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Article: New York Court of Appeals ruling moors 2009 regatta
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- Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
- Article date:
- April 3, 2009
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The race is off - at least that of the previously planned, $2
billion multi-boat America's Cup sailing regatta originally
scheduled for this summer in Valencia, Spain. That race sank
Thursday with a Court of Appeals' decision that strictly construed
the provisions of the trust governing the event.
"What's good about the decision is that it finally ... gets back
to sailors competing for the America's Cup on the water," said Hank
Stuart, a member of the Rochester Yacht Club, the New York Yacht
Club and the St. Francis Yacht Club, who sailed in three America's
Cup races.
The court case began soon after the Societe Nautique de Geneve
won the 32nd America's Cup race in 2007. The newly formed Club ...