Gladwell's Line: 2014 America's Cup - the Backdrop to the Decisions

2:15 AM Sun 29 Aug 2010 GMT

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With revised America's Cup Protocol due out mid next week, and the decision on the boat for the 34th America's Cup due a month later it seems that the arrangements for the 2014 regatta are slowly coming into focus. The Protocol itself is not a biggie. It is a living document, and will be amended and tweaked right up to the time that the America's Cup is sailed. The next two milestones are very crucial and are binary decisions. There are no fuzzy zones. The boat choice is between a multihull or monohull - with the 22 metre (70 foot) ...

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by Richard Gladwell