America's Cup: San Francisco shortens the odds in tight Venue race



2:59 AM Fri 24 Dec 2010 GMT
'Cartoon from East Coast USA'
Sail-World NZ?s Editor, Richard Gladwell, caught up with BMW Oracle Racing?s Chief Operating Officer, and lead negotiator for the 34th America?s Cup Venue Selection process, the day after he returned from visiting the three candidates in Newport, San Francisco and Italy. Barclay told Sail-World that the decision was 'going right down to the wire, documenting each city?s proposal ? each are very different. The US proposals are very different from the ones out of Europe.' Negotiations are conducted by a team from BMW Oracle Racing, rather than an individual assigned to one City. Barclay has visited all three Cities in ...


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by Richard Gladwell





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