BMW Oracle Racing have just released the first pictures of the wingmast to be fitted to their America’s Cup challenger in San Diego. More photos will be released later today. Stay tuned to Sail-World.
The latest development by the BMW ORACLE Racing team was unveiled today when an enormous wing was prepared to be wheeled out of the tent at the team base in San Diego.
The wing will be tested as an option to increase performance compared with a traditional soft sail rig as  … Details and Pictures
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Societe Nautique de Geneve have handed a thorned olive branch to the Challenger for the 33rd America’s Cup, Golden Gate Yacht Club.
The Swiss Defender of what was the premier trophy in sailing has offered to stage the event ‘on the east coast of Australia’ in return for the cessation of all legal action.
After months of circling and jabbing, America’s BMW-Oracle sailing team landed some legal body blows this week that bode ill for the Swiss Alinghi team’s efforts to avoid racing for the America’s Cup at Valencia, Spain, on Feb. 8.
The latest ruling came Friday afternoon, when New York State Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich said that the rudders on BMW-Oracle’s 113-foot trimaran won’t be included when the Yankee boat is measured for the best-of-three America’s Cup grudge match.