Two main threats to Kiwi cup challenge
Team New Zealand will seriously fear just two of the 10 other challengers confirmed for the 32nd America’s Cup in 2007.
That is Peter Montgomery’s take on the final makeup of the Louis Vuitton fleet ready to fight for the right to challenge Swiss holders Alinghi for the Auld Mug in Valencia, Spain.
The defending Swiss yacht club, Societe Nautique de Geneve, accepted late “challenge dossiers” from German and Chinese syndicates before the official entry deadline on Saturday.
It will mean a Louis Vuitton challengers’ series comprising 11 syndicates from nine countries with South Africa’s Team Shosholoza joining United Internet Team Germany and China Team by Le Defi as America’s Cup rookies.
But Montgomery, the voice of world sailing, is confident Team New Zealand’s campaign for a dream rematch with Alinghi will be seriously tested only by the Larry Ellison and Chris Dickson-led BMW Oracle Racing and Italy’s equally well funded Luna Rossa Challenge.
Two main threats to Kiwi cup challenge
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