Legal action threatens America's Cup 04/09/2009 |
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Another hiatus in the America's Cup courtroom saga is again threatening the event after the American challenger, BMW Oracle Racing, filed a suit in the New York Supreme Court yesterday.
It holds the Cup defender, Alinghi, guilty of arranging the measurement rules, in contravention of established practice, to disqualify BMW Oracle Racing's 90-foot waterline trimaran, claiming the rules were altered after they had built their boat.
They are also seeking to make public an agreement between Alinghi and the world sailing body, the ISAF, and that all ISAF rules apply for the match, to include that banning powered winches to trim sails.
Meanwhile, other teams, including Britain's TeamOrigin, are being given the opportunity of taking part in an alternative event later this year. The event, similar to the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, was announced involving boats that were used for the last America's Cup and will be closely matched into pairs and raced at venues throughout the world, the first of which will be Nice in November.
Almost every team, with the notable exception of Alinghi, has entered and it is expected that TeamOrigin, led by the three-time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie, will announce its entry shortly. It will be run by the newly formed World Sailing Teams Association.
(Source: Guardian.co.uk)
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