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So ferocious were the celebrations following Australia's victory |
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in the 1983 America's Cup |
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that the then Prime Minister Bob Hawke said |
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bosses who sacked workers for not turning up to work were bums. |
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It's seen as one of the country's greatest sporting triumphs, |
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but now a Dutch naval architect has come forward |
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claiming that he designed the famous winged keel |
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that helped propel Australia II to victory. |
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Peter Van Oossanen said he had grown tired |
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of the Dutch design team being airbrushed out of history |
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and that the record should be corrected. |
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But the businessman Alan Bond, |
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who bankrolled the boat, |
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said the winged keel was 100 per cent Australian |
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and that any other suggestion was codswallop. |
