In a decision issued this morning, NZT, Justice Shirley Kornreich has ruled that Golden Gate Yacht Club do not have to provide their Customs House Registry certificate until two weeks before the 33rd America’s Cup Match, scheduled for 8 February 2010 in United Arab Emirates.
Kornreich was ruling on a motion lodged by Socuete Nautique de Geneve, requiring that the Challenger be required to produce the document, required by the Deed of Gift within two weeks. That request was not upheld by the Court.
The question posed by Societe Nautique de Geneve related to …Â Details
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 It isn’t for the money. It isn’t for the glory.
It’s all about the speed.
That’s the general consensus of some of the 150 competitors on hand Saturday and today at Lake Andrea in Pleasant Prairie for HydroFest — a collection of powerboat races in 20 categories.
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In a confidential letter to the International Sailing Federation, BMW Oracle Racing skipper and CEO, Sir Russell Coutts requested a meeting with the ISAF Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee met last weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark and Sail-World understands that a meeting took place, with both BMW Oracle Racing and Alinghi, meeting separately with the ISAF.
There does not appear to have been any direct outcome from that meeting.
However late last week the International Sailing Federation and Societe Nautique de Geneve released the previously confidential agreement, just two days prior to a Telephone Hearing convened by Justice Shirley Kornreich of the New York Supreme Court. The agreement was signed between the ISAF and Defender on 5 June 2009, and remained confidential for over three months…Â DetailsÂ
Top international photographer, Bruno Cocozza, took these images of Alinghi 5 in one of her last training sessions in Genoa, Italy, before being shipped to the United Arab Emirates.Â
