Mascalzone Latino have released a statement following the meeting last week of eleven Americas Cup teams. While the team says they will attend future meetings, they side with BMW Oracle but also express a preference for a 33rd Edition that is the same as the last one for economic reasons. The statement reads:
With reference to the last meeting held on October 30th in Geneva among the Société Nautique de Geneve, Alinghi and the challengers to the 33 America’s Cup, Mascalzone Latino apologizes for not having attended due to previous commitments and confirms its participation to the next meeting scheduled on next November 11th.
It further occurs to me to say that, even if we would have attended last week meeting, we would have not signed the letter with the request to the Golden Gate Yacht Club to withdraw the case before the New York appeal Court. As we have said several times, Mascalzone Latino agrees with the Oracle’s goal to organize an event with fair rules in order to ...
