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GGYC welcomes decision of Appellate Court
GGYC welcomes decision of Appellate Court to reject Alinghi bid for more delay The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) said today it is pleased the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has today rejected a further effort by the defender to stay proceedings pending its upcoming appeal....
Busy sailing season for BMW ORACLE Racing
Following the season-opening regatta in RC 44s in Italy, the sailing team gears up this month for a very full program competing in RC 44s, TP 52s and Extreme 40 catamarans in Spain, Austria and France....
Alinghi launches "Le Black" in Valencia…
The 41footer has been reassembled in Valencia and set off for a shakedown sail today with Ernesto Bertarelli at the helm. ...
Beauties and the Beast
The Alinghi design team has been facing and continues to face some extraordinary challenges in the months ahead, responsibility towards the safety of their team mates, the sailors, weighs heavily on them and while all are excited by the design complexities of the ‘off the scale’ multi-hull, the team...
BMW ORACLE Racing partners with VPLP in design of AC Multi
The leading French multihull design firm of Van Peteghem / Lauriot Prévost (VPLP) are working with BMW ORACLE Racing’s design team in developing its new mulithull boat for the America’s Cup Deed of Gift match, the team confirmed today. ...
Summer sailing schedule revealed
Find out what is in store for the Alinghi sailing squad this summer! Hear from Brad Butterworth, team skipper, John Barnitt, sports director, and Ed Baird, helmsman, on how the team is preparing for a multi-hull America’s Cup duel while continuing to hone its performance monohull racing skills. Don’...
GGYC’s Customs House Certificate still missing...
There has been speculation over recent weeks as to the nature and relevance of the information and documentation that the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) – represented by Alinghi, Defender of the America’s Cup – requires from the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) as per the Deed of Gift. Tom Schnackenb...
Back to Sailing Day Full transcript courtesy of bymnews.com
Last Thursday, several European media representatives spent a day with the America's Cup defender, Alinghi. Communications Director, Paco Latorre, explained what the day was about. The following is a full transcript courtesy of BYM News ...
Design Think Tank
Find out what some of the greatest minds in yacht design have to say about the challenges that designing a monster multi-hull bring. Don’t miss the highlights from last week’s design media conference ...
Back to Sailing Day = Quotes from the Alinghi main players
Some of the interesting quotes during last week « Back to Sailing » day at Alinghi’s base. In his opening speech, Pacco Latorre (head of marketing) acknowledged the fact that “we didn’t do very well at explaining the team’s vision for the 33rd America’s Cup. However it is now time for us to focu...