America's Cup: Teams to meet in Paris this week

8:01 AM Tue 19 Oct 2010 GMT

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Stuart Alexander, highly respected Yachting Correspondent for the Independent (UK) reports on the latest developments in the America's Cup: This week sees a meeting in Paris for potential teams for the next America's Cup in 2013. Outlining plans, including the launch of a new 45-foot class of wing sail catamaran being built in New Zealand, will be the new chief executive of America's Cup Race Management, the Australian Iain Murray, along with chief operating officer Andy Hindley. Britain's Team Origin, which is disposing of many of its assets, will not be there, having pulled out of the event, but representatives ...

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by Stuart Alexander. The Independent