America's Cup: Peyron brothers set to join forces for French Challenge

2:23 PM Tue 26 Oct 2010 GMT

'Bruno and Liock join together to challenge for 34th America’s Cup' Vincent Curutchet / DPPI

After studying the matter for several months and following various discussions, the French sailors Lo?ck and Bruno Peyron are getting together in an attempt to unite the leading figures from French multihull sailing. This new challenge is being set up with the goal of bringing the America's Cup, which will be raced on multihulls in 2013, to France for the first time in its history. A meeting between Russell Coutts, representing the Defender and organiser of the 34th America's Cup, and the Peyron brothers was held in Paris on Friday, to discuss how France could take part in such an ...

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