TP52's and Brits face up to a future after the America's Cup Protocol



9:49 AM Wed 22 Sep 2010 GMT
'Stuart Alexander' Richard Gladwell
One of the world's top sailing writers, Stuart Alexander, Yachting Correspondent for the The Independent (UK), looks at the future for the TP52 class and Audi MedCup: The tectonic plates which support grand prix yacht racing can be heard groaning and shifting in the heat of Mediterranean Spain. Change is in the wind and part of its future was revealed, after months of uncertainty, when the protocol for the next America's Cup was issued last week. What is already certain is that the Audi MedCup will be back next year. To replace the GP42 class, which is moving on, there ...


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