Alinghi announces next American's Cup race location

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Alinghi announced on August 5th the UAE will be the location of the next America's Cup Race. The race is to be held on February 10, 2010.

UPDATE: August 5th, on Alinghi catamaran unvailed posted on NP in July. source http://genevalunch.com

Update 3 10:35  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The next America’s Cup race, the top event in the sailing world, will be held starting 8 February 2010 in Ras al-Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) announced Wednesday morning 5 August. The SNG has the right to select the next race’s location, as the home club of Alinghi, holder of the America’s Cup.

”Our absolute priorities in making this decision are the prevailing weather conditions and the resulting safety that they bring to both [Ed. note: Alinghi and official challenger BMW Oracle] teams,” explains Alinghi skipper Brad Butterworth.

Al Hamra, Ras al-Khaimah, UAE

”We looked everywhere for a venue that suited having good racing for the Match dates in February. We had trained in the UAE in the winter with Alinghi before and in the end we settled on Ras al-Khaimah in particular because of the infrastructure in Al Hamra Village and because it has a great building sea breeze during the day, similar to Mediterranean conditions in the summer, making it good for these boats and safe for all concerned.”

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