News Chronology of the 32nd Defense of the America's Cup
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January 24, 2005 Danish newspaper: Jesper Banks to
skipper Fresh 17
January 20, 2005 ACM: German television will air
Acts and Cup Matches
January 20, 2005 Las Provincias suggests Victory will
challenge again
January 18, 2005 Shosholoza officially announces
partnership with T-Systems
January 14, 2005 BMW Oracle will build their boats at
Janicki Industries in Sedro-Woolley
January 14, 2005 Spanish team buys OneWorld Challenge
boats
January 14, 2005 T-Systems announces a three pillar
approach to supporting sailing
January 11, 2005 K-Challenge design team
progresses
January 11, 2005
K-Challenge adds Cameron Appleton (TNZ) and counsel George Clyde (GBR)
January 11, 2005 - Chaoyong
Wang and Quanhai Li visit Valencia
January 10, 2005 Reports
that German Telecom T-systems will sponsor Shosholoza
January 10, 2005 Cameron
Wills joins South African Challenge as grinder
January 9, 2005 Alinghi
embarks on new Valencia base
January 4, 2005 BMW
Oracle Racing displays a UBS racing video on their website
January 3, 2005 First new
Luna Rossa boat due November 2005; Second in June 2006 (YC Italiano)
January 2, 2005 - Anthony
Romano becomes general manager of Luna Rossa
January 1, 2005 - SUI 75
rejuvenated
December 30, 2004 - NZL-82
will be retired to Dubai in October 2005
December 21, 2004 - ACM
announces El Reto is the eighth challenger for the 32nd America's Cup
December 21, 2004 - BMW
Oracle looks at 2004
December 20, 2004 Peter
Rusch wraps up state of the Cup after the 12/17/04 early challenge deadline
December 18, 2004 - Victory
Challenge may be revived (in Swedish)
December 17, 2004 ACM
says two more challenges were submitted before the deadline, announcements to
come
December 15, 2004 OzBoys
announce they will wait until April 2005 to challenge
December 12, 2004
Sausalito YC members vote to challenge
December 10, 2004 Former
illbruck NZL-68 now trialing with NZL-81
December 9, 2004 ETNZ
launches modified NZL-68
December 2, 2004 Tom
Schnackenburg out at ETNZ
December 1, 2004 - +39
launches website
December 1, 2004 - AC
technology through a partnership with Alcatel
November 30, 2004 - Ed
Baird joins Team Alinghi as helmsman
November 25, 2004
Shosholoza announces new v5.0 yacht underway
November 16, 2004 GBR
suspends operations indefinitely, citing financial constraints
November 11, 2004 Alinghi
begins testing waves on hull shape after Act 3 concludes
October 28, 2004 the
Spanish challenges merge
October 17, 2004 Team
Alinghi wins Act 3; ETNZ wins 2004 ACC World Championship
October 12, 2004 Emirates
Team New Zealand wins Act 2
October 11, 2004
Sausalito launches new website
October 8, 2004 LeDefi
launches new website
October 7, 2004 - King Juan
Carlos rides aboard SUI-64 as 18th man
October 2, 2004 ACM
publishes financial accounting
October 1, 2004 Lyn Hines
images from Valencia
September 30, 2004 Wind
range for Valencia announced in Alinghi article
September 29, 2004 -
Alinghi TV streaming real-time video for Acts 2 & 3
September 25, 2004 - James
Spithill will helm for Luna Rossa
September 24, 2004 NZL-81
arrives in Valencia to replace damaged 82
September 23, 2004 Luna
Rossa launches new website
September 22, 2004 Andy
Green to work with Shosholoza in 2004
September 18, 2004 - Chris
Dickson: Weve come to Valencia to go racing
September 18, 2004 Boats
being unloaded in Valencia
September 16, 2004 - The
little details which make the difference: 25-32-25 (version 4 / 5)
September 12, 2004 Three
AC yachts badly damaged: SUI-64, USA-76 and NZL-82
September 12, 2004 - SUI-64
damaged in freak Marseille storm
September 8, 2004 South
African Shosholoza team launches new website
September 6, 2004 German
challenger Fresh 17 launches website
August 31, 2004 Louis
Vuitton Act 1 coverage begins
August 31, 2004 - Alinghi
adds mastman Mark Newbrook
August 29, 2004
K-Challenge unveils new livery in Marseille
August 26, 2004 - +39 buys
SUI-59 from Alinghi
August 25, 2004 - Fleet
Racing perspective from Peter Holmberg
August 19, 2004 - Luna
Rossa has submitted formal challenge papers (in Italian)
August 18, 2004 Bertand
Pace joins BMW Oracle Racing
August 15, 2004 Oracle
BMW becomes BMW Oracle Racing
August 11, 2004 ACM
will display GBR-44 in Marseille and Valencia
August 4, 2004 El Reto
announces Iberdrola sponsorship; possible fate of OWC boats
July 28, 2004 Coutts
officially fired by Alinghi
July 21, 2004 Alinghi
holds planning meeting with sailors and designers in Lausanne
July 20, 2004 Dockwise
named ACM partner to provide transport between Acts
July 15, 2004 - Levante
reports Luna Rossa will Valencia Acts 2 and 3, but not Act 1
July 9, 2004 Geoff Meek
of Shosholoza interviewed
July 7, 2004 - NZL-57 and
NZL-82 are loaded on P&O Ship in Auckland for transit to Mediterranean
July 6, 2004 LeDefi and
Luna Rossa train together in Valencia
June 29, 2004 - ETNZ
officially becomes fourth Challenger
June 27, 2004 - Cup In
Europe reports that ETNZ has filed their challenge
June 26, 2004 - BMW ORACLE
wins the UBS Trophy over Team Alinghi in Newport
June 23, 2004 CupInfo
interviews Alinghi grinder Christain Karcher
June 19, 2004 More
information reported about Coutts trying to leave Alinghi
June 19, 2004 More
reports Coutts is gone from the Defender
June 18, 2004 - UBS Trophy
Opening Press Conference at Newport Shipyard, Newport, RI
June 18, 2004 Bertrand
Pace joins afterguard of BMW Oracle Racing
June 15, 2004 - Dalton says
TNZ will challenge
June 15, 2004 ETNZ
emerges in new Emirates llivery
June 15, 2004 Alinghi
announces format
June 15, 2004 BMWO is
trains off Newport pre-UBS Trophy
June 13, 2004 ETNZ
launches new website
June 7, 2004 ACM
announces Act 1 in Marseille, France
June 3, 2004 Nespresso
signs agreement to be an official supporter of ACM
May 24, 2004 - ANSYS,
global innovator of simulation software and technologies partners with Alinghi
May 20, 2004 Sarno says
South African America's Cup Challenge bid is accepted by ACM
May 26, 2004 CupInfo
interview with new Alinghi helmsman Peter Holmberg
May 12, 2004 - Grupo
Santander joins the 32nd America's Cup as an official partner
April 28, 2004 Emirates
airline becomes title sponsor with TNZ
April 26, 2004 UBS Trophy
website is launched
April 23, 2004
K-Challenge acquires NZL-57 and NZL-60
April 15, 2004 Second
Sausalito auction bids come in at 18 and 18.5 million
April 13, 2004 - Sausalito
Challenge re-launches sale on Ebay Motors
April 11, 2004 - Alinghi to
sell SUI-64, plus design data
April 11, 2004 - Sausalito
Challenge to offer revised sponsorship package
April 10, 2004 Shosholoza
lists crew position / responsibility details
April 9,2004 CupInfo
interviews John Sweeney, Sausalito Challenge
April 9, 2004 Mariantic
launches Follow the Boats portion of AC website
April 8, 2004 South
Africans introduce Minister of Sport; Announce acquisition of RSA-48
April 7, 2004 - Team
Meetings conclude in Valencia
April 2, 2004 - AC
Management, launches the Italian Version of the America's Cup website
April 2, 2004 - Sausalito Challenge sponsorship auction begins
March 26, 2004 - ACM
announces Fall 2004 Regattas dates and format
March 26, 2004
- Clan Des Team is the second official challenger
March 8, 2004 - South
African Challenge official announcement
March 7, 2004 - South
African Challenge moves forward
March 1, 2004 - Sausalito
Challenge will auction exclusive sponsorship on eBay Motors
February 21, 2004 - TNZ
still working to sign sponsors, preparing NZL-82 for '04 racing
February 18, 2004 -
Victory's Bert Willborg visits TNZ's Ross Blackman
February 18, 2004 - Oracle
BMW begins training in Auckland
February 15, 2004 - NY
Times Story: Team New Zealand Tries to Regroup for 2007 Cup
February 12, 2004 -
Alinghi's Bernard Schopfer interviews General Counsel Hamish Ross
February 10, 2004 - Comunidad Valencia exhibits AC at European Parliament in Brussels
February 6, 2004 - GBR's
Peter Harrison commits
ฃ4.5M,
shakes up leadership, sponsors sought
February 4, 2004 - Official
America's Cup site launches Spanish-language version
February 3, 2004 - Alinghi
status check from Michelle Slade
February 3, 2004 - SF
Chronicle story profiles Sausalito YC Challenge launch
February 2, 2004 - ACM
explores exhibition regatta on Lake Geneva
January 30, 2004 -
Sausalito YC begins challenge effort
January 30, 2004 - Spanish
El Reto Challenge will choose home port by February 20
January 28, 2004 -
Recreated J-Class yacht Ranger to race in Rolex Transatlantic in 2005
January 26, 2004 - SNG and
GGYC publish Terms of Challenge and Amended Protocol
January 3, 2004 - Portions
of PJ Montgomery interview with Dalton about new TNZ sponsor
January 2, 2004 - TNZ's
Dalton closes in on big sponsor December 2003
December 24, 2003
- Team comments on new ACC Rule, venue, from ISAF site
December 18, 2003
- Brad Butterworth interviewed in NZ Herald
December 16, 2003
- TNZ's Dalton says ACC rule changes make design problem harder
December 16, 2003
- NZ Herald reviews ACC rules changes
December 15, 2003
- Alinghi wins Credit Suisse Sports "Team of the Year"
December 15, 2003
- Coutts interviewed,
December 15, 2003
- America's Cup Class Rule version 5 released in final form
December 12, 2003
- Team New Zealand selects Marcelino Botin as principal designer
December 12, 2003
- Alinghi announces UBS Trophy for Newport, June, 2004
December 10, 2003
- Mascalzone Latino designer Giovanni Ceccarelli on proposed
ACC Rule version 5
December 9, 2003
- Roberto Bermudez de Castro Mu๑oz may skipper Spanish challenge
December 8, 2003
- Dennis Conner talks about the 2007 Cup in the S&S newsletter
December 4, 2003
- Rolex and Louis Vuitton battled for Cup sponsorship role, story from Financial
Times
December 1, 2003
- Alinghi says Coutts will helm, despite speculation, but pass some shore duties
to Simmer
November 29, 2003 - New version of the America's Cup Class Rule is previewed
November 29, 2003 - CupInEurope reports Spain's Desafio to merge with Antonio Banderas team
November 28, 2003 - Oracle's Ian Burns and Alinghi's Grant Simmer comment on ACC rule
changes
November 28, 2003 - New day for America's Cup business affairs
November 27, 2003 - Dennis Conner unlikely to challenge in 2007, "I've had a great run"
November 27, 2003 - The Cup arrives in Valencia, ACM welcomes Endesa as prime sponsor
November 26, 2003 - Valencia will host the America's Cup in 2007, Louis Vuitton returns
November 24, 2003 - Alinghi adds 3 major sponsors, retains 3 more from 2003
November 24, 2003 - Coutts hints new ACC rule changes conservative, not radical
November 24, 2003 - Alinghi announces signing of Peter Holmberg
November 21, 2003 - Italy's Toscana Challenge makes formal announcement
November 13, 2003 - Writer Rich Roberts sees Valencia as the choice
November 11, 2003 - The four venue candidates press on toward hosting
November 11, 2003 - Hamburger launches German "B-linghi" challenge attempt
November 10, 2003 - Dalton says TNZ's hopes improving but a challenge is not yet certain
November 10, 2003 - ACM reaches sanctioning agreement with ISAF for 32nd America's Cup
November 9, 2003 - Say it ain't so! Has Dennis Conner raced in his last America's Cup?
November 8, 2003 - Emerging Toscana Challenge has team meeting
November 6, 2003 - ACM adds info about venue announcement timing, webcast
November 6, 2003 - OneWorld tries to serve Reeves with legal notice
November 5, 2003 - OzBoyz Challenge launches website
November 4, 2003 - Peter Holmberg optimistic about 2007, but not committed to a team
yet
November 1, 2003 - OneWorld sues Reeves in NZ to collect $1 million US, Reeves
threatens 'crusade'
October 30, 2003
- Final venue selection to be announced November 26, says America's Cup
Management
October 26, 2003
- Alinghi and Holmberg deny signing report
October 23, 2003
- OracleBMW and Farr Yacht Design will team again for 2007
October 21, 2003
- Report later denied: Peter Holmberg goes from OracleBMW to Alinghi
October 20, 2003
- America's Cup Hall of Fame inducts Alan Bond and Gary Jobson
October 16, 2003 - Gary Jobson profiled in Washington Post on day of Hall
of Fame induction
October 13, 2003 - Michael Illbruck announces halt to 2007 illbruck Challenge effort
October 7, 2003 - Australia's OzBoyz
Challenge debuts with web announcement
September 26, 2003
- 20th Anniversary: Newport residents and Liberty crew members look back on
losing the Cup
September 23, 2003
- Alinghi floats expanded ACC racing in Rhode Island for June, 2004
September 21, 2003
- OracleBMW wins both Moet Cup Series
September 20, 2003
- Remembering the historic 1983 Match in Newport
September 20, 2003
- 20th Anniversary Gala for Australia II crew
September 19, 2003
- Russell Coutts interviewed by Laurie Fullerton during the Moet Cup
September 15, 2003
- Mo๋t Cup racing begins in San Francisco
September 11, 2003
- Oracle & Alinghi join 39th San Francisco Bay Big Boat Series
September 11, 2003
ญ 2007ac.com report: Oracle defeats Alinghi in pre-Mo๋t scrimmage
September 11, 2003
- OLN to provide TV coverage of Mo๋t Cup, schedule at:
September 11, 2003
- OracleBMW Racing signs trimmer Ross Halcrow
September 11, 2003
- 12-meter North American Championships in Newport, 12 historic yachts
September 5, 2003
- America's Cup Management refines 2007 host city short-list down to (4) venues
September 3, 2003
- CupInfo.com announces new website devoted to the America's Cup
September 3, 2003
- K-Challenge trials USA-49 against Oracle on San Francisco Bay
September 3, 2003
- Team Alinghi: Jochen Schuemann will skipper Alinghi in the Mo๋t Cup
September 3, 2003
- Article by Julie Ash details Oracle training for Mo๋t Cup in San Francisco
September 2, 2003
- Royal Melbourne YS reported intent on $150M (AUD) challenge
August 27, 2003 Film
documentary 'Alinghi - The Inside Story' in theaters, DVD in September
August 22, 2003 - 5 venue finalists make public presentations to America's Cup Management,
possible 2004 exhibition event
August 21, 2003 - ACM official website debuts, home for the 32nd Defense
August 18, 2003 - NZOOM
publishes America's Cup countdown III - By Fiona McIlroy
August 14, 2003 - Challenger
Series cancels remaining 2003 season, Golden Gate Cup, ACC Worlds
August 13, 2003 - Alinghi
arrives in San Francisco for Mo๋t Cup
August 9, 2003 - Cup veterans
to Swedish Match 2003/2004, August 13 17 in Copenhagen
August 8, 2003 Dalton thinks Kostecki signed with Oracle as tactician, expects Halcrow to
follow
August 5, 2003 - GGYC provides
Mo๋t Cup Notice of Race (PDF file)
August 5, 2003 Americas
Cup Hall of Fame announces 2003 inductees Bond & Jobson
August 1, 2003 - Team France
fund raising update
July, 2003 - Briton Andy Claughton given the top design job with Team
New Zealand
July 31, 2003
Sail Newport announces match racing series to prepare American drivers
July 31, 2003
- Kevin Shoebridge appointed Team New Zealand Operations Manager
July 31, 2003
- Grant Dalton, TNZ, no longer confident of signing American John Kostecki
July 31-August 10, 2003
Alinghi attends public celebration the 'F๊te de Gen้ve'
July 31, 2003
America's Cup Management: all (5) sites submitted info, will meet August 20, 2003
July 30, 2003
Efforts to keep design and development secret hindered TNZ
July 29, 2003
- Virtual Spectator and the Hit Lab to develop products
July 29, 2003
Oracle BMW wins Il Moro Trophy (USA-76, 2003 beating USA-49, 2000)
July 28, 2003
Mo๋t Cup may be televised
July 27, 2003
Old board resigns, new members named at TNZ
July 27, 2003
Marseille shows Americas Cup posters during stage of Tour de France
July 25, 2003
- Chris Dickson announces Russell Green as Oracle BMW Sailing Manager
July 21, 2003
Mo๋t Cup will feature owner-drivers in part of upcoming series San Francisco
July 21, 2003
Golden Gate Yacht Club posts Mo๋t Cup Notice of Race (download PDF file)
July 19, 2003
- TNZ asked Government funding before loss $34 million possible
July 18, 2003
Barker, Gram-Hansen, Coutts, Dickson, Holmberg, Conner & Radich in Bermuda
July 16, 2003
The heads-up display used by OracleBMW Racing
July 8, 2003
Dalton speculates about TNZ sailing in the next VOR
July 6, 2003
- Law with Victory Challenge crew wins Swedish Match Cup Marstrand
July 1, 2003
15 members of Victory Challenge in Swedish Match Cup Marstrand
July 1, 2003
Alinghi publishes article THE LIFE OF AN AMERICA'S CUP YACHT
July, 2003 Elements of the teams attend Match Racing in St. Moritz
July, 2003 Elements of the teams participate in Farr 40s Worlds, Sardinia
July, 2003 BMW to contribute know-how / participation to Oracle for
the 32nd Cup
July, 2003 Golden Gate Yacht Club announces the Mo๋t Cup
July, 2003 SUI sent to San Francisco
June , 2003 Spithill wins
The Nations Cup in Trieste against other AC team entries
June 30, 2003 Barker joins Isler on Pyewacket for TransPac
June 28, 2003 Bobs Pix offers free Alinghi images (by email) on 2003ac.com
June 27,2003 - Craig Monk joins Oracle BMW Racing
June 20, 2003 Speculation about future of TNZ board / directors
Sausalito Cup slideshow
Sausalito Cup Images
June, 2003 Oracle BMW claims
Sausalito Cup
June 18, 2003 onesport.nzoom.com lists status of the named & probable syndicates
June 16, 2003 - Holmberg with (9) Victory Challenge crew go to Trieste, Italy Nations Cup
June 15, 2003 - Bertarelli wins 5th Bol dOr (Golden Bowl), Lake Geneva with catamaran Alinghi
June 12, 2003 America's Cup
Management names (5) venue sites still under consideration: Lisbon, Portugal /
June 11, 2003 - Gavin Brady is named helmsman for the Oracle BMW Racing Team
June 11, 2003 - Team New Zealand head Grant Dalton woos Kostecki and Halcrow
June 10, 2003 Interest in Virtual Spectator is sold to Bermuda concern
June 5-9, 2003 - Jochen Schuemann returns to German for Match Race Germany
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