Not widely considered an extreme sport, sailing is about to gain a new whole audience as the new America’s Cup reveals just how heart-pounding and dangerous the sport can be.
Continue Reading ...The Australian Challenge for the 34th America’s Cup was officially accepted by the defending Golden Gate Yacht Club on 11 January 2011…
Continue Reading ...USA 17 has only ever competed twice, but she sailed the races of her life to dominate the Swiss defender, Alinghi, off Valencia, Spain, last year and win the 33rd America’s Cup.
Continue Reading ...After studying the matter for several months and following various discussions, the French sailors Loïck and Bruno Peyron are getting together in an attempt to unite the leading figures from French multihull sailing. This new challenge is being set up with the goal of bringing the America’s Cup, which will be raced on multihulls in 2013, to France for the first time in its history.
Continue Reading ...08/2010 – Steve Clark has been dreaming of winning back the Little America’s Cup for the USA ever since he lost it to Canada in 2007. In 1996, Clark’s 25- foot C-Class Catamaran Cogito (pronounced with a soft g) had blown away designers and engineers with its mammoth wing sail and unmatchable speed, and with […]
Continue Reading ...11/2009 – BMW Oracle Racing, the challenger of the 33rd America’s cup installed an almost 190-foot airplane-like hard wing sail and completed the first short test sail (on november the 10th) of the team’s latest technology on San Diego Bay. A wing of this scale has never been built for a boat. In terms of […]
Continue Reading ...Energy Team has officially become Challenger for the 34th America’s Cup. Launched and run by Loïck and Bruno Peyron, this challenge is backed by the prestigious Yacht Club de France…
Continue Reading ...ALEPH, the challenge headed by Bertrand Pacé and Alain Gautier, has just taken a major step forward. The French campaign’s entry has been confirmed by the Golden Gate Yacht Club.
Continue Reading ...09/2010 – The protocol of the 34th America’s Cup that will be raced in 2013 on a 72-foot catamaran rigged with a rigid wing has been unveiled by Russell Coutts. After winning the 33rd edition through its lawyers and engineers, Oracle has again showed its willingness to write history in the America’s Cup. So the […]
Continue Reading ...02/2010 – BMW ORACLE Racing Team’s revolutionary wing sail powered trimaran USA-17, designed by VPLP [read our article], convincingly won Race 2 off Valencia today to win the 33rd America’s Cup match outright. The American team, founded ten years ago by software mogul Larry Ellison, achieved its ultimate goal when they powered across the finish […]
Continue Reading ...Monday 31st May 2021, the launch ceremony of the new RSY 38m EXP took place in the presence of the owners and their family, in full compliance with the COVID measures, which did not hinder the important operations of launching a new boat.
