While some of the most high technology kit ever seen in sailing was wheeled out of the shed in Villenueve, and San Diego, the Open Letter writers were at it again. This time drawing their respective lines in the sand as to where the 33rd America’s Cup must be sailed, and how big the yachts are allowed to be.
Like most things with this America’s Cup, all the parties seem to be able to do is agree to disagree, and then run to Uncle Herman or Auntie Shirley to sort it all out, and then come away with different versions of what the good Justices actually ruled.
First up from the Societe Nautique de Geneve
Mr. Marcus Young Commodore
The Golden Gate Yacht Club
#1 Yacht Road
San Francisco
California 94123
USA
6 July 2009
33rd America’s Cup
Dear Commodore,
We write to correct your erroneous letter of June 19, 2009 and to address news reports of a recent interview with Russell Coutts.
In the June 19 letter, you curiously claimed that …Â Details