Valencia Sailing wishes all its readers and their families a very happy new year. May 2008 be full of joy and happiness. See you on January 2nd.
Leonor Orphanidis, vice-president of Valencia Sailing, wishes a happy new year and hopes to be able to watch a conventional America’s Cup race before she goes to college
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It seems the lawyers in New York will not let us celebrate New Year in peace and tranquility. A mere 4 hours before the turn of the year here in Valencia we were informed that Alinghi’s motion for Reargument/Reconsideration of the case will be heard before Justice Cahn, next Friday, January 4th.
Happy new year!!
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Hugo Boss is back in the race after a very efficient 48 hour pit stop in Wellington. The black boat left the quay 03.15 GMT on Saturday, exactly 48 hours after stopping. Alex Thomson and Andrew Cape were back in the race at 04.45 GMT when she crossed gate 5 again, and is currently 850 miles behind leaders Paprec Virbac 2.
Hugo Boss resumes racing after a 48-hour pit stop. Wellington, 29 December 2007. Photo copyright Chris Cameron
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[Source: Golden Gate Yacht Club] Valencia, Spain 29 December 2007: The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) said today it will compete for the next Americas Cup according to the basic rules of the Deed of Gift, and will seek to have an upcoming Court Order confirm the regatta for October 2008.
It is time to move on and know where we stand, Russell Coutts, CEO of the clubs BMW ORACLE Racing team, said.
We had hoped to negotiate a conventional regatta under the Deeds mutual consent provisions. But the Defender has made it clear to us and the Americas Cup community that they will not negotiate. We are now fully committed to a multihull event in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
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- Affidavit of Fred Meyer- Memorandum of Law
[Source: America’s Cup Management] Today, December 27, 2007, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York attorneys for Socit Nautique de Genve (SNG) filed a motion to renew and reargue in front of the court in the case opposing GGYC and SNG on the 33rd Americas Cup. Read the rest of this entry »
[Source: Golden Gate Yacht Club] Valencia, Spain, 27 December 2007: A new motion lodged today by the Defender seeking to re-argue the New York State Supreme Courts decision lacks merit, the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) said today.
If these arguments were valid they would have been presented months ago, Tom Ehman, the GGYCs spokesman said.
But unfortunately they now look like a rather desperate measure by Alinghis new lawyers. We are confident they will be rejected by the Court.
The notice of challenge delivered by GGYC on July 11, 2007 complied fully with the requirements of the Deed of Gift, he said. This fact has always been accepted by the Defender who up until now has never raised an issue on this point. Read the rest of this entry »
[Source: Barcelona World Race] With Hugo Boss chomping at the bit for its 48 hour pit-stop to expire so that it can rejoin the Barcelona World Race, the race leaders aboard Paprec-Virbac 2 had their own rudder issues to deal with. They hit an unidentified floating object at high speed yesterday and damaged the starboard rudder.
Damian covered the damaged area of the rudder with carbon material and coating. The idea behind it was to form a protective layer to ensure that the carbon wasnt in contact with the sea in its raw state, explained skipper Jean-Pierre Dick. At high speed, there was a risk of the rudder delaminating (the layers of carbon separating from each other). The hardest thing was gaining access to the lower section of the rudder. Damian was extended outside the boat with a harness. It was pretty acrobatic! Read the rest of this entry »
[Source: Barcelona World Race] Hugo Boss will make a stop in Wellington to bring their boat up to 100% before tackling the second half of the race. On the video conference today, skipper Alex Thomson said, “We are going to stop in Wellington.” The team has been having rudder issues which see the rudders “pointing to the sky, instead of the seabed,” as Alex Thomson described it. Having the rudders pop up if they hit a submerged object is a safety feature, but if they come up at other times, the result can be a dangerous broach…in the worst case it could result in serious damage to the boat. Read the rest of this entry »
[Source: Barcelona World Race] As Paprec-Virbac 2 manoeuvred its way through Cook Strait and the fifth scoring gate of the Barcelona World Race, Hugo Boss skipper Alex Thomson, some 130 miles behind the race leader, announced he would be making a short pit stop in Wellington. Race rules oblige Hugo Boss to remain in port for a minimum of 48 hours. Skipper Alex Thomson says the stop will allow them to rejoin the race at 100%, ready to tackle the task of catching Paprec-Virbac 2.
The big news for us is that were going to stop in Wellington we have some problems with our rudders, Alex announced on the video conference this morning. Read the rest of this entry »