Back to court again

   Well GGYC (BMW Oracle) and SNG (Alinghi) are going back to court again - this time to choose a date to hold their Deed of Gift match for the 33rd America's Cup.
I find it amazing that two of the richest people in the world are having such a public feud that is damaging sailing so much.
The latest article is online here - clicky
I've rated this article as one star, if you are also disappointed with what this is doing for sailing then please rate the article similarly and post your comments on what should be done by clicking the 'Discuss' option on the article.

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Mark Jardine Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 04 Location: Milford-on-Sea, United King Online Status: Offline Posts: 1028	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mark Jardine Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Back to court again Posted: 27 Mar 08 at 7:03am
	Well GGYC (BMW Oracle) and SNG (Alinghi) are going back to court again - this time to choose a date to hold their Deed of Gift match for the 33rd America's Cup. I find it amazing that two of the richest people in the world are having such a public feud that is damaging sailing so much. The latest article is online here - clicky I've rated this article as one star, if you are also disappointed with what this is doing for sailing then please rate the article similarly and post your comments on what should be done by clicking the 'Discuss' option on the article.

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6660	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 08 at 8:38am
	I'll predict now that they'll be back in court at least once, probably twice after the event, and there's a 50/50 chance there'll be another court appearance after this one before the event. The AC is what it is, all you can do is enjoy the spectacle of rich men making themselves look foolish, and there is, after all a certain pleasure to be had in that:-)

Laser 173312 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 08 May 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Post Options Post Reply Quote Laser 173312 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 08 at 8:55am
	I quite agree that this is doing sailing no favours. There have been a few threads recently about sailing being a elitist, rich mans sport and this will reinfoce that view to many people. I'm not sure what Alinghi expect the court to say. Justice Cahn in his last order says clearly that the court proceedings do not interupt the 10 month notice period and that he expects the first match to be on 4th July 2008. Hopefully he will stick to this and then Alinghi will be forced to forfeit. I agree with Dalton that would be best for everyone now. I don't know what was said when Russell Coutts was sacked by Ernesto, but the feud does seem to be personal between the 2 of them.

Laser 173312 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 08 May 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Post Options Post Reply Quote Laser 173312 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Mar 08 at 10:48pm
	good old beeb on the ball as ever. Alinghi want to race in January apparently see http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/7316545.stm