Friday, January 29, 2010

Statement from Tom Ehman, GGYC spokesperson

[Source: BMW Oracle] The New York Supreme Court said today that, due to its busy schedule, the hearing on the “constructed-in-country” issue could not be expedited. Therefore, it appears unlikely that a hearing will take place before the America’s Cup match begins on February 8th.

It is unfortunate that the legality of Alinghi’s American-made sails probably will
not be decided before the Match. However, it will be decided eventually.

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19 Comments:

At 9:37 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

sucker!

 
At 10:07 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

How do you feel Tom with nothing in your hands before the 8th?? Lost???
The show must go on !! And on the water this time !!!
See you (oh sorry, you probably stay in SF) in Valencia !!

 
At 11:02 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is the best the otherwise biased NY court could do. Now - if A5 looses, they don't have to do the hearing anymore. And if A5 wins, they may loose the cup in court (I guess they are tired of it anyways and would be happy if somebody takes that thing off their hands) and then they can always play the victim card without loosing face. My dream is that BMWO gets the cup and afterwards nobody cares to challenge them anymore. Remember the old saying from the anti-war campaings: "What if there is a war and nobody shows up?" Melt it down and move on. This thing is dead ...

 
At 11:15 PM, Blogger folkenbolt said...

OK!
So .....everybody ready to fight ...... finally!

 
At 11:17 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is unfortunate that the legality of Alinghi’s American-made sails probably will
not be decided before the Match. However, it will be decided eventually but it is so fortunate that the tricks of Jimmy the bad faith didn't work this time... now's the time for the water ruling, and not the despicable tactics of BOFD racing....

 
At 3:16 AM, Blogger Oxytocin said...

Justice Kornreich is keeping the regattas on the sea, bravo!

 
At 3:19 AM, Blogger Oxytocin said...

Justice Kornreich is keeping the America's Cup regattas on the sea water, bravo!

 
At 4:23 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think even if Alinghi retains the cup, a lot of interest has already been lost and Berterelli will throw an even more uncertain future over the cup.
The best thing will be if another country win it in the future!

 
At 7:01 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

11:02 PM anon,

Indeed Alinghi doesn't have to worry about losing face. There is nothing to lose anymore in this regard...

 
At 7:34 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

sucker lead balls!

 
At 9:17 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Shame on you, Tom.
Anti-sportsman

 
At 10:28 AM, Anonymous Anders said...

What I miss is the caricature of Larry Elison, skinny and naked with big eyes looking at the cup, saying "My precious...." !!

 
At 11:00 AM, Anonymous Gareth Evans said...

My predictions:

FEB 2010
- Race 1 - BOR wins with better boat speed and manouvreability due to the wing.
- Race 2 - BOR hold back to save the boat - Alinghi wins.
- Race 3 - Both boats have no reason to save the boats and go for it. One boat breaks up spectacularly.

FEB 2011
- The cup is finally awarded by the NYSC.

 
At 11:12 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh Tom the judge rules you wait and see, now the sport will have its say and you can leave for Asia

 
At 11:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The new BOR hompage:
http://www.vplp.fr/flash/index_vplp-3.html
Ellison is our boat really US??

 
At 12:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

SUCKERS... have been suckered

 
At 1:25 PM, Blogger sailboatracer said...

Alinghi are a highly professional and very capable racing team. They will have fully evaluated the risks relating to using sails which may subsequently be deemed illegal by the New York courts. We can only assume that they assess the risk as low. Otherwise to lose the cup on a technicality after such a long, arduous and expensive program would be strange

 
At 4:42 PM, Blogger Norby said...

to sailboatracer: alinghi's record on the legal risks evaluation and assessment has not been that bright, has it?
but keep your faith.

 
At 9:23 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

It seems that the lawyers that Alinghi has look at the precedents differently than most. If the argument that 'egyptian cotton' means that any source for sails is allowed. That seems to imply that all the raw materials used in the rest of the vessel must 'originate in country' rather than be constructed in country. How far back does this go in the production of parts, to the iron ore for the steel parts, the chemicals used to make the epoxy holding the fibers together?
The question seems to become at what point do things quit being components and start being an element of the vessel. Unfinished sail panels seem to be shaped specifically for a singular application. Unmounted stock engines should be able to fit into multiple applications. Perhaps there will be a new racing class of DoGzilla catamarans, and such sails may become standard parts. Perhaps the RRS will be reinstated in its entirety and we will not need to worry about moving ballast and trimming motors and what color the friction reducing chemicals are. I believe it to be most likely that the lawyers grandchildren will still be arguing this case when they are ready to retire. Of course, the job of any good lawyer is to make sure that the services of other lawyers are needed.

The Fool

 

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