Above, we see Bank Gonet's D35 multihull on Lake Geneva.
Who is Gonet? Read on.
Valencia Sailing today reported news from Alinghi (SUI) about the D35 multihull competition held among the rich and well-heeled on Lake Geneva, under auspices of several clubs, including guess who -- Société Nautique de Genève (SNG).
For those of you who haven't been paying attention to sporting events on Lake Geneva (which includes most of us), this is a multihull contest for a gold prize, which SNG club member Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI) won in 2007 -- the so-called Bol d'Or, a prize that 10 boats, owned mostly by SNG members, compete for over eight events.
Seemingly out of nowhere, Nicolas Gonet, scion of the multi-generational Swiss private bank Gonet, one of those magnificently private Swiss banks, famous for money, subtle power and utter discretion, and in Gonet's case, winner of the Bol d'Or prize in 2006, is planning to introduce BMW Oracle Racing into the D35 lake racing circuit in 2008.
That's BMW ORACLE RACING!!!
Gonet's navigator is Russell Coutts (NZL), for crying out loud. The D35 is a multihull. And BMW Oracle Racing is a concept that couldn't be more alien to this elegant, aristocratic, Swiss cold water event.
This is Lake Geneva. The Swiss elite. Private Swiss banks. SNG. Ernesto, himself.
And here comes ... LARRY!
According to the Alinghi news machine, Ernesto protests -- in a pin-stripe kind of way -- his fellow club member Nicolas Gonet's initiative to introduce BMW Oracle Racing to the elite circuit.
Ernesto professes concern that an enemy of SNG is joining the circuit. After all, Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), host club of Larry Ellison (USA)'s BMW Oracle Racing America's Cup Team, is currently engaged in litigation against SNG in Justice Herman Cahn's New York Supreme Court .
Yet Ernesto avers he will not protest.
This situation, he says, magnanimously, must be resolved 'on the water'.
Holy moley!!!
This is a whopper. We have only scant information. More to come!
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