America's Cup: Large turnout for secret Challenger Briefing in Paris

6:16 PM Fri 22 Oct 2010 GMT

'34th America's Cup - Potential challengers meeting - Hotel Crowne Plaza' Gilles Martin-Raget/www.americascup.com Click Here to view large photo

Twenty-four prospective teams for the 34th America's Cup met today with the newly established independent organization, America's Cup Race Management (ACRM), regarding the details for the next Cup racing cycle set to begin in 2011 with an America's Cup World Series. The turnout was in line, or higher, with similar first meetings for previous America's Cup cycles. However the number of attendees was far higher than picked by most pundits who were struggling to get more than six serious teams. It is believed that two teams who did not attend were TeamOrigin and winner of the 31st and 32nd America's ...

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by America's Cup Media and Sail-World