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America’s Cup: Sailors join Oracle ‘cheating’ drama

August 21st, 2013

By Paul Lewis, New Zealand Herald Allegations have now spread to at least two of US syndicate’s crew on water, threatening whole team if proven. The picture is beginning to firm – it now appears two members of Oracle Team USA’s sailing crew are involved in the cheating allegations disrupting the 34th America’s Cup. Until


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Next Up: Transat Jacques Vabre

August 20th, 2013

After much needed rest, pizza and a few beers, Brit Hannah Jenner & American Rob Windsor (Team 11th Hour Racing) look back on their Fastnet Race (they finished 8th among 18 Class 40s competing in the world’s oldest and largest offshore ocean race) and turn their attention towards the Transat Jacques Vabre which starts November


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Iain Murray, AC’s Cool Head In The Hot Seat

August 20th, 2013

By Michelle Slade It’s hard to say if Iain Murray, America’s Cup Race Management’s quietly spoken head honcho, will be pleased to see the end of AC34, or whether he almost wishes he could have it over again to make serious amends to a sailing event that has proven to be unpredictable. At this stage


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Patience Is A Virtue: Ken Read Reports from LV Cup Finals

August 20th, 2013

Lets be honest. Frustration rules the day in San Fran. Everyone is frustrated. At the top of the list are the sailors and teams who’s boats aren’t making it around the track in one piece. Then we have the fans, who are clearly having a tough time getting it all straight with the boats, the


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A Cup Of Caen: Building The Box

August 19th, 2013

Every America’s Cup race day, the viewers on the Internet or watching on television are introduced to San Francisco with sweeping shots of the bay and stirring music. Inevitably the first cut is to 72-foot catamarans prowling the racecourse before the start, dozens of support boats swarming around them, and the many different craft of


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Flying Into Wind On Foils Could Tip Balance

August 19th, 2013

By Paul Lewis, The New Zealand Herald It could be a game-breaker. Oracle Team USA showed off their ability to foil upwind on Saturday as skipper Jimmy Spithill taunted Team New Zealand for “running away”. Perhaps the most riveting aspect of Saturday’s America’s Cup action on the water, it did not come in the Louis


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LV Cup Finals: 2-1 to Kiwis

August 19th, 2013

San Francisco, CA (August 19, 2013) – Emirates Team New Zealand regained the lead in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final



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