Tuesday 18 June 2013

America's Cup update, regatta director Iain Murray calls in the mediators

From the following article on the excellent Sail Racing Magazine's website:

Murray calls in the mediators as slow progress continues over safety changes.
 

America's Cup organisers are continuing to make slow progress in their efforts to implement the safety changes recommended by an expert panel following the fatal crash of the Artemis Racing AC72 six weeks ago.

In the days following the incident which claimed the life of Artemis strategist Andrew Simpson, regatta director Iain Murray convened an independent panel of experts to review all matters relating to the safety of sailing the AC45 and AC72 catamarans. On May 22 that committee issued a list of 37 recommended changes, but to date only two of them have made it through to become part of the Cup rules.

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