http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-Italians-fire-off-protests-over-Spying-and-Venue-switch/104292
It has been a busy week for rules advisers for the Italian Challenger for the 34th America's Cup, Luna Rossa.
Two protests have been lodged with the International Jury. And the Jury Chairman has responded with a terse reminder to teams about leaking Jury documents to the media
The first revolves around espionage by the America's Defender, Oracle Team USA, and would seem to be the latest round of a long Cup tradition of information gathering on competitors, during the vital final design window before the commencement of the America's Cup Regatta.
In 1983 espionage claims were rife, as the then Defender, New York Yacht Club, tried to find out details of the winged keel of Australia II. In 1992 it was taken to new heights by Bill Koch, who conducted a full espionage campaign, all perfectly within the very lax rules, and was able to develop an accurate profile of each competitor, and then designed a radical, narrow boat, which proved unbeatable in the 1992 America's Cup.
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| 'Sitting on a competitors line and waiting for them to break the 200 metre circle is believed to be Oracle Team USA’s tactic on the Hauraki Gulf' Chris Cameron/ETNZ© |
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