34th America's Cup - US Sailing to draft multihull rule



7:44 PM Wed 15 Sep 2010 GMT
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34th America's Cup - Competition details were announced during Monday's press conference in Valencia, Spain. The extremely fast AC72 wingsail America's Cup catamaran has been tagged as the chosen boat for the 2013 race. US Sailing, in partnership with Morrelli & Melvin Design & Engineering, is the neutral party responsible for managing the development of the multihull rule. To ensure that no team would have an unfair advantage by creating the rule, US Sailing was approached by the BMW Oracle Racing Team to provide oversight of the rule drafting process. Pete Melvin, a two-time A Class catamaran world champion, has ...


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