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Sunday, January 17th, 2010Alinghi offers Australian venue to unlock 33rd America’s Cup
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Alinghi offers Australian venue to unlock 33rd America’s Cup and return the competition to the water
Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), the 33rd America’s Cup defending yacht club, has proposed an alternative venue to the American challenger in a bid to end their continued litigation and return the Cup to the water
Ahead of tomorrow’s hearing at the New York Supreme Court, the Swiss Defender has proposed a solution to the legal impasse brought about by the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC). While the Defender‘s first choice for the Deed of Gift Match is Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, in order to achieve a Match in February SNG proposes to stage the 33rd America’s Cup on the east coast of Australia, in the Southern Hemisphere, in compliance with the Deed of Gift. This is a venue that should be acceptable to both teams if, as expressed publicly, the true intention of BMW Oracle is to race for the America’s Cup on the water.
A specific race course in the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Australia, with weather conditions suitable for racing in February, will be announced promptly should GGYC accept this offer and cease their legal strategy. The east coast of Australia offers several locations with ideal sailing conditions for the best-of-three match. A venue in this region would be approximately two and a half weeks away by ship from BMW Oracle’s base in San Diego, while Alinghi’s voyage from Ras Al Khaimah would take approximately three weeks.
SNG is hopeful that this offer will be accepted and that the competition will resume on the water rather than in court.
Alinghi: the Swiss police arrested an employee of BMW Oracle for spying
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Alinghi, defender of the America’s Cup, has informed the Supreme Court of New York that the Swiss police arrested few days ago a person hired by the BMW-Oracle to get photos in Villeneuve (Switzerland), where the Swiss built his boat for the 33 edition.
Swiss Team sources have confirmed that the events of days past April 29 when members of Alinghi found a person taking photos of the facilities where they build their boat and filed a complaint, the police went to Switzerland at the place and arrested this person.
They explained that the arguments before the hearing that the next 14 days in New York have the motion tabled by the unions to determine the date of the 33rd America’s Cup and were presented on Monday, mentioning the incident of alleged industrial espionage.
In his memorandum to the Court, thirteen pages, the Swiss team said that “an individual was arrested and questioned by Swiss authorities and admitted being a spy recruited by the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) and BMW-Oracle team to break the seal the premises, take pictures and learn about the ship’s defense. ”
“The individual was hired in December 2007 with the sole purpose of spying on their competitors and will have paid $ 10,000 a month to do that job,” continues the argument.
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