoned on to the fact they were be conned so decided to get their own back.
When the station called up the following day they put someone on the line who knew the words and together the caller and a member of the Alinghi team belted out the song.
With so many Kiwis working for the syndicate finding someone that knew the lyrics to the famous Dave Dobbyn song was probably not a problem.
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Just in case you were wondering, Olympic rowing gold medallist Rob Waddell is the youngest member of Team New Zealand's sailing crew that has raced so far.
Waddell is 28 - and 21 months younger than the next youngest on the list, skipper Dean Barker.
The oldest sailor on board NZL82 is afterguard member Peter Evans, now in his fourth America's Cup campaign, who turned 42 the day before this cup match began.
The average age of Team New Zealand's sailing crew is 35. Next door at Alinghi, it's 39.
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Among those who turned out to support Team New Zealand over the weekend was a chocolate labrador by the name of Cruz.
Cruz and his owners were seen "sailing" around on the Viaduct on Saturday.
Wearing a Team New Zealand cap and draped with the team flag, Cruz well and truly looked the part.
And loyal he was - the dog and his owners had been out to support the boys in black on every race day.
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Stop wasting time and just surrender the America's Cup now - that is the message from William from Switzerland.
The Alinghi fan left a message at the Herald complaining that the race committee was helping Team New Zealand by postponing racing.
William said the abandonment of race four on Thursday and Saturday
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