Published on May 12th, 2013
Seven Class40 teams from the United States and England started the first of three stages of the 2013 Atlantic Cup on Saturday, commencing the 648nm doublehanded leg on from Charleston, SC to New York, NY. Click here for photos. After an exciting start out of the Charleston harbor, which saw multiple lead changes between Icarus ... Read More →
Published on May 12th, 2013
He heard a crack, and the next thing (helmsman) Nathan Outteridge knew, the catamaran he was piloting was airborne. As it rose and fell back into the San Francisco Bay, the 72-foot catamaran cracked into pieces, folding in on itself ‘‘like a taco shell’’. Then the Olympic hero was in the water, along with 10 ... Read More →
Published on May 12th, 2013
“The way it [the America’s Cup] is now is not good. It is necessary that those responsible take note. Not everyone has realised that we have gone from a romantic America’s Cup to an extreme one. This Cup with the AC72s is too extreme, they have to realise it and change, revise the rules, everything. ... Read More →
Published on May 12th, 2013
A look at the blades on the new GC32 one design multihull. Photo by Christophe Launay... Read More →
Published on May 12th, 2013
Over 400 of the 650 crew members taking part in the Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race, the largest crew ever assembled for the biennial event, attended the Crew Allocation ceremony at Portsmouth Guildhall where ... Read More →
Published on May 11th, 2013
Photos by Erik Simonson in San Francisco, CA. Click here for a report on the accident... Read More →
Published on May 11th, 2013
Photos by Priscilla Parker. The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing is a dedicated professional Class 40 race held annually in the U.S. The 2013 edition started with a doublehanded leg on May 11 from ... Read More →
Published on May 11th, 2013
This week on America’s Cup Discovered we look at the last America’s Cup World Series event in Naples, Italy. The Louis Vuitton Cup is getting ever closer, and teams are desperately getting in as much practice ... Read More →
Published on May 11th, 2013
PHOTO CREDIT: ©2013 Carlo Borlenghi | ... Read More →
Published on May 10th, 2013
(May 10, 2013) – Bruce Kirby Inc. today filed the below petition to cancel US trademark registrations directed to both the word LASER and the Sunburst logo for boats. According to US Trademark Office records, these ... Read More →