Yacht / Country: OneWorld / USA
Sailnumber:
USA-65 and USA-67
Syndicate/Team: OneWorld Challenge
CEO:
Craig McCaw
Yacht Club:
Seattle Yacht Club
Design:
Laurie Davidson,Bruce Nelson,
Phil Kaiko
Boat Builder:
One World Challenge
Skipper:
Peter Gilmour
Craig McCaw is considered a pioneer of the U.S.
mobile phone and acquired his wealth through
company start-ups and mergers in this industry.
Through his large donation to the election
campaign of George W. Bush, his wife Susan
McCaw became 2006 and 2007, U.S.
Ambassador to Austria.
OneWorld Challenge (OWC) was devoted to
environmental protection. The syndicate was
financially well-supplied and poached from
Team New Zealand their design team, including
the chief designer Laurie Davidson.
They also took some crew members from them.
The team designed with USA-65 and USA-67 two
outstanding yachts. For the sailing crew OWC
recruited the best people, the sailors team was
strong.
OneWorld counted alongside Oracle to the
favourites for the LVC and the AC.
OWC took over from the New Zealanders also a
lawyer -an expert on the AC rules. .
When it became known that he offered technical documentation from both teams to
competitors, OWC opened a million lawsuit against him.
Since it was claimed that OWC possess technical information from TNZL as well, the team
reported a self-display in the America's Cup Arbitration Panel (arbitration for disputes
arising from the AC). Dennis Conner and Prada tried to throw OWC for breach of the cup
rules from the LVC. TNZ as the main victim held back. Laurie Davidson explained that he
has the technical documentation in his mind only.
The ACAP condemned the syndicate to a penalty of $ 65,000, - and penalized OWC for a
reduction of 1 point before each round of the remaining LVC. The Arbitration Panel
determind that a member of OWCs designer team had both on a computer and a ZIP-disk
technical documents that are owned by TNZ. OWC had managed to continue the LVC.
USA-65 OneWorld lost the Final's Repechage Round of the Louis Vuitton Cup 2003
OneWorld counted alongside Oracle to the
favorites for the LVC and the AC.
AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY 1983 - 2013
