GENEVA (AFP) - America's Cup defenders Alinghi have chosen a giant catamaran to meet US rival Oracle's challenge, photographs in the Swiss press revealed Saturday. The slender craft with two 27.4 metre (90 foot) long hulls is the Swiss team's response to the huge trimaran that Oracle launched last year during the legal battle over the duel, that Alinghi eventually lost. The catamaran was pictured -- in separate shots because of its size -- inside a tent at the boatyard on Lake Geneva in western Switzerland where Alinghi was putting the finishing touches ahead of an expected launch in the... [read full story]
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