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The Salón Náutico de Barcelona
is the occasion for the Spanish Federation to get
a fix on the America's Cup.
Hosting a press conference, Gerardo Pombo and Manuel
Chirivella (respectively president and vice-president
of the Real Federación Española de Vela) made no
secret of the approach which leads to the creation
of the Club Náutico Español de Vela (CNEV).
"The Valencian Authorities and ACM told us that,
if Desafío Español become the Challenger of record,
it could help Valencia to host the next America's
Cup", said Manuel Chirivella.
"The CNEV was created to fulfill the mission of
submitted the Desafío Español challenge", he added.
"In no case it should compete with the classical
clubs which perfectly performed their missions".
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