Cup crews go cat racing

Stellar line up for Decision 35's Grand Prix Beau-Rivage Palace race in September

The eighth Grand Prix Beau-Rivage Palace for the Lake Geneva Decision 35 catamarans will take placeon 14-17 September from Ouchy on the north shore of the lake at Lausanne.

This year will feature crew from the defenders and four of the challengers for the 32nd America's Cup, who have responded to invitation to participate in ther regatta. These include Ben Ainslie and Ian Moore from Emirates Team New Nealand , Jes Gram-Hansen and Rasmus Kostner from Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team, Ian Ainslie and Paul McKenzie from Team Shosholoza and Andrew Simpson and Christian Scherrer from +39 Challenge, while Alinghi's Ed Baird will participate on Ernesto Bertarelli's catamaran bearing the same name as his Cup team.

Other multihull specialists competing will include 60ft trimaran skippers Karine Fauconnier, Franck Cammas and Steve Ravussin, who will join in the inaugural race for the Trophée Marco Landolt..

The Grand Prix Beau-Rivage Palace represents the penultimate stage of the Decision 35's Challenge Julius Baer.