Alinghi hosted a group of media over their America’s Cup defender, overnight (NZT). Sail-World was not one of those invited, again, and we are reliant on images and information from others. However we will gladly report any information that comes to hand provided we believe it to be reliable.
One of the conditions of the invitation is believed to be an embargo on reporting any detail of the new yacht, and stories from those present will be released tomorrow. We believe those stories have to be cleared by Alinghi to avoid leaking any details of the new yacht. Quite why they bother is a little beyond us, as the boat will be revealed to all, including spy cameras in a few days and with no espionage rules in place, pretty well anything goes…Â Details and Great PicturesÂ