AMERICA’S CUP ARBITRATION PANEL – CASE NO. ACAP36/10 DECISION (STARS & STRIPES)
Stars & Stripes Team USA, the representative team of Long Beach Yacht Club, filed an application requesting the Arbitration Panel to confirm that the “constructed-in-the-country” requirements contained in the Deed of Gift and in the Protocol apply only to the Match and not to any other Event of the 36th America’s Cup presented by PRADA (AC36).
After examining the submissions of all the competitors, the Panel has ruled that the “constructed-in-the-country” requirements indeed apply to all events of the 36th America’s Cup presented by PRADA, including the Preliminary Races and the Prada Cup Challenger Selection Series, and not only to the Final Match. The Panel has therefore dismissed the application of Stars & Stripes Team USA.
The Panel has also confirmed that, as things currently stand, Stars & Stripes Team USA, as an accepted Challenger, is not precluded from competing in the AC36, provided that it complies with its pending financial obligations and competes with a yacht complying with the “constructed-in-the-country” requirements.
For the full text of the ACAP 36/10 Decision click HERE.