Statement from Tom Ehman, Golden Gate Yacht Club Spokesperson
[Source: BMW Oracle] We’re pleased with the court’s decision today that Alinghi’s choice of the venue for the 33rd America’s Cup was not allowed under the Deed of Gift.
We look forward to Justice Kornreich’s decision later this week regarding two additional issues.
First, we hope she will agree with our position that Alinghi cannot add additional ballast, equipment or sailors to the boat after it has been measured for compliance with the Deed of Gift’s restriction on length along the load water line. Enabling any team to add additional weight after measurement – thus lengthening its load water line and increasing its speed – violates the Deed of Gift, decades of sailing practice, and the spirit of the rules that govern the America’s Cup.
Second, Justice Kornreich understands the need for a fair and impartial jury. Our position is that the sailing jury must have the normal powers to adjudicate.
We remain motivated to negotiate all remaining issues with Alinghi to ensure a fair, competitive and successful America’s Cup in February 2010. We took a big step towards this goal today.
Labels: 33rd America's Cup, Alinghi, BMW Oracle, Ras al-Khaimah, Tom Ehman
18 Comments:
They just won and here they go again, did'nt take them long!!
Tom..be very very careful walking the streets...VERY CAREFUL..
Well done BMW ORACLE Racing ! way to go !
You SNG/Alinghi guys are getting a bit much now that SNG has gotten busted 2x on Deed legal issue....BOFD to come. All together the NYSC wins tally is GGYC 8 & SNG 1. With this score line, the world is trying to figure out why anyone would back a club that continues to break the Deed, NYSC orders & it looks like much more too.
Sure the sailors of Alinghi are great but until SNG wakes up & starts working with the Deed, SNG is going to keep us in the courts. It's as simple as following the Basic Principle of our sport because that is part of the practice of the AC.
Do you realize that the AC has never outside of the 1st race in England, not had Mutual Consent & gone this deep into the Defender being totally un-cooperative. It's no different than how we got here in the 1st place with the worse protocol in AC history & a sham club.
You SNG/Alinghi supporters got to start putting the pressure on your club/team to get with the program as the Deed is going to win out in getting those involved to race fair. The Deed has 158 years of cooperation to get a race off because the parties realized it was about the challenge of boat design, building & not about ego or commercializing the event. Like SNG/Alinghi the ball has & always was in your court to be sportsman so do it versus trying to control the outcome of the match by twisting the Deed into serving the Defender only as that isn't what the Deed is or why it was written.
If you believe Oracle's lies you're a twat.
I heard Tom Ehman celebrated by bumming some junior priests.
If Oracle hadn't won they were going to challenge the colour of the water, apparently it's not blue enough.
Hey boys, send the Navy to invade Switzerland .....
One thing is shure at the moment, BOR lawyers are the best ... but there is only one victory they still don't have today : a win on the water ... !!!
Keep faith LE, it's only a matter of money
Some of you Alinghi fans are such poor loosers. Why don't you just accept that your team has used a poor strategy and now has to face the consequences for that instead of insulting the opposing team members. It reminds of little childs having difficulties loosing a game and then getting out of control. Don't you realize that you disqualify yourself with such inappropriate comments? Where is your pride and your honor?
If Alingi guys were to stand up and protect their reputations, they would dump SNG and give Betrelli a dressing down!
America clearly doesn't want a yacht race, are they scared of Alinghi? Why don't you get out of the courtroom and settle this on the water Larry and Russell??
Bertarelli has been completely ridiculed. His real estate deal in RAK are now worthless.
To 9:35 AM
First of all, it is not America we are talking about it is BMWOracle!
BMW Oracle is determined to go racing but insists on rules that are in agreement with the deed.
Alinghi is not acting deed legal and that's why BMW Oracle went to court repeatedly (and won 7:1).
Is that so difficult to understand?
I think our cup should be renamed Alinghi Cup, and only sail for our cup with our rules.
Ernesto is the only honest sailor in the whole histroy of our cup anyway!
What you Alinghi blinded folks always forget is this: The "you can't win on the water, only in the court"-propaganda only works because of a very risky and shabby strategy: Setting up rules and deals that have only one consequence: If BMWOR would not fight them, they would have lost the match immediately. So they are forced to fight these coward-rules and Alinghi can blame BMWOR for going to court. That's all alinghi wants. And do you know why? Because they know, they will lose on the water if they raced on a levelled field
There is nothing wrong with going to court if one keeps winning. There is nothing wrong with avoiding court at any cost if one keeps loosing.
Let's not get too excited yet. There is still plenty of room and time for Alinghi to recover from this setback. After all they are professionals that should be able to cope with that situation. I would be very surprised if they didn't have some ace's up their sleeve.
what surprises me most is the amateur level of the legal tactic used by alinghi, you did not need to be a genious to know that rak was not in the southern hemisphere, as well as that desafio was fairly turistical and never had a yacht club , so here we are,now having a neutral and honest jury and rules would avoid more legal hickups.....but no talk to the devil so expect some more unprepared behaviour and more damage done to sailing and sailors all over the world..not that they really care..considering all the money involved.when you have the power you need to be wise to use it, since the beginning of this saga all actions taken have been rushed and not though through...a real pity for valencia and sailing.
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