The politicking continues apace in the Americas Cup, but it does at least seem that the amount of dialogue between teams is increasing. Yesterday, a competitor meeting was held at the Société Nautique de Genève to discuss getting the competition back on the water. Chaired by Brad Butterworth, the event followed on from a series of one to one meetings between Alinghi and the challenger syndicates and was attended by eleven teams including Alinghi, Desafío Español, Emirates Team New Zealand, Shosholoza and Britains Team Origin. Agenda items included cost containment ideas not least of which was the creation of a new class of boat for the event. Of course the conspicuous absentee was BMW Oracle, but the meeting did wrap up by agreeing a letter to Larry Ellisons team requesting that they cease legal action and engage around getting the competition back on track as soon as possible. Fingers crossed…. More details here.
