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Alternative monohull competition to the 34th America’s Cup

admin — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:28:22 +0000

A spokesman for Team New Zealand has denied any involvement or relationship with the group said to be organising an alternative monohull competition to the 34th America’s Cup.

The story, first published in a Spanish newspaper has been doing the rounds in Europe and USA, and names four teams as being involved – Sir Keith Mills (TeamOrigin), Ernesto Bertarelli (Alinghi), Patrizio Bertelli (Luna Rossa Prada) and Grant Dalton (New Zealand Team ).

The story was dismissed by Team New Zealand as being many months old, and predated the announcements by Oracle Racing and the Defender of the America’s Cup as to the venue and other basics associated with the 34th America’s Cup.

The concept was that the AC90 genre of yachts, devised by Alinghi in conjunction with the Challengers (during 2009) would be used for the new competition.

There has been no published comment from the other teams involved.

The first two (Alinghi and Team Origin) have said they will not compete in the 34th America’s Cup. Luna Rossa have not made a statement of intent either way. Team New Zealand have indicated they are doing due diligence and trying to raise sufficient finance and sponsorship to mount a credible campaign for the 2013 Match.

Luna Rossa and Team New Zealand have entered the 2011 Extreme 40 series to be conducted in 40ft catamarans, as have Alinghi who are one of the principals of that circuit. TeamOrigin are believed to be competing on the Audi MedCup circuit to be sailed in TP52 monohulls n 2011

The original story can be viewed here

Source: http://www.sail-world.com/Europe/Team-New-Zealand-deny-interest-in-rival-Americas-Cup-circuit/79312

New York Court finds Golden Gate Yacht Club’s behaviour “unsportsmanlike”

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:33:49 +0000

In her ruling relating to a hearing on 10 August, New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich highlights “…the unsportsmanlike behavior of Golden Gate that has resulted in substantially reducing SNG’s (Société Nautique de Genève) advantage as originally contemplated by the Deed of Gift.”

The 33rd America’s Cup Defender, Société Nautique de Genève, had filed an Order to Show Cause in front of Justice Kornreich who, despite such an unprecedented statement describing the actions of GGYC, considers such “actions are not contrary to law” and is left with no option but to deny the motion.
Justice Kornreich’s order also reiterates that the race shall be sailed under the rules and sailing regulations of the SNG.

SNG and its representing team Alinghi remain committed to a 33rd America’s Cup fought on the water in Ras al-Khaimah in February 2010.

Click here to read the NY Supreme Court court order

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The BMW Oracle wants all teams in the 33rd America’s Cup

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:19:44 +0000

Is the first report issued by the Golden Gate Yacht Club. BMW Oracle has announced that it intends to negotiate a protocol with Alinghi for the 33rd edition of the Copa America’s involvement in allowing the competition to other teams interested, as announced by the U.S. team in a statement.
This is the first report issued by the Golden Gate Yacht Club, sailing club which competes for the BMW Oracle, after the ruling issued in New York, which meant the team as “Challger of the record and opened the possibility of This was an America’s Cup duel with three races with the exclusive participation of BMW Oracle and Alinghi defender.
In the U.S. release of the club says that this possibility “follows the decision last Thursday by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, which decided that Oracle was the ‘Challenger of Record.”
“The owner of BMW Oracle, Larry Ellison, and the president of Alinghi, Ernesto Bertarelli, has been in communication between them since the court’s decision in New York,” added the text.
“At this time, the Golden Gate Yacht Club cree that it is best to maintain communication between the parties, to achieve successful conclusions as soon as possible,” the note of the yacht club.

Desafío Español was disappointed by the verdict

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:20:18 +0000

Club Náutico Español de Vela (CNEVA) the Spanish Challenge has received the decision of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New York on the America’s Cup with “disappointment” as indicated in a statement.
The Spanish hope that will not dispute the duel. “Now it will ratify the statements made by BMW Oracle Racing Team, which indicated the possibility of contesting an America’s Cup teams with multiple conventional reaching an agreement with the current defender, Alinghi.

19 teams for the 33th America’s Cup

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:11:06 +0000

	Team	Country
1.	Alinghi	Switzerland
2.	Desafío Español	Spain
3.	Shosholoza	South Africa
4.	Team Origin	UK
5.	Team New Zealand	New Zealand
6.	DCYC	Germany
7.	Green Comm Challenge	Italy
8.	Ayre	Spain
9.	Victory Challenge	Sweden
10.	Argo Challenge	Italy
11.	Mascalzone Latino	Italy
12.	Team French Spirit	France
13.	Luna Rossa	Italy
14.	Russia Team – Fiona	Russia
15.	Joe Fly	Italy
16.	K-Challenge	France
17.	Greek Challenge	Greece
18.	Dabliu Sail Project	Italy
19.	China Team	China

A total of nineteen teams have registered for disputing 33rd edition of the America’s Cup to be held in Valencia, eight more than in the previous one, according Today communicated AC Management, organizer of the competition.
All the teams that participated in the 32nd America’s Cup, also disputed waters in Valencia, have re-enrolled for the next edition, except the U.S. BMW Oracle, which maintains a legal conflict with the organization.
In addition to the Ombudsman, and Alinghi, and the Challenger of Record, Desafio Espanol, a total of 21 teams submitted an application for registration and 17 have been accepted, although three of them are outstanding teams registered some minor details in its registration process Officer and were granted an extension until Jan. 15.
A three other teams have not been allowed to register because it has not received any further documentation that the application for registration beyond December 15, the registration deadline, while the Carbon Challenge has been withdrawn.
The teams have worked together in recent months in frequent meetings of competitors to amend the Protocol for the 33rd America’s Cup and design a new class of ship, a process that will continue in 2009 with more meetings planned and the publication of the new class of Boat scheduled for late January.
The schedule for the 33rd America’s Cup includes two pre-regattas in Valencia in 2009, pending final agreement with the city: the first in July and the second in October, in addition to the annual regatta of the Spanish Sailing Club Nautico in November, followed by the America’s Cup in 2010.