Sources close to the legal action over the 33rd America’s Cup, confirmed today that Societe Nautique de Geneve had lodged papers with the New York Supreme Court, late last week, seeking to have the Challenger, Golden Gate Yacht Club disqualified.
The charge is that of not furnishing the Customs House Registry document (CHR) ‘as soon as possible’.
The Challenger, as of 7 April 2009, has been sailing a 90ft long by 90ft trimaran for eight months, since early September 2008.
While SNG, as Defender, did not recognise Golden Gate Yacht Club as the Challenger until ordered to do so by the New York Appeal Court, SNG made rasping overtures about the provision of the Customs House Registry document, which is issued in the USA by the US Coast Guard…Â Details