Nine Extreme 40s will line up on the stunning Lake Lugano, on the Swiss-Italian border, over May 30-June 1, and preparations are nearly complete. Expectations are that the action will be intense from the very first start gun as the competition steps up a gear for this season with some big-hitting teams joining the line-up.
The nine boats competing at the first event of the iShares Cup are: America's Cup winners Alinghi; the British and New Zealand crew onboard Team Aqua; BT, skippered by offshore solo star Nick Moloney; the Dutch Holmatro crew; title sponsors iShares and their promising team; JPMorgan Asset Management, skippered by double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Roberston; British America's Cup Challengers TEAMORIGIN; the Volvo Ocean Race crew from the Netherlands; and o! ne more new entry soon to be announced.
Monday, May 26, 2008
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