The Defender of the America’s Cup, Societe Nautique de Geneve, has released the motion it has filed with the New York Supreme Court to require Challenger to file the required Customs House Registry documents. Click here to read.
At first glance, the action would seem to be doomed to failure.
As discussed in an earlier commentary, the exercise seems to be a fishing expedition, not unknown in the America’s Cup, designed to corner the Challenger, or extract some small advantage, from the Golden Gate Yacht Club.
SNG calls for GGYC to be either disqualified from the event for not complying with the requirement of the Deed of Gift that the ‘customs-house registry must also be sent as as possible’…Â Details & PicturesÂ
