Alinghi’s base in the port of Valencia will host the meetings Wednesday and Thursday between nineteen teams arrived at the 33rd edition of the America’s Cup, with the aim of further defining the rules and the new class of boat that will compete with in the next edition.
Eighteen teams registered for the next edition of the competition, together with the Swiss defender, are invited to attend these meetings, which are the continuity of the three that took place in Geneva before the closing date for entries for the 33 America’s Cup last December 15.
Because of the dispute in Auckland on February 14 of Loius Vuitton Pacific Series, in which they intend to engage many of the unions of the America’s Cup, most of these teams train these days in Valencia, it was agreed that The next workshop will be held in this city.
Wednesday is expected to meet the heads of the teams to continue their negotiations on the rules that should govern the competition, while the next day will be the turn of the designers who will work to advance the design of the new class of boats for the 33 edition.
The aim of Alinghi and the organizers of the competition is at the end of this month can be published the rules of the new class.
The Swiss team chairman Ernesto Bertarelli and unions registered to continue to work to shape the America’s Cup 33, pending the High Court of New York to make its final ruling on the conflict between the U.S. team, BMW Oracle and Alinghi and that has paralyzed the competition.
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