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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the application for registration beyond December 15, the registration deadline, while the Carbon Challenge has been withdrawn.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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BMW Oracle will not participate in any regatta organised by Alinghi

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), represented in the America’s Cup by BMW Oracle has communicated officially to the Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG), represented by Alinghi, who did not get part in any race organized by the club in reference to the terms in which there is the next edition of the competition he calls the “Cup Alinghi.” The club in San Francisco yesterday released a letter sent by his Commodore Marcus Young, the Swiss yacht club Commodore, Pierre-Yves Firmenich, which has been informed of this decision, before the meeting of participating teams in the competition scheduled in Geneva for the next day 15. The GGYC “does not consider legitimate” the next America’s Cup which, in the absence of confirmation, will be held in 2009 in Valencia, as have virtually guaranteed in Spain local governments, regional and central levels during the last week, finding that no compliance with the terms of the rules of the competition ( “Deed of Gift”). “The Court of New York has given the date of February 10 2009 to present oral arguments and it is hoped that the outcome of our appeal is known in March, which seems to us a reasonable delay to make decisions on future America’s Cup, “added Commodore U.S. yacht club. “In the past seventeen months, we have made many constructive suggestions which have been systematically rejected by the NGA, he has written its own rules for the next edition of the Cup,” he adds. “We need a ‘Challenger of Record’ skilled, strong and independent and now poses a different kind of race, but without many top-level competitors, without major sponsors, without taking into account the 157-year history of the competition, so with the position of the NGA can not be an America’s Cup, will be only one Cup Alinghi and this is not a good reason for us to participate, “concludes the letter.

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The Spanish Team ‘Ayre’ sends a letter to Russell Coutts

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

The director general of the Spanish team ‘Ayre’, Pedro Perello, has made public a letter he sent to his namesake in the American union ‘BMW Oracle’, Russell Coutts, which asks you to unlock the current situation of the race in the courts and his team are registered at the 33rd edition of the America’s Cup.

Perelló believes that at this time “the most important” is to unblock the situation “over accusations and analysis,” and that it is appropriate to do so “without declaring winners or losers in a dispute that has hurt everyone equally.” The judicial process between Alinghi and BMW Oracle has paralyzed from the competition year and a half ago.

The director general of Ayre reminded that the possible reasons that led the American team of legal action “are being ironed out now from within the democratic procedure of Alinghi with all those registered at the 33rd America’s Cup” after three meetings in which have been consensual spots.

Perelló stressed that the possibility of disputes in the duel between Swiss and Americans as a final solution “for irreversibly damaging the next tournament in multiequipos format.”

The head of Ayre appealed directly to the heart of Coutts to say that the America’s Cup “needs” that the three times winner of the “oldest and most prestigious” global sporting competition and “probably the best sailor in the world continue to give prestige and glory” .

Perello said that as’ Challenger ‘represented by the RCN Denia, “we believe that the effort and patience shown by the political institutions that are not deserve Valencia wasted,” qualified.

The next day Dec. 15 deadline for registering teams for the 33rd America’s Cup. After that date will not be possible registration of any team. Ayre believes that a forthcoming edition “without the presence of BMW Oracle would be damaging to the competition.” “We also believe that the American union is right to participate, provided they formalize their registration within the deadline set by relevant,” he recalled.

“He suffers LAWSUIT AN ETERNAL.”

Perelló threw back the light and “unfortunately”, any legal procedure causes a disorder in development “of any activity, and in this case” all the teams we are suffering the eternal lawsuit without going to try reasons, liability or guilt, dispute has paralyzed the potential of the 33rd edition of the Cup, “lamented.

Alinghi has recently decided to restart sports activities and organizational. Has brought together all the teams legally registered and has begun a process of reconstruction of the competition. “I sincerely believe in the appropriateness of this action given that a situation such as that which surrounds us is extremely damaging to all its stakeholders as well as for the image of the same competition,” he reiterated.

After three meetings in Geneva, the participating teams have found the “willingness of Alinghi in making appropriate modifications to the protocol, ‘Events’ and’ Competition Regulations’,” he said. Likewise, the design of the new ‘box rule’ “was carrying on this completely democratic, and in a short time we have achieved great progress”, was pleased.

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Today is the deadline for the 33th America’s Cup

Monday, December 15th, 2008

The registration of teams to participate in the 33rd edition of the America’s Cup sailing, whose headquarters and timing have not been completed, is closed today, Monday, with the possibility of it becoming the largest in the history of the competition . EFE According to the organization of this centuries-Regatta, today, besides the defender Alinghi (Nautical Society of Geneva) and the “challenger of record” Desafio Espanol (Spanish Club Nautico de Vela, Spain), there are fourteen other teams arrived, while four other unions are in the administrative process of registration. Among the teams entered are six that have already participated in the last edition of the America’s Cup, held in summer 2007 in Valencia and in which the Swiss team was proclaimed champions of Jarra and retained the Hundred Guineas. Among them, besides Spanish, are the Team Shosholoza (Royal Cape Yacht Club-South Africa), Emirates Team New Zealand (Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, New Zealand), Victory Challenge (Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap-Sweden), Team Germany ( Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club) and Mascalzone Latino (Royal Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia-Italy). Alongside them, new TeamOrigin (Royal Thames Yacht Club-UK), Green Comm (Challenge di Circolo Vela Gargano, Italy), Ayre (Royal Yacht Club of Denia, Spain), Argo Challenge (Club Nautico di Gaeta, Italy) , French Spirit (Yacht Club de Saint Tropez, France) and the Carbon Challenge of Belgium, whose club prefers not to reveal. Of the other three teams arrived, has transcended that one of them is the Luna Rossa (Yacht Club Italiano, Italy), while the other two, one is of Russian nationality and the other is also Italian. Regarding the other four teams that are in the process of registration, the Swiss team sources indicated that they are in different stages of processing and that the same could confirm their participation in the 33 America’s Cup four, that any of them or none. In the case of a positive way to solve their registration, the next America’s Cup, whose headquarters would be Valencia, according to the consensus of the participants and is held in 2010 or 2011, because the various Spanish authorities involved in the organization of the test have bet because it is held in this city. The Cup would be the presence of twenty teams, the highest figure in the history of the competition and the possibility of confirmation of the entry of so many teams, one difficulty that arises is that of achieving bases for all. The capacity of the port of Valencia is limited to “thirteen, fourteen or fifteen bases if it is stretched far” but since Alinhgi indicated that they prefer to focus on the problems when they arise and no further developments. One of the options being considered to increase the number of facilities for the different teams, in the event that finally the U.S. syndicate BMW-Oracle, as announced, did not participate in the 33rd America’s Cup, would be to divide the building Now his home base in two different locations. On Monday, at 17:00 pm is the deadline for registration for a competition revived, but with an uncertain future in the hope of resolving the legal dispute that the BMW-Oracle (Golden Gate Yacht Club) continues against Alinghi in the Supreme Court of New York and whose outcome will be known by mid-year 2009.

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