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

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
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.

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Five clubs, new “Friends of the court” of Alinghi

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Five unions have become ‘Friends of the court’ of Alinghi in its dispute with BMW Oracle, before the New York court to the parties disagree on the implementation of legislation for the next edition of the America’s Cup as reported Alinghi’s own sources, these unions are the K-Challenge, Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club, Sail Dabliu Project, Italy and the Russian Challenge, joining the teams that last November 13 took the same decision, if the French Team Spirit, Team Shosholoza, Green Comm Challenge Argo Challenge and Ayre Challenge

Also at the time the city of Valencia, which hosted edition of the competition in 2007 and aims to host the next, it was proposed as a ‘Friend of the court’ for the Société Nautique de Geneve, which competes with Alinghi in America’s Cup.

The ‘Friend of the court’ is a figure that gives the right to join a dispute between two parties and as provided in law.

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19 teams for the 33th America’s Cup

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

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.

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