The controversy surrounding the next America's Cup rumbled on when Swiss defenders Alinghi unwrapped their state-of-the-art catamaran to claims that it may be unsafe. Safety concerns: members of Swiss defenders Alinghi clean the new giant catamaran built for the 33rd America's Cup Photo: EPA The 90ft-long multihull created specifically for a maximum of three short races against BMW Oracle next February emerged from the drawing boards of some of the smartest yacht designers in the world yet even they are describing it as "dangerous". The giant twin-hulled boat is estimated to have cost more than £6 million to build. It has been compared to Pete Goss's revolutionary 120ft catamaran Team Phillips which famously broke up in heavy seas in the Atlantic in 2000. Alinghi's ultra thin wave-piercing bows are largely unsupported, like... [read full story]
