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SCUTTLEBUTT EXTRA – March 30, 2007Scuttlebutt is a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions,features and dock talk . . . with a North American focus. Scuttlebutt is distributed each weekday, with support provided by UBS, main partner of Alinghi, Defender of the 32nd America's Cup (http://www.ubs.com/sailing). VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2008/2009 PUMA, the global sports lifestyle company, has become an exciting addition to the entry list for the 2008-09 event. Known as the PUMA Racing Team, the syndicate will be headed by Ken Read. PUMA becomes the third confirmed entry. To date the others are from Ericsson Racing Team and the Mean Machine syndicate backed by Dutch businessman Peter de Ridder. Read, considered one of the world’s most accomplished sailors, has twice been involved in America’s Cup campaigns in 2000 and 2003. He was named United States Rolex Yachtsman of the Year twice and has over 40 World, North American, and National Championships to his credit. Read joined Ericsson Racing Team for the last four legs of the 2005-06 race. Complete story in the Monday issue of Scuttlebutt. |
