The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) today filed a memorandum of law in the Supreme Court of the State of New York supporting the court-ordered dates of February 2010 for the next America’s Cup match and opposing a frivolous motion made by the defender Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) to disqualify GGYC.
In early April the New York State Court of Appeals, in a unanimous 6-0 ruling, held that GGYC is the rightful challenger and that the next match would be in ten months, meaning early February 2010.
However, in an April 23 letter to GGYC, SNG unilaterally dictated that the match shall be in May 2010 in defiance of the Court’s April 7, 2009 Order and Judgment. GGYC filed a motion to hold SNG in contempt of court for defiance of the judgment.
SNG retaliated with a cross-motion seeking to disqualify GGYC for …Â Details
Two words should have come flashing into the mind space of America’s Cup fans, after the announcement by Circolo di Vela Gargnano (CVG)of a challenge for the 33rd America’s Cup, in what will be the second Deed of Gift Match.
Those two words should have been ‘Blue Arrow’ the ill-fated extreme multihull designed by Derek Clark, built to take on Sir Michael Fay’s 130ft monohull to determine the challenger for the 27th Match.
Fay initially allowed the organisation of a challenger series for the Match in which he, or rather his club, Mercury Bay Boating Club had its challenge accepted after a prolonged battle through the New York courts.
While Fay was happy for a Challenger Selection series in monohulls, he was not prepared to allow the entry from Royal Burnham YC under the patronage of Peter de Savary to compete against his monohull. And so permission to compete was withdrawn.
Turning to the present circumstance, we now have …Â Details
The Defender of the 33rd America’s Cup, the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), today received an official Notice of Challenge from the Circolo di Vela Gargnano (CVG) with a certificate for a 90x90foot vessel as per the Golden Gate / BMW Oracle challenge for the 33rd America’s Cup.
SNG welcomes the Italian entry; CVG was a challenger in the 32nd America’s Cup and is world renowned for its prestigious Centomiglia regatta. It has now challenged with a multihull as per the Golden Gate challenge.
SNG and Alinghi have always supported a multi-challenger event and continue to do so. At a meeting on 23 April, the Swiss Defender asked the American Challenger of Record to open the challenger selection series. SNG continues to …Â Details