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Rare Ferrari sells for $52MGaudi cathedral's futureSiri struggles on Bay BridgeHardly Strictly Bluegrass guideHSB updatesRecalling 2003 recallYou're likely to see much more of around town as the countdown to the America's Cup continues. The Frenchborn yachtsman (and former lawyer) has an impressive resume, having sailed in two Olympiads and skippered two Cup challenges for ballpoint pen tycoon Baron Marcel Bich. He's an officer of New Zealand's Order of Merit and a knight of France's highest honor, the Ordre National de la Lgion d'Honneur (demarcated by the centimeterwide rectangle of red thread embroidered into the lapel of his blazer). He's known for his instrumental role in persuading the luxury giant to back an America's Cup elimination series in 1981. Ever since, the Louis Vuitton Cup has preceded every multichallenger America's Cup. "It is the longest association in sports," he says of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the next of which will be held in July 2013. "I am getting old, but I am proud to say that." Under Troubl's expert eye (framed by distinctive round tortoise shell eyeglasses from an artisan in Paris' Rue St. Germain).
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