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Judge: Set sail in March

Eric Sharp 

A New York Supreme Court judge Monday gave the Swiss defender of the America’s Cup 10 months to build a giant multihull and meet an American challenger in a regatta next March.

The decision by Justice Herman Cahn is a compromise between the American Oracle team’s demand that the race be held in October and the Swiss Alinghi’s insistence that it take place no sooner than May 2009.

Cahn ruled that Alinghi, as the defender, can pick the venue, including Valencia, Spain, where the Swiss defended the cup last summer, and that the first race would be 10 months from the date of his order on Monday.

That could be problematic: The 1887 Deed of Gift that governs the America’s Cup says races must be held in the northern hemisphere between May 1 and Nov. 1. However, the judge’s ruling also said that Golden Gate Yacht Club of San Francisco, which Oracle represents, and the Societe Nautique de Geneve, Alinghi’s sponsoring club, could mutually agree to changes in venue and dates.

More court action is expected, no matter what the Americans decide, as the Swiss continued to insist that they should not have to race before May 2009.

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