Racing in the America’s Cup World Series – Naples gets underway today, with Dean Barker’s Emirates Team New Zealand crew clinging to a one point lead on the overall series leaderboard over ORACLE Racing Spithill.
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At an ORACLE Racing press conference last week, CEO Russell Coutts described how the team’s first AC72 catamaran is in an advanced state of construction at three locations around the Pacific Rim.
Continue Reading ...The dramatic second Act of the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series™ at the Olympic sailing venue in Qingdao (read also our article), that proved to be the perfect amphitheatre for the stadium format racing, has come to a close. Capsizes, collisions and after 29 races over five days just five points separated the two former America’s […]
Continue Reading ...06/2010 – Emirates Team New Zealand is a finalist at the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena after an extraordinary drawn-out day of light air sailing on the Golfo di Arzachena at the north east corner of Sardinia. One race down and facing elimination, ETNZ came back and defeated Sweden’s Artemis 2-1. The Kiwis also led […]
Continue Reading ...09/2009 – Tim Jeffery joins BMW ORACLE Racing as Director, Communications. The 33rd America’s Cup will be his ninth. He has reported on the America’s Cup, as well as five Olympics and many of the world’s major sailing events as The Daily Telegraph’s (London) longstanding sailing correspondent. His work has been appeared in many of […]
Continue Reading ...06/2008 – 112-Boat Fleet is Showcase for Racing’s Best; Action Starts Tomorrow (june, 13th) With an entry list flush with famous boats and crew lists stacked with stars, it’s fair to say the New York Yacht Club’s (NYYC) 154th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex is set to be one of the most talked about regattas […]
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Energy Team took third place on Sunday evening in the major fleet race, which closed this America’s Cup World Series in San Diego.
Continue Reading ...International sailors, officials and special guests gather every November for the International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF) Annual Conference and for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards. The Awards are recognized as the highest honour a sailor can receive and recognise outstanding achievement during the preceding twelve-month period. This year’s ceremony took place last […]
Continue Reading ...11/2009 – Following significant interest in the recently launched design of the luxury performance catamaran released by Aeroyacht, worldwide sales agent YCO has announced that Wally has been signed on as the official shipyard. Ben Bartlett, who heads up the specialised sail division of YCO and who masterminded the collaboration, hopes the first yachts will […]
Continue Reading ...12 Metres Rule the Day It was all about 12 Metres today when 13 of the boats — known for their role in America’s Cup history during the “Twelve Era” (1958-1987) — raced on Narragansett Bay to set in motion the New York Yacht Club’s (NYYC) sixth biennial Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. […]
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