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We Spent A Day Sailing With Larry Ellison's Team Oracle America's Cup Racing Team

We Spent A Day Sailing With Larry Ellison's Team Oracle America's Cup Racing Team

Everyone on Larry Ellison's 2013 America's Cup crew must pass the their boss' 2010 trophy-winning USA 17 boat to get into the building.

We Spent A Day Sailing With Larry Ellison's Team Oracle America's Cup Racing Team

Even crew workouts are performed beneath the sail from the boat outside. The focus here is on winning September's upcoming race and little else.

Even crew workouts are performed beneath the sail from the boat outside. The focus here is on winning September

Designed specifically for this year's race, two new America's Cup 72 (AC72) boats sit on their carriages farther back into the 1,000-foot-long warehouse.

Designed specifically for this year

The new boats are 27 feet shorter than the 2010 USA 17 but at up to $10 million dollars each, they're over nine-and-a-half million dollars more expensive to produce.

The new boats are 27 feet shorter than the 2010 USA 17 but at up to $10 million dollars each, they

Much of the boat is manufactured here on Pier 80 and workshops line the walls so repairs can be done without leaving the grounds.

Much of the boat is manufactured here on Pier 80 and workshops line the walls so repairs can be done without leaving the grounds.

The crew doesn't even leave here to eat breakfast or lunch and has its own dining room. Oracle sponsor Red Bull, provides all the energy beverage sailors can drink.

The crew doesn

The first boat gets hauled outside about 6:30 a.m. and even in mid-July it's cool on the Bay, but crew keep busy with the vast amount of work needed to get on the water and do their job.

The first boat gets hauled outside about 6:30 a.m. and even in mid-July it

Once the hull is out, the 131-foot rigid wing sail follows.

Once the hull is out, the 131-foot rigid wing sail follows.

Pushed out beneath a crane, the crew secures a hook to the 3,0000 pound wing and it slowly lifts into the air.

Pushed out beneath a crane, the crew secures a hook to the 3,0000 pound wing and it slowly lifts into the air.

The crew wait for the wing to make it over the hull before grabbing ropes to guide it into place.

The crew wait for the wing to make it over the hull before grabbing ropes to guide it into place.

Then they dump the ballast water that keeps the wing from getting blown about on the crane.

Then they dump the ballast water that keeps the wing from getting blown about on the crane.

Once the boat and wing are together, it's not long before the crew wraps up and climbs to the ground.

Once the boat and wing are together, it

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