35th America's Cup, Larry Ellison considers venue locations including Honolulu

From the following article on the SFGate:

http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Larry-Ellison-eyeing-Honolulu-for-17-America-s-5303121.php

Larry Ellison sat in the quiet living room of his Woodside home and talked about what comes next, after winning the America's Cup for the second time in September 2013, an epic victory being called "the comeback of comebacks."

His vision for the next America's Cup, detailed in a series of exclusive interviews over several months, involves the staging of regattas all over the world - leading up to the Louis Vuitton Cup, and the main event, the America's Cup, likely taking place in Honolulu.

This competition would be a departure from anything done before, and would mean that - unless negotiations turn around - San Francisco will not be the host city for the next Cup.

While outlining his vision for the 35th America's Cup, Ellison acknowledges that much needs to happen before his plan is a reality, and that Team USA CEO Russell Coutts remains actively - and earnestly - in talks with other venues, from San Francisco and San Diego to Newport, R.I.

Ellison's ideas for the 35th America's Cup advance his goal of attracting a wider audience to the sport of sailing and to the 163-year-old regatta. He called the races of the 34th America's Cup "the most magnificent spectacle" he'd ever seen on the water and believes the regatta has "changed sailing forever."

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AC45 catamarans to be deployed as high end charter boats off Lanai/Hawaii in absence of America's Cup world series in 2014

From the following article on mysailing:

http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/larry-ellison-plans-to-bring-ac45s-to-hawaii-for-rich-man-charters-off-lanai

Larry Ellison plans to bring AC45s to Hawaii for "rich man" charters off Lanai

09 Feb 2014

According to Pacific Business News, Oracle Team USA owner and billionaire Silicon Valley entrepreneur Larry Ellison plans to use eight AC45s  for "high end" charters off the island of Lanai.
The 45ft catamarans were used for the America's Cup World Series and the Youth America's Cup in the lead-up to the 34th Match in San Francisco. There is no World Series planned for 2014, leaving the boats with no other use until 2015, when they are expected to resume hostilities with the addition of foils.

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