Louise Stuart leaves the Port Chalmers Yacht Club yesterday. Photo by Stephen Jacquiery.
She had expected to toast a New Zealand win with the 17 other people who went to the club to watch the race on a big screen.
About 45 people were there on Sunday expecting to see a victory, she said.
She and club commodore Richard Hawkins, and his daughter Lillie Hawkins (9), had started saving to be at the next America's Cup in Auckland.
Oracle had no chance of winning the cup in San Francisco, she said.
''I want it over with. We had such a good run at the start. We know we are going to win it and we just want it over with.''
