Golden Gate Yacht club

They think that regatta was just a scam to try and blag that they have held a regatta so that the yacht club complies with the deed of gift.

http://valenciasailing.blogspot.com/2007/07/fantasy-regatta- for-fantasy-yacht-club.html

Most of the Spanish media think that it was simply a training session.

More sabre rattling going on. http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=137559

Seems Geneva are delibrately miss reading Golden Gate's letter. The race date for next year was only if a proper event like the 32nd could not be agreed on.

In the mean time the Spanish club have held a regatta - for oppies.

Another interesting point is that GGYC wants to hold it in July next year.... which isn't a very long time away if you're going to build an entirely new fleet of race yachts

I'm not sure what the point in making the boats bigger is.  Do they think it will make it more exciting?  It's surely just a tactic to force out some of the lower budget teams out.  It's very unlikely to make for close racing.

I am reading it that this is a blanket Certificate that will be consenually amended at a later date. I don't think you will see 90 foot long by 90 foot wide multihulls!! The match racing element would completely disappear, and the boats just too far apart on the course. The TV companies would hate it. They want the one on one competition, and tension, like they get in golf or tennis. Joe Public understands that, so it doesn't matter that they don't sail, or play golf, or tennis.

And just how do the Swiss challenge for/defend the America's Cup? Last time I looked on an atlas Lake Geneva was land locked and freshwater, not "an arm of the sea".