America's Cup: Coutts vigorous in defence of catamarans

12:19 PM Fri 28 Jan 2011 GMT

'Russell Coutts steers the AC45 for the first time' Gilles Martin-Raget/www.americascup.com Click Here to view large photo

Oracle Racing CEO, Russell Coutts, attacked those who do not believe it will be possible to have match racing in multihulls in the 34th America?s Cup. He was speaking at a media conference arranged at the Oracle Racing temporary base in the Viaduct Harbour. The event was attended by local media, with international media online via a conference link. 'The modern multihull is a lot more advanced than even those of 10 years ago', he said. When I say it is a lot better - it is different universe!' 'A lot of people have commented on the pros and cons. ...

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by Richard Gladwell