An eighth challenger has joined contestants for the 32nd America’s Cup race to be held in 2007, Yachting World magazine reported this week.
Spain’s El Reto syndicate, representing the Spanish Sailing Federation, will make the nation’s fourth challenge for the prestigious yacht race. The syndicate is headed by Agustin Zulueta, a well-known racing yacht project manager […]
America’s Cup rules have been waived to allow Spanish syndicate El Reto to join the list of challengers.
El Reto will represent the Real Federacion Espaola de Vela, the Spanish Sailing Federation, rather than a yacht club.
Cup rules say teams must align themselves with a yacht club.
Alinghi, which took the cup from New Zealand last year, […]
“El Reto: The Spanish Challenge” became the seventh official team to register for sailing’s 2007 America’s Cup in Valencia, Spain, and will represent the host nation with a budget of about 65 million euros ($87 million), event organizers said yesterday.
The team paid a 1 million euro guarantee four days ago, Marcus Hutchinson, a spokesman for […]