• Italian team withdraw from competition after change to voting process
• 2017 Bermuda regatta will see reduction in size of boats to 48ft
• America’s Cup teams in controversial move to reduce boat size
• 2017 Bermuda regatta will see reduction in size of boats to 48ft
• America’s Cup teams in controversial move to reduce boat size
Luna Rossa have pulled out of the America’s Cup after teams voted to reduce the size of boats to be sailed in the 2017 regatta in Bermuda.
The event’s organisers said a majority of teams favoured the move from 62ft (19m) catamarans to 48ft (14.65m) boats, with the change being pushed through only after voting rules were amended, to the fury of the Italian team
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