The rapid AC40 begins to emerge
With the news that the world’s first AC40 is just weeks away from being shipped to its new base in Auckland, expectation is ramping up for this most exciting of classes. “We didn’t hold back on the design,” was how…
America’s Cup
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New Zealand in a short-term holding pattern as the lake dries out
Lake Gairdner: It would come as no surprise that a lake would normally have water in it, but what is surprising is that Lake Gairdner, the usually bone dry salt lake in South Australia, currently has a somewhat inconvenient amount…
Women’s and Youth America’s Cup formats announced
The competition for places onboard the Challenger and Defender yachts is extreme, and, in the past, the pathway has been varied. But for 2024, the game has changed, supported magnificently by the confirmed teams, it is aimed at encouraging the…
Project Speed: A record of records
Auckland, New Zealand: World records are not broken every day, nor are they ever easy to achieve, but when they are, there is usually a stringent process of verification that any attempt must go through. While the recent World record…
Grinders or Cyclors for the Next AC75s
When Emirates Team New Zealand arrived in Bermuda in 2017 for the 35th America’s Cup, they spectacularly wrong-footed their rivals when they unveiled a mini peloton of four “cyclors” pumping away on a row of fixed bikes instead of a…
Have what it takes to be an America’s Cup SPY?
Ever since the winged keel in ’83, the reconnaissance game has been part and parcel of every Cup, with teams using spies armed with long lenses to get an insight into what design direction competitors are heading in and if…
American Magic back to USA
Pensacola, F.L. – The City of Pensacola is excited to welcome New York Yacht Club American Magic back to the Port of Pensacola for training, marking the team’s third winter training on the Gulf Coast.PATRIOT, the team’s AC75 racing yacht,…
Project Speed coming together at speed
Auckland, New Zealand: It has been a few weeks since the last Team New Zealand Project Speed update and in that time things have been coming together well and with speed. As the clock ticks down to any launch time,…
Project Speed update: Land Speed materials
Like building anything, a house, a fence, a car or a boat, considerable thought is given to the materials used for the purpose of the build. It is one of the first considerations when matching objectives with budgets and time….
Team New Zealand Project Speed update
Much has been made about the increasing crossover into F1 and motorsport for the America’s Cup teams in this 37th America’s Cup cycle, with a lot of focus around aerodynamics and design tools, which remains true in the case of…
Production challenges at Team New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand: In the world of the America’s Cup a lot of emphasis is placed on design, innovation and sailing. But one of the unseen challenges for every team is the ongoing battle of production. The high-pressure high stakes,…
Team New Zealand land speed update
In Emirates Team New Zealand’s 30 year history, the team has designed and built over 20 different race boats and it will come as no surprise that not one of them involved any amount of R&D on tyres. Obviously, this…
Team New Zealand to attempt Wind Powered Land Speed World Record
Auckland, New Zealand: Some childhood dreams can become realities, others remain just that- dreams. For a 10-year-old boy growing up in Bendigo Australia, his childhood dream was to go faster than anyone else had done, powered by the wind. Speed…
Team New Zealand hydrogen foiling chase boat prepares for launch
Emirates Team New Zealand’s prototype hydrogen foiling chase boat is in the final stages of a complex fit out prior to its launch in March. The construction of the boat was started in August 2021 at the team’s North Shore…
New York Yacht Club to challenge for 37th America’s Cup
Earlier this week the Trustees of the New York Yacht Club approved a challenge for the 37th edition of the America’s Cup, arguably sailing’s most prestigious trophy. “We are extremely excited to continue our quest to regain the America’s Cup…
America’s Cup: Design work continues for American Magic
Newport, R.I. – American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup [AC36] and a prospective Challenger for the 37th, was pleased to receive the AC37 Protocol and updated AC75 Class Rule as part of a joint release earlier…
Cork Harbour’s 2024 America’s Cup bid
Cork Harbour‘s goal to host the 2024 America’s Cup is understood to be a step closer after initial assessments in June saw the Irish venue as a ‘strong possibility.’ It appears more unlikely that the 37th America’s Cup will not be staged…
Cork Harbour to bid for 2024 America’s Cup
Cork Harbour is lining up a bid for the rights to host the prestigious 2024 America’s Cup yacht race — the oldest sporting trophy in the world that scooped over a billion dollars for the New Zealand economy when the…
No funding agreement in place for America’s Cup in New Zealand
Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) and the Government, along with Auckland Council, has concluded exclusive discussions regarding funding for the next America’s Cup (AC37) following ETNZ’s successful defence in Auckland of the…
New Zealand sailor suing America's Cup holder Oracle Team USA
Stuff.co.nz: New Zealand sailor Matt Mitchell is suing two-time defending America's Cup champion Oracle Team USA for the US$68,000 (NZ$87,000) he has spent on legal fees fighting accusations he helped illegally alter a catamaran used in a warm-up regatta. Mitchell filed…
Iain Murray appointed regatta director for 35th America's Cup
The Competitor Forum, comprising the six teams registered for the 2017 America’s Cup, has appointed Iain Murray as Regatta Director. Murray is a former America’s Cup skipper who also served as Regatta Director in the last America’s Cup. Murray started…
What the America's Cup teams are saying about Bermuda as the venue for the 35th Match
What the teams are saying about the announcement of Bermuda as the venue for the 2017 America’s Cup. Jimmy Spithill, ORACLE TEAM USA: “It’s fantastic. I’ve spent a bit of time there and really enjoyed the racing, the people. We…
Court reduces suspension for disgraced America's Cup sailor
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced sailor Dirk de Ridder's suspension from sanctioned events from three years to 18 months. The Dutch wing trimmer was suspended on the eve of the 34th America's Cup, won by his team…
TNZ America's Cup campaign sailing into a swell of uncertainty
NZ Herald. By Paul Lewis: It will be fascinating to see whether the event or events Team New Zealand might bring to Auckland under the banner of the America's Cup are enough to plunge the Government's hand back into the…
Formula One expertise to assist Ben Ainslie Racing's America's Cup bid
Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) is pleased to announce it will be working with Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT), a division of the Red Bull Formula One group, as it progresses with its campaign to claim the 35th America’s Cup. Operating…
Dana Johanssen: Dalton's fighting talk can't hide problems for ETNZ
NZ Herald. By Dana Johanssen: Just as the news Bermuda is the next home of the America's Cup was expected, so too was Team New Zealand's bullish response. Little more than 15 minutes had passed following the close of the…
And the winner is …. Bermuda
The next America’s Cup will be raced in Bermuda in June of 2017. The host venue was confirmed at a press conference in New York on Tuesday by Harvey Schiller, the Commercial Commissioner for the America’s Cup. “In Bermuda we…
Oracle announces new technology partner to help them fly
Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies will work with ORACLE TEAM USA, the defending champion of the America’s Cup, to design and implement hydraulic control systems on its America’s Cup racing yachts. As Official hydraulic…
Dana Johannsen: Team NZ challenge hangs by a thread
NZ Herald. By Dana Johanssen, Chief Sports Reporter. Although we've been well-prepared for the news, the likely confirmation this week that Bermuda will host the next America's Cup is still going to make jaws drop. And not in a good…
Kiwi government confirms that a Bermuda America's Cup holds little appeal
NZ Herald. By Audrey Young. With just two days to go before the next America's Cup venue is announced, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has confirmed it would be harder to justify government funding if the venue were Bermuda in…
Portsmouth to host America's Cup World Series racing
Portsmouth, a city on the south coast of the UK that is home to Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR), will host two America's Cup World Series events over the next two years.The America's Cup World Series is the preliminary race series…
Lack of money costs San Diego America's Cup
Evidence continues to mount that Bermuda will host the 2017 America's Cup with a San Diego official claiming his city's bid was scuppered on financial grounds. The formal announcement will be made by America's Cup bosses in New York on…
Treasury in NZ warns against further government investment in the America's Cup
NZ Herald. By Phil Taylor: Treasury has advised against taxpayer backing for Team New Zealand in the next America's Cup, labelling it “poor value for money”. The Government contributed $5 million to Team New Zealand to help retain key staff…
America's Cup venue announcement to be made in New York on Tuesday
We've waited over a year for it, but finally the America's Cup Event Authority has set a firm date to announce whether Bermuda or San Diego will host the 35th America's Cup. I have just received an invitation to the…
Unnamed source says Bermuda has been chosen to host America's Cup 2017
America's ABC News: By Bernie Wilson, AP Sports Reporter. The tax haven of Bermuda has been picked over San Diego to host the 2017 America's Cup, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. The…
Kiwis get one back as accountant smashes Spithill
Stuff.co.nz. By Paul Easton: A Kiwi accountant has managed to do what Team New Zealand could not – thrash Aussie sailing ace Jimmy Spithill on the water. Sam Finnigan, 22, yesterday defeated Spithill as the pair took turns to pilot…
Bean counter to take on Jimmy Spithill for the pride of New Zealand
A 22 year old, well-mannered Auckland accountant is charged with redeeming New Zealand’s record against Jimmy Spithill – recently dubbed the King of the Waves as World Sailor of the Year. In an extraordinary race, Sam Finnigan will duel with…
Bermuda to host America's Cup World Series event in 2015
The America’s Cup World Series – a racing circuit featuring the best sailors in the world, competing on foiling, wingsailed catamarans – will be coming to Bermuda in October of 2015. The America’s Cup World Series is the first stage…
Giles Scott joins Ben Ainslie Racing
Anyone who followed the build-up to the 2012 Olympic Games will remember that the biggest hurdle to Ben Ainslie’s historic fourth gold medal was another Brit by the name of Giles Scott. Their rivalry was one of the most compelling…
Another non-announcement from the America's Cup
My mother always said, “If you haven't got aything good to say, don't say anything.” I wish the America's Cup organisers would listen to that advice, as they have come out with another “non-announcement” – stuff we already knew. The…
