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Alinghi granted expedited appeal

Associated Press

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

SAN DIEGO -- With just more than three months to go before the start of the most contentious America's Cup ever, a shore crew in San Diego focused on spars on Wednesday while the bitter legal sparring dragged on in a New York court. In San Diego, challenger BMW Oracle Racing was trying to figure out why the 200-foot mast on its monster trimaran came crashing down on Tuesday during a test sail on the Pacific Ocean. The syndicate said it planned to debut a new rig next week anyway, so it's possib ...

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