Club Nautico di Roma Challenger of Record for 34th AC
by Marcus Young, GGYC Commodore 15 Feb 2010 19:14 GMT
A challenge has been received from the Club Nautico di Roma. GGYC is pleased to confirm that the
Italian club will be the Challenger of Record for 34th America’s Cup.
We look forward to working in close partnership with CNR and their
challenging team – “Mascalzone Latino” owned by world champion
sailor Vincenzo Onorato – to reinvigorate the America’s Cup.
Mascalzone Latino competed as a challenger for both the 2003 and
2007 America’s Cup.
GGYC and CNR have pledged to start a dialogue and wide-ranging
discussions with the America’s Cup community, including existing
and prospective teams.
The objective is to ensure that the 34th America’s Cup is built on the
foundations of the competition’s unique past as well as on a shared
vision for its future.
Mascalzone Latino Audi Team is the new Challenger of Record (from Mascalzone Latino Audi Team)
Yesterday's press conference of BMW Oracle Racing, the new Defender of the America's Cup, concludes the 33rd edition of the Cup and opens the 34th.
Russell Coutts, skipper of Larry Ellison's team BMW Oracle Racing, confirmed today that Golden Gate Yacht Club has accepted the challenge from Club Nautico di Roma represented by Mascalzone Latino Audi Team.
The team chaired by Lara Ciribi Onorato is the new Challenger of Record for the 34th America's Cup. Her husband, Vincenzo, an experienced sailor, who has led Mascalzone Latino in the two previous America's Cup campaigns stated, "Thanks, Larry, thanks, Russell. I will pursue this role with honesty, passion, and friendship."
The Challenger of Record has the task of negotiating with the Defender the terms of the future competition which will be based on mutual consent, as reiterated by Russell Coutts. The purpose is to offer the America's Cup a future as a great sporting event based on fair rules, agreed upon by all participating teams.