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MADRID, Spain -- The row over the rules for the next Americas Cup series, in 2009, may soon be resolved after the release of the design regulations for a new 90-foot boat to be used in the event in Spain.
The Oracle team were worried that Alinghi would gain an unfair advantage
AC Management, who will organize the competition on behalf of cup holders Alinghi of Switzerland said the publication of the rules, which allow for a larger and faster vessel, was "an important step ahead of the 33rd America's Cup."
US syndicate Oracle had complained that Alinghi were trying to gain an unfair advantage by keeping the new design rules to themselves.
The two sides took their dispute to court in New York.
According to ACM director general Michel Hodara, Oracle chief Larry Ellison now believed that the two sides could reach an agreement.
"We will have a very close look at all that and it would be good if this (publication) helps to dissipate our concern that Alinghi has an unfair advantage," a spokesman for Oracle said.
The establishment of the rules will allow the five competitors who have signed up for the 33rd America's Cup - Team Origin, South Africa's Shosholoza, Team Germany, Desafio Espanol and Team New Zealand - to start working on the new boat, he added. E-mail to a friend 
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