Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Kiwis planning to sue Oracle over "Herbie" modification
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1309/S00253/americas-cup-lawsuit-mooted-for-herbie-foil-trimming-mod.htmTeam New Zealand is preparing a legal challenge in the wake of the remarkable Oracle Team USA up-wind speed turnaround in the Americas Cup Regatta which ended this Thursday morning (NZ Time) with a Team USA victory.
A source very close to the Team New Zealand camp who has recently returned to Wellington today told Scoop Independent News that the Team NZ camp had immediately realised that there was something wrong when after playing a race postponement campaign Team USA's boat's performance suddenly dramatically improved...
According to the source spoken to by Scoop, Team New Zealand complained about changes made to Oracle's foil trimming system to the Cup Jury immediately following the lay-day, however they were told that they were "too late" to raise the issue....
The source also said there was speculation in the Team NZ camp that Oracle Boss and Billionaire Larry Ellison might be willing to come to a settlement rather than see the case go to court.
A source very close to the Team New Zealand camp who has recently returned to Wellington today told Scoop Independent News that the Team NZ camp had immediately realised that there was something wrong when after playing a race postponement campaign Team USA's boat's performance suddenly dramatically improved...
According to the source spoken to by Scoop, Team New Zealand complained about changes made to Oracle's foil trimming system to the Cup Jury immediately following the lay-day, however they were told that they were "too late" to raise the issue....
The source also said there was speculation in the Team NZ camp that Oracle Boss and Billionaire Larry Ellison might be willing to come to a settlement rather than see the case go to court.
Aha! So they're trying to extort a few million from Larry.
Or else they're just...
3 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
As you might have guessed from my username, I lived in Polynesia for several years, in Hawai'i. So what is Aotearoa thinking about this?
By the way, many of us in the Bay Area were behind the Kiwis all the way, since we can't stand Ellison's arrogance. If this story is even close to being true, it really shines though here.
