The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) has reported on its website that Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) have rejected their settlement offer (detailed in the last post, which I can hear playing faintly in the distance). Although SNG/Alinghi themselves have issued nothing, there are stories of a press conference to be held at some stage…
Meanwhile, rumour control is buzzing with what this might mean – according to an interview with Brad Butterworth on NewstalkZB in NZ, on Sunday (transcribed onto 2007Ac.com’s forum with a short story on the NewstalkZB site, and the audio itself on Scuttlebutt), it looks like Alinghi’s response to an Oracle court case win could be to race in cats. But there are plenty of other issues bubbling, like Oracle’s occupation of their Valencia shorebase, now that Alinghi’s ultimatum has passed without the lawsuit being withdrawn. Not to mention Russell Coutts’ accusation in the most recent GGYC release that SNG want to postpone the event (till 2011 to avoid a clash with the World Cup according to Butterworth) for commercial reasons – namely there aren’t enough teams, or sponsors – and SNG is trying to scapegoat GGYC.
I think you can expect more fur to fly over the coming few days…
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Meanwhile, rumour control is buzzing with what this might mean – according to an interview with Brad Butterworth on NewstalkZB in NZ, on Sunday (transcribed onto 2007Ac.com’s forum with a short story on the NewstalkZB site, and the audio itself on Scuttlebutt), it looks like Alinghi’s response to an Oracle court case win could be to race in cats. But there are plenty of other issues bubbling, like Oracle’s occupation of their Valencia shorebase, now that Alinghi’s ultimatum has passed without the lawsuit being withdrawn. Not to mention Russell Coutts’ accusation in the most recent GGYC release that SNG want to postpone the event (till 2011 to avoid a clash with the World Cup according to Butterworth) for commercial reasons – namely there aren’t enough teams, or sponsors – and SNG is trying to scapegoat GGYC.
I think you can expect more fur to fly over the coming few days…
www.markchisnell.com
Mark Chisnell ©