August 20th, 2013
By Warren Douglas, Emirates Team New Zealand San Francisco, CA (August 20, 2013) – Allegations by Oracle that Emirates Team New Zealand had trespassed to gather information has been dismissed by the team as laughable. Oracle alleged in a protest to the Jury that members of Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa had trespassed
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
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
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
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
August 19th, 2013
San Francisco, CA (August 19, 2013) – Emirates Team New Zealand regained the lead in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final today when Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge had to pull up at the beginning of Leg 3 with damage sustained to a sheave on the control arm of the 131-foot tall wing sail. Emirates Team New
August 19th, 2013
(August 19, 2013) – The International Jury issued two Jury Notices on Monday morning, both relating to the “unauthorised modification of AC45 yachts.” JN101 says that “The Jury has decided to conduct a hearing under the Racing Rules of Sailing (America’s Cup) rule 69.1 to determine if allegations (that persons associated with ORACLE TEAM USA
August 19th, 2013
By Warren Douglas, Emirates Team New Zealand San Francisco (August 18, 2013) – An electronics problem disabled the hydraulics system on board Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC72 today, bringing the boat to a halt at the third mark of the second race in the Louis Vuitton Cup final. Without hydraulics the crew can operate neither
August 18th, 2013
Back when the America’s Cup was sailed in monohulls. The 12 meter fleet at Nantucket Race Week. Photo by Brendan
August 18th, 2013
San Francisco, CA (August 18, 2013) – Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge evened the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup against
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