America's Cup Opener Postponed

AMERICA'S CUP OPENER POSTPONED (Scuttlebutt online article)
Valencia, Spain (February 8, 2010) - Having two of the fastest, mosttechnologically advanced sailboats ever built doesn't do much good ifthere's not enough wind to sail them. It's almost as if Mother Nature pulleda fast one on the two bickering billionaires contesting the America's Cup. The opening race of the eagerly anticipated showdown between two-timedefending champion Alinghi of Switzerland and American challenger BMW OracleRacing was postponed Monday because of light, unsteady wind. The giant multihulls USA and Alinghi 5 were towed out of port before dawn toget to the starting line some 28 miles off the Valencia coast. They floatedidly for nearly four hours in the cold before the race was called off. --Bernie Wilson, Associated Press, read on: http://tinyurl.com/y97zltk * VIEWING: Some of the North American options: http://bit.ly/a0j9iY * SCHEDULE: The Match is won by the yacht to first win two races. Racewarning signal is at 10:00 am local time (CET), with race to start at 10:06am. Following the abandonment of racing on Monday (due to insufficientwind), the schedule will continue to attempt a race every other day(Wednesday the 10th, Friday the 12th, Sunday the 14th, etc.). * COURSE: The first and third races will be a course twenty nautical milesto windward and return; the second race, an equilateral triangular race ofthirty-nine nautical miles, the first side of which shall be a beat towindward. Golden Gate Yacht Club won a pre-event coin toss, and chose for astarboard end start entry for the first and third races.* EVENT WEBSITE: Look to the 33rd America's Cup website for event documents,jury decisions, and other event details: http://33rd.americascup.com/en/* TEAM UPDATES: Here are the best links for team information:- Alinghi: http://www.alinghi.com/en/ - BMW Oracle Racing: http://bmworacleracingblog.blogspot.com/

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