[Source: Alinghi] Americas Cup holder, Alinghi, presents arguments on invalidity of GGYC challenge.
(New York, 23 January 2008) New York State Supreme Court Justice Herman Cahn heard arguments today over whether the Golden Gate Yacht Club has put forth a valid Deed of Gift challenge for the 33rd Americas Cup to its current holder, Alinghi of the Socit Nautique de Genve.
We were glad to make our points and found the Court receptive to our arguments, said Lucien Masmejan, lead counsel for the SNG. We look forward to a court order properly addressing the issue of the validity of the GGYC challenge. Read the rest of this entry »
[Source: Golden Gate Yacht Club] New York, NY — January 23, 2008: Justice Herman Cahn of the New York State Supreme Court today held oral argument on SNG/Alinghis plea to rethink his decision of November 27, 2007 in which he declared Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) the valid challenger pursuant to the Americas Cup Deed of Gift. GGYC argued that Justice Cahns decision was correct in all respects and there is no basis for the court to reconsider it.
We remain confident that the court will maintain its earlier decision despite SNG/Alinghis apparent procedural attempts to delay, Tom Ehman, GGYCs spokesman said. We expect that Justice Cahn will soon issue an order setting October 2008 as the dates for our match, and we look forward to getting the Cup back on the water.
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[Source: Alinghi] (New York, 23 January 2008) New York State Supreme Court Justice Herman Cahn heard arguments today over whether the Golden Gate Yacht Club has put forth a valid Deed of Gift challenge for the 33rd Americas Cup to its current holder, the Socit Nautique de Genve and its team Alinghi. Read the rest of this entry »
Published: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:00 AM MST
Ivan Babikov received his Canadian citizenship this past Friday (Jan 18th, 2008), marking the end of a long trek that starting in May 2003
Ivan also received confirmation on Friday by FIS Race Director, Jurg Capol that he will be able to start in the Canmore Word Cup as the COC-NorAm Leader position for men (Ivan replaces Alex Harvey as the points leader as he is not able to compete in World Cups during this period due to injury). Although he is now a Canadian citizen, Ivan is still competing under a Russian FIS license and therefore obligated to uphold some Russian Team guidelines (so look for Ivan in a Russian National Team suit for the course of the Canmore FIS World Cup.
Read the full article on Babikov's quest for Canadian Citizenship on x-c.com.
Source: X-C.com
Ivan Babikov racing earlier this month at US Nationals (photo Credit: Factory Team)
[Source: Barcelona World Race] There is a pair of battles taking place in the Barcelona World Race as the fleet moves into the South Atlantic. Currently, just Educacin sin Fronteras remains in the Southern Ocean. On Sunday afternoon skippers Albert Bargus and Servane Escoffier were roaring towards the Cape at 15 knots, knocking off another 350-mile day. With the Cape less than 700 miles away, Educacin sin Fronteras should join the others in the Atlantic Ocean by early Tuesday (GMT) at the latest.
The battle at the front is being fought in a give and take manner, with one and then other of the first two boats racking up a daily advantage. On Saturday, it was Paprec-Virbac 2 who was regaining some of their lead. But over the past 24 hours, despite less than ideal conditions, Hugo Boss has made up 68 miles. Read the rest of this entry »
Published: Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:00 AM MST
Updated: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:10 AM MST
The Jury and Competition Committee of the CXC Mt Itasca SuperTour/CCSA/MW JOQ/HS/Citizen races scheduled to be held this weekend, January 19-20 in Coleraine, MN, regret to announce that the races have been canceled due to predicted extreme cold weather. Athletes registered for these races will receive a mailed check to refund entry fees less $5 to cover existing expenses.
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Update 5pm Valencia time: We have contacted Alinghi, concerning the information on the alleged construction of their new yacht, and the official reply is “No comment”.
Two days have passed since their arrival in Valencia and Alinghi’s two training Extreme 40 catamarans are getting ready to be launched. On Wednesday morning we spotted 4 men in the former China Team base. One, wearing an Alinghi uniform, was working on the hull of the black catamaran while the other three were preparing the sails of the yachts. Read the rest of this entry »
Alinghi’s two training Extreme 40 catamarans were launched today at 11am. To the best of our knowledge the white yacht (former “Basilica”) was simply put on the water while the black one was taken out for her first test sail.
The two yachts will be rebranded with the Alinghi logos and training will start as soon as possible. Our apologies, but we don’t have any pictures from today’s launch.
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[Source: Barcelona World Race] The South Atlantic isnt giving anything away to the two boats leading the Barcelona World Race fleet as they race towards the finishing line off Barcelona. Overnight, race leading Paprec-Virbac 2 nearly held its own and then this morning, it was able to grab back some miles from the chasing boat, Hugo Boss. But the tide has turned again and this afternoon Hugo Boss was the faster boat in pursuit.
The overall effect of this has been something close to a stalemate, with Hugo Boss able to grab just 13 miles over the last 24 hours. Unfortunately for the guys on Hugo Boss, at this stage of the journey around the world, they need to grab bigger chunks if they hope to overtake Paprec-Virbac 2 before the finishing line. Read the rest of this entry »
[Source: Alinghi] Alinghi took the two Extreme 40 catamarans out for a shake down sail this morning in Valencia.
These light-weight, carbon fibre multi-hulled weapons were designed by Yves Loday, Herbert Dercksen and Mitch Booth with one thing in mind: speed.
Taking turns for the ride were Alinghi designers and sailors: Pierre-Yves Jorand, Luc Dubois, Dirk Kramers, Kirst Feddersen, Mike Schreiber, Kurt Jordan, Aaron Perry, Murray Jones and Pieter van Nieuwenhuyzen.
Don’t forget to check the very nice video footage from today’s first sail, on the Alinghi website Read the rest of this entry »