Thursday, 10 April 2014

America's Cup news, New Zealanders implicated in AC45 unauthorised modification case escape further sanction from Yachting New Zealand

From the following article submitted to Sail-World by Richard Gladwell:

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/index.cfm?SEID=2&Nid=120957&SRCID=0&ntid=0&tickeruid=0&tickerCID=0

The two New Zealanders involved in the ruckus over boat tampering in the AC45 class prior to the 34th America's Cup have not had any action taken against them by Yachting New Zealand.

The incident blew up several weeks before the start of the 34th America's where several members of America's Cup Defender Oracle Team USA questioned by the International Jury after measurement irregularities were found. Several members of the team were accused of cheating and adverse findings were made against five of those. Six team members were found by the International Jury to be actually implicated in the issue, but one had no further action taken against him.

Two members of the team were found by the International Jury to have lied to the judicial body for the America's Cup. This is a serious matter under the Protocol of the America's Cup which covered both the America's Cup World Series regattas sailed in AC45 wingsailed catamarans, and the America's Cup itself.

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