Golden Gate Yacht Club’s Head of External Affiars, Tom Ehman has released the following statement following yesterday’s unexpected release of the so-called ‘secret agreement’ between the International Sailing Federation and Societe Nautique de Geneve, and the advantage they believe it confers on the Defender (SNG/Team Alinghi)
Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) re-asserts its reasonable request that the 33rd America’s Cup be sailed under the undoctored International Sailing Federation (ISAF) rules and not some hybrid version which the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) has tailored for its own benefit under the scope granted to it in the secret agreement struck with ISAF… Details