Just hours after Alinghi 5 was unloaded from a freighter in the United Arab Emirates state of Ras al Khaimah, the Challenger for the 33rd America’s Cup was filing papers in the New York Supreme Court contesting the venue selected by the Defender.
For what was its shop window event, the sailing world now has a tragicomedy.
Currently two show-stopping legal actions are underway in the New York Supreme Court. The venue of the Match and the Rules under which it will be conducted.
A third, alleging breach of fiduciary duty by the Defender is believed to be imminent. That was signaled by…Â Details
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UK based Vestas Sailrocket team have returned to Walvis Bay in Namibia for one more assault on the outright speed sailing record. The 28 day record period commences on the 2nd of October.
Since Sailrocket was first launched in 2004, the outright speed record has been broken seven times by a variety of different craft. The rival Hydroptère team now hold the record, having achieved a speed of 51.36 knots over 500 metres on the 4th September 2009 in Hyères harbour on the French Riviera.
Paul Larsen, Sailrocket’s pilot, now needs to go 4 knots faster than his previous record-breaking run in order to take the crown.
’50 knots is last year’s story’, said Paul. ‘We simply have to go well over that now… Details
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The next edition of the America’s Cup should not be held in Ras al-Khaimah, one of the United Arab Emirates, because of security risk to Americans, the U.S. team said in court papers filed on Friday.
The California-based BMW Oracle, backed by software executive Larry Ellison, said the February 2010 race should instead be held in Valencia, Spain.
Defending champion Alinghi, which chose the venue and is …Â Details
The high winds finally returned to Worthington Minnesota on Sept 27 and 28; blowing 25 to 35 knots each day.
We had a number of sailors participating.
Andrew Anderson flew in from Oakland California, logged a 32.19 knot run, and took the lead for the 2009 Midwest Speed Quest on Sunday. Andrew also claimed the $200 Economic Stimulus CASH, by recording the first 30 knot session of the day.
Chris Lock was also on the water, and recorded a … Details
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