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The Atlantic Cup: Will the Gulf Stream deliver?

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


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Has the cause of the America’s Cup accident been revealed?

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


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QUOTABLE: Serious concerns about safety

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


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PHOTO: Now that’s a crew party

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


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America’s Cup Discovered – Episode 89

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


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