El Oracle y Alinghi competirán en una Copa América en la que los americanos elegirán el barco y los suizos el lugar.
El Tribunal Supremo de Nueva York, a través de una sentencia del juez Herman Cahn, ha denegado hoy las dos mociones presentadas por la Sociedad Náutica de Ginebra (SNG) y Alinghi contra el Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) y BMW Oracle, en la que les pedía al juez que lo declarará inválido como primer desafiante ‘Challenger of Record’.
La 33 edición de la Copa América será un enfrentamiento directo entre los dos, aunque se desconoce el campo de regatas.
En caso de que gane el Alinghi, la 34ª Copa América se disputará en Valencia porque así está firmado; si gana el BMW Oracle, no se sabe dónde se disputaría, aunque los estadounidenses han declarado que también ven con buenos ojos la opción de Valencia.
Los estadounidenses establecieron que la regata debía celebrarse a principio de octubre de este año, mientras que el Alinghi establecía como fecha julio de 2009. El sindicato suizo anunció en un comunicado que no presentará recurso a esta sentencia y que tiene previsto resolver el conflicto en el agua.
El Tribunal Supremo de Nueva York, a través de una sentencia del juez Herman Cahn, ha denegado hoy las dos mociones presentadas por la Sociedad Náutica de Ginebra (SNG) y Alinghi contra el Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) y BMW Oracle, en la que les pedía al juez que lo declarará inválido como primer desafiante ‘Challenger of Record’.
La sentencia deniega tanto la moción en la que Alinghi le pedía al juez que reargumentara y renovara su decisión del pasado 27 de noviembre en la que declaró al GGYC como ‘Challenger of Record’, como la moción en la que los suizos solicitan que se declarara nulo el anuncio de regata y el certificado de los barcos con los que se debía competir hechos por BMW Oracle.
Así pues, el juez da la razón a BMW Oracle y el sindicato norteamericano, que se acogió al ‘Deed of gift’ –acta fundacional de la regata–, tendrá que elegir los barcos multicascos con los que se compite en un duelo al mejor de tres regatas, mientras que Alinghi tendrá el derecho de elegir el campo de regatas. En caso de que gane el Alinghi, la 34ª Copa América se disputará en Valencia porque así está firmado en un contrato; si gana el BMW Oracle, no se sabe dónde se disputaría, aunque los estadounidenses han declarado que también ven con buenos ojos la opción de Valencia.
Los estadounidenses establecieron que la regata debía celebrarse a principio de octubre de este año, mientras que el Alinghi establecía como fecha julio de 2009. El sindicato suizo anunció en un comunicado que no presentará recurso a esta sentencia y que tiene previsto resolver el conflicto en el agua.
El 14 de enero, el juez Cahn se reunió con los abogados de las dos partes y quedó programada una vista para el 23 de enero. En esa vista, el juez escuchó la moción del equipo suizo en la que estos mantiene la invalidez del BMW Oracle como ‘Challenger of Record’, por una falta de definición clara de los barcos multicasco con los que se debería navegar.
El ‘Deed of Gift’ dice que el duelo entre los dos equipos tendrá lugar al mejor de tres regatas, con barcos multicascos y los americanos incluyeron en su redacción que estas embarcaciones tendrían quilla, algo que denunciaron los suizos ante el juez.
El certificado del desafío es un documento crucial requerido por el ‘Deed of Gift’ que proporciona al Defensor, en este caso Alinghi, una descripción precisa del barco desafiante, al tiempo que permite al menos 10 meses para el diseño y la construcción del barco defensor.
DEED OF GIFT
This Deed of Gift, made the twenty-fourth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-seven, between George L. Schuyler as sole surviving owner
of the Cup won by the yacht AMERICA at Cowes, England, on the twenty-second
day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, of the first part, and the
New York Yacht Club, of the second part, as amended by orders of the Supreme
Court of the State of New York dated December 17, 1956, and April 5, 1985.
WITNESSETH
That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the premises and
of the performance of the conditions and agreements hereinafter set forth by the
party of the second part, has granted, bargained, sold, assigned, transferred, and
set over, and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer, and
set over, unto said party of the second part, its successors and assigns, the Cup
won by the schooner yacht AMERICA, at Cowes, England, upon the twentysecond
day of August, 1851. To have and to hold the same to the said party of
the second part, its successors and assigns, IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, for
the following uses and purposes:
This Cup is donated upon the conditions that it shall be preserved as a perpetual
Challenge Cup for friendly competition between foreign countries.
Any organized Yacht Club of a foreign country, incorporated, patented, or
licensed by the legislature, admiralty, or other executive department, having for
its annual regatta an ocean water course on the sea, or on an arm of the sea, or
one which combines both, shall always be entitled to the right of sailing a match
of this Cup, with a yacht or vessel propelled by sails only and constructed in the
country to which the Challenging Club belongs, against any one yacht or vessel
constructed in the country of the Club holding the Cup.
The competing yachts or vessels, if of one mast, shall be not less than forty-four
feet nor more than ninety feet on the load water-line; if of more than one mast
they shall be not less than eighty feet nor more than one hundred and fifteen feet
on the load water-line.
The Challenging Club shall give ten months’ notice, in writing, naming the days
for the proposed races; but no race shall be sailed in the days intervening
between November 1st and May 1st if the races are to conducted in the Northern
Hemisphere; and no race shall be sailed in the days intervening between May 1st
and November 1st if the races are to be conducted in the Southern Hemisphere.
Accompanying the ten months’ notice of challenge there must be sent the name
of the owner and a certificate of the name, rig and following dimensions of the
challenging vessel, namely, length on load water-line; beam at load water-line
and extreme beam; and draught of water; which dimensions shall not be
exceeded; and a custom-house registry of the vessel must also be sent as soon
as possible. Center-board or sliding keel vessels shall always be allowed to
compete in any race for this Cup, and no restriction nor limitation whatever shall
be placed upon the use of such center-board or sliding keel, nor shall the centerboard
or sliding keel be considered a part of the vessel for any purposes of
measurement.
The Club challenging for the Cup and the Club holding the same may, by mutual
consent, make any arrangement satisfactory to both as to the dates, courses,
number of trials, rules and sailing regulations, and any and all other conditions of
the match, in which case also the ten months’ notice may be waived.
In case the parties cannot mutually agree upon the terms of a match, then three
races shall be sailed, and the winner of two of such races shall be entitled to the
Cup. All such races shall be on ocean courses, free from headlands, as follows:
The first race, twenty nautical miles to windward and return; the second race an
equilateral triangular race of thirty-nine nautical miles, the first side of which shall
be a beat to windward; the third race (if necessary) twenty nautical miles to
windward and return; and one week day shall intervene between the conclusion
of one race and the starting of the next race. These ocean courses shall be
practicable in all parts for vessels of twenty-two feet draught of water, and shall
be selected by the Club holding the Cup; and these races shall be sailed subject
to its rules and sailing regulations so far as the same do not conflict with the
provisions of this deed of gift, but without any times allowances whatever. The
challenged Club shall not be required to name its representative vessel until at a
time agreed upon for the start, but the vessel when named must compete in all
the races, and each of such races must be completed within seven hours.
Should the Club holding the Cup be for any cause dissolved, the Cup shall be
transferred to some Club of the same nationality, eligible to challenge under this
deed of gift, in trust and subject to its provisions. In the event of the failure of
such transfer within three months after such dissolution, such Cup shall revert to
the preceding Club holding the same, and under the terms of this deed of gift. It
is distinctly understood that the Cup is to be the property of the Club subject to
the provisions of this deed, and not the property of the owner or owners of any
vessel winning a match.
No vessel which has been defeated in a match for this Cup can be again
selected by any Club as its representative until after a contest for it by some
other vessel has intervened, or until after the expiration of two years from the
time of such defeat. And when a challenge from a Club fulfilling all the conditions
required by this instrument has been received, no other challenge can be
considered until the pending event has been decided.
AND, the said party of the second part hereby accepts the said Cup subject to
the said trust, terms, and conditions, and hereby covenants and agrees to and
with said party of the first part that it will faithfully and will fully see that the
foregoing conditions are fully observed and complied with by any contestant for
the said Cup during the holding thereof by it; and that it will assign, transfer, and
deliver the said Cup to the foreign Yacht Club whose representative yacht shall
have won the same in accordance with the foregoing terms and conditions,
provided the said foreign Club shall, by instrument in writing lawfully executed,
enter with said part of the second part into the like covenants as are herein
entered into by it, such instrument to contain a like provision for the successive
assignees to enter into the same covenants with their respective assignors, and
to be executed in duplicate, one to be retained by each Club, and a copy thereof
to be forwarded to the said party of the second part.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said party of the first part has hereunto set his
hand and seal, and the said party of the second part has caused its corporate
seal to be affixed to these presents and the same to be signed by its Commodore
and attested by its Secretary, the day and year first above written.
GEORGE L. SCHUYLER, (L.S.) In the presence of THE NEW YORK YACHT
CLUB H. D. Hamilton. by Elbridge T. Gerry, Commodore (Seal of the New York
Yacht Club) John H. Bird, Secretary
hundred and eighty-seven, between George L. Schuyler as sole surviving owner
of the Cup won by the yacht AMERICA at Cowes, England, on the twenty-second
day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, of the first part, and the
New York Yacht Club, of the second part, as amended by orders of the Supreme
Court of the State of New York dated December 17, 1956, and April 5, 1985.
WITNESSETH
That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the premises and
of the performance of the conditions and agreements hereinafter set forth by the
party of the second part, has granted, bargained, sold, assigned, transferred, and
set over, and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer, and
set over, unto said party of the second part, its successors and assigns, the Cup
won by the schooner yacht AMERICA, at Cowes, England, upon the twentysecond
day of August, 1851. To have and to hold the same to the said party of
the second part, its successors and assigns, IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, for
the following uses and purposes:
This Cup is donated upon the conditions that it shall be preserved as a perpetual
Challenge Cup for friendly competition between foreign countries.
Any organized Yacht Club of a foreign country, incorporated, patented, or
licensed by the legislature, admiralty, or other executive department, having for
its annual regatta an ocean water course on the sea, or on an arm of the sea, or
one which combines both, shall always be entitled to the right of sailing a match
of this Cup, with a yacht or vessel propelled by sails only and constructed in the
country to which the Challenging Club belongs, against any one yacht or vessel
constructed in the country of the Club holding the Cup.
The competing yachts or vessels, if of one mast, shall be not less than forty-four
feet nor more than ninety feet on the load water-line; if of more than one mast
they shall be not less than eighty feet nor more than one hundred and fifteen feet
on the load water-line.
The Challenging Club shall give ten months’ notice, in writing, naming the days
for the proposed races; but no race shall be sailed in the days intervening
between November 1st and May 1st if the races are to conducted in the Northern
Hemisphere; and no race shall be sailed in the days intervening between May 1st
and November 1st if the races are to be conducted in the Southern Hemisphere.
Accompanying the ten months’ notice of challenge there must be sent the name
of the owner and a certificate of the name, rig and following dimensions of the
challenging vessel, namely, length on load water-line; beam at load water-line
and extreme beam; and draught of water; which dimensions shall not be
exceeded; and a custom-house registry of the vessel must also be sent as soon
as possible. Center-board or sliding keel vessels shall always be allowed to
compete in any race for this Cup, and no restriction nor limitation whatever shall
be placed upon the use of such center-board or sliding keel, nor shall the centerboard
or sliding keel be considered a part of the vessel for any purposes of
measurement.
The Club challenging for the Cup and the Club holding the same may, by mutual
consent, make any arrangement satisfactory to both as to the dates, courses,
number of trials, rules and sailing regulations, and any and all other conditions of
the match, in which case also the ten months’ notice may be waived.
In case the parties cannot mutually agree upon the terms of a match, then three
races shall be sailed, and the winner of two of such races shall be entitled to the
Cup. All such races shall be on ocean courses, free from headlands, as follows:
The first race, twenty nautical miles to windward and return; the second race an
equilateral triangular race of thirty-nine nautical miles, the first side of which shall
be a beat to windward; the third race (if necessary) twenty nautical miles to
windward and return; and one week day shall intervene between the conclusion
of one race and the starting of the next race. These ocean courses shall be
practicable in all parts for vessels of twenty-two feet draught of water, and shall
be selected by the Club holding the Cup; and these races shall be sailed subject
to its rules and sailing regulations so far as the same do not conflict with the
provisions of this deed of gift, but without any times allowances whatever. The
challenged Club shall not be required to name its representative vessel until at a
time agreed upon for the start, but the vessel when named must compete in all
the races, and each of such races must be completed within seven hours.
Should the Club holding the Cup be for any cause dissolved, the Cup shall be
transferred to some Club of the same nationality, eligible to challenge under this
deed of gift, in trust and subject to its provisions. In the event of the failure of
such transfer within three months after such dissolution, such Cup shall revert to
the preceding Club holding the same, and under the terms of this deed of gift. It
is distinctly understood that the Cup is to be the property of the Club subject to
the provisions of this deed, and not the property of the owner or owners of any
vessel winning a match.
No vessel which has been defeated in a match for this Cup can be again
selected by any Club as its representative until after a contest for it by some
other vessel has intervened, or until after the expiration of two years from the
time of such defeat. And when a challenge from a Club fulfilling all the conditions
required by this instrument has been received, no other challenge can be
considered until the pending event has been decided.
AND, the said party of the second part hereby accepts the said Cup subject to
the said trust, terms, and conditions, and hereby covenants and agrees to and
with said party of the first part that it will faithfully and will fully see that the
foregoing conditions are fully observed and complied with by any contestant for
the said Cup during the holding thereof by it; and that it will assign, transfer, and
deliver the said Cup to the foreign Yacht Club whose representative yacht shall
have won the same in accordance with the foregoing terms and conditions,
provided the said foreign Club shall, by instrument in writing lawfully executed,
enter with said part of the second part into the like covenants as are herein
entered into by it, such instrument to contain a like provision for the successive
assignees to enter into the same covenants with their respective assignors, and
to be executed in duplicate, one to be retained by each Club, and a copy thereof
to be forwarded to the said party of the second part.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said party of the first part has hereunto set his
hand and seal, and the said party of the second part has caused its corporate
seal to be affixed to these presents and the same to be signed by its Commodore
and attested by its Secretary, the day and year first above written.
GEORGE L. SCHUYLER, (L.S.) In the presence of THE NEW YORK YACHT
CLUB H. D. Hamilton. by Elbridge T. Gerry, Commodore (Seal of the New York
Yacht Club) John H. Bird, Secretary
Fuente: America’s cup
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Yo ya no entiendo que pasa con lo de la copa america, llegaran a un acuerdo o no¿?
¿ Habemus Copa América?
Si se ponen de acuerdo Alinghi y BMW Oracle probablemente la volvamos a tener.