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After today’s Hearing in the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, the Challenger for the America’s Cup stated that the inclusion of rudders in the crucial Load Waterline length measurement would disqualify GGYC’s yacht.

Calculations by Sail-World from photos show that the length of BOR90, as the Challenger has been known to date, would extend to around 98ft, if the rudder on the outer float, or ama, were included in the length measurement.

In one of 14 points that the New York Supreme Court has been asked to rule …  Details & Pictures

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