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by Patricia Turo | July 6, 2009 at 11:57 pm
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UPDATE: August 5th, source http://genevalaunch.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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It is hard to believe that land locked Switzeralnd can produce world class sailors. Sports minded Swiss don't let not having an ocean at their boarders stop them. Alinghi presents a new 90-foot catamaran to compete in the America's Cup scheduled in 2010.
New Alinghi catamaran unveiled
© Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi 2009
Villeneuve, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The 90-foot catamaran that Alinghi has spent 100,000 manhours building for the next America’s Cup race was unveiled in Villeneuve 4 July. The boat now goes through a de-bugging process before it will be launched by helicopter into Lake Geneva this week for its first time out on the water. Alinghi, as the winner in July 2007 of the last race, one of the sailing world’s top events, is the Defender of the America’s Cup. This gives it the right to set the rules, including those for the boat type, for the next race, and the new boat’s design has been a tightly-guarded secret.
The race, says Alinghi, is scheduled for February 2010, but a series of court battles Read more…
Presentation of the new catamaran in Villeneuve added by a Alinghi Media.
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at 01:08 on July 7th, 2009
More photos of the tent removal in Villeneuve here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alinghiteam/sets/72157621035912678/
at 14:09 on July 8th, 2009
ok patricia...you can use my photo....thanks to contact me!!
alexmarco has contributed a photo to this story.
at 18:56 on July 20th, 2009
"It is hard to believe that land locked Switzeralnd can produce world class sailors."
No it is not because they have not produced world class sailors! There team is full of Kiwis and money froma spoilt brat of a billionaire which is the only reason they have won anything. Let it sink with Betarelli on it!
at 20:36 on July 20th, 2009
Agree totally!
Larry Ellison and Ernesto Bertiralli should keep out of the Americas cup and go and race dingys against each other in the arctic ocean!
at 11:41 on August 23rd, 2009
Oracle has a Trimaran which should favor them verses a cat.