America's Cup to head on new course + Video

2:19 PM Tue 16 Feb 2010 GMT

'Larry Ellison will now have the opportunity to steer a new course for the America’s Cup' Richard Gladwell Click Here to view large photo

Details, such as they are of the 34th America's Cup were revealed in a Media Conference yesterday at 4.00pm local time in Valencia.

ValenciaSailing.com was there and reports:

Less than 24 hours after winning the 33rd America's Cup in Valencia, BMW Oracle held a press conference to talk about the sailing and technical aspects of the winning campaign but, more importantly, shed more light on the future of the world's oldest sports trophy. Still, the bottom line from the press conference is that there is nothing decided yet, according to Russell Coutts, just sketchy outlines of BMW Oracle's intentions. The message Coutts wanted to convey was that they will try to take the lessons from past editions, avoid repeating the same errors and have an 'open dialog with all participants'. It is important to move forward quite quickly but without rushing into a decision.

Independent Management

Independent management of all the on-the-water aspects of the regatta is the cornerstone of BMW Oracle's philosophy as the new Defender, according to Russell Coutts. All race officials, umpires, measurers and jury members will be completely independent from the defender, although it is not clear yet what form this independent body will have. Coutts stated various times throughout the conference that his team's aim is to make the edition that starts today a better event than the previous ones, where all competitors will have fair and equal rules.

To see read the full report from ValenciaSailing.com click here

To watch the Media Conference video click on the image below:

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