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QUOTABLE: Changing the Game After it’s Begun

June 24th, 2013

“It’s just frustrating when you’re literally 13 days away from starting the first race (on July 7) and you could be forced to actually make changes to the equipment, which if you are making design-related decisions should have happened a year ago. We’ve designed our boat according to what the class rule was. We made


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Too Big, Too Powerful, Too Dangerous

June 24th, 2013

Paul Cayard, the CEO of Artemis Racing, hasn’t done much talking since their America’s Cup training accident on May 9 that destroyed their boat and killed crewman Andrew Simpson. But he’s talking now… here’s what he said in an interview with the SF Chronicle… “San Francisco is one of the windiest venues in the world.


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AC34: Bits and Pieces

June 23rd, 2013

Revised rules: The four day mediation aimed at reaching agreement on implementing 37 safety recommendations previously issued by Regatta Director Iain Murray ended without complete resolution among the four America’s Cup teams. While the mediation process was to remain confidential, the New Zealand team has stated they are opposed to the recommended design change that


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Legal troubles loom for America’s Cup

June 20th, 2013

By Cory E. Friedman, Scuttlebutt legal analyst “Don’t you know what’s goin’ on out there? This is no Sunday School picnic!” – Night of the Living Dead, Public Domain 1968. “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…,” – Jaws 2, Universal Pictures 1978. Until recently the shambolic mess that



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