Congratulations & Thanks

Nice letter emailed to the Challengers last evening by Commodore W H Dyer Jones, AC 32 Regatta Director, and posted here with his kind permission....


Ladies and Gentlemen,

On behalf of the Race Committee, I want to thank all competitors for their patience, cooperation, and understanding during the recently completed Round Robin series of the Louis Vuitton Cup. We know it was as difficult for you as it was for us.

We wish to congratulate the 4 teams that will now proceed to the Semi-final stage next week; and equally importantly, to thank those teams which are excused from further racing, for their tremendous effort with us over the last four years. We have enjoyed your spirit and determination to excel. We wish every member of every team all best in the future; we are sure our paths will cross at another sailing event soon.

We also want to thank all of the Race Volunteers who stuck with us for many more days than they had committed to without any days-off.

Finally, we extend out thanks for their support and assistance to the Capitanería de Valencia and the Capitán Marítimo, Red Cross, Guardia Civil, Salvamento Marítimo, the Spanish Navy, and the Port of Valencia. No racing is scheduled for 10-13 May. We look forward to racing starting again on 14 May 2007 in the Semi-finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup.

For the Race Committee,

Dyer Jones
Regatta Director
32nd America's Cup