According to the argentine designer Juan Kouyoumdjian, an "ambitious european project" would be in preparation for the AC 33.

The newly-recognizes designer (thanks to the performance of the two ABN-Amro he designed) could quit BMW Oracle Racing before the end of spring to join this new syndicate which come from a country "which has never challenged for the Cup".

The rumors mills should ground furiously as, from Denmark to Greece or the Netherlands, many possibilities could be allowed.