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Stuff.co.nz An America's Cup guru is predicting the new monohulls to break the 50-knot barrier for the first time and says they are so radical that teams will struggle to come up with the right training platform. Australian Grant Simmer,…
Stuff.co.nz. By Susan Edmunds A mistake in work done to determine the economic benefit of the America's Cup to New Zealand has been revised – and it shows the country might not break even. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment…
Radio New Zealand The choice of venue for the next America's Cup regatta in Auckland has been endorsed by Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton. Auckland Council voted on Thursday to extend and develop three areas around the Wynyard Basin…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Grant Dalton's office is in an upstairs corner of the spartan Team New Zealand headquarters in an old fuel depot. There's nothing that screams out “America's Cup winners” here other than a few framed photos. The room next…
The Royal Gazette. By Lisa Simpson, Paul Johnston. The America’s Cup was a “silver bullet” that hit the target in time to save Bermuda’s economy, the Shadow Minister of Economic Development told Parliament last night. Grant Gibbons said the island’s economy…
Stuff.co.nz. By Kevin Norquay. America's Cup yachting hero Peter Burling will not be 2017 Sportsman of the Year, unless there is a late change of tack by Team New Zealand (TNZ), who do not want him put above the team. …
Stuff.co.nz Team New Zealand believe a competitive budget for the next America's Cup is well below the NZ$217 million suggested by Dennis Conner. Conner, who has won the Cup four times, said in reviewing the new 75-foot foiling monohull concept…
Stuff.co.nz America's Cup great Dennis Conner believes a syndicate could require more than $200 million to finance a competitive challenge to take the Auld Mug away from Team New Zealand in the radical new boats to be used in 2021….
NZ Herald Team New Zealand's demand for a 'hosting fee' has the potential to take the America's Cup away from Auckland in 2021. Government minister David Parker told Newstalk ZB's Tony Veitch that Team NZ were asking for a 'significant'…
The AC75 design for the next America's Cup, revealed by Team New Zealand on Monday, has met with initial approval from two men who sailed on the AC72 and AC50 catamarans. Tom Slingsby, who was strategist on the successful defence…
Auckland Council has approved two location options for hosting the America’s Cup to take into further negotiations after Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) advised it was flexible on the option of extending Halsey Wharf. The two options are: A cluster…
An exciting new era in America’s Cup racing has been unveiled today as the concept for the AC75, the class of boat to be sailed in the 36th America’s Cup is released illustrating a bold and modern vision for high…
By: Bernard Orsman, Super City reporter, NZ Herald. Auckland could face public protests if councillors and the Jacinda Ardern Government pump $190 million into a large wharf extension for the America's Cup. “We still have our placards,” said a prominent…
NZ Herald. By: Bernard Orsman Opposition is growing to a large wharf expansion for the America's Cup, with fears it will cause lasting damage to the Waitemata Harbour. The same groups who stopped further expansion of the harbour for port use…
The British America's Cup team, Land Rover BAR, led by Sir Ben Ainslie have today added a wealth of experience to their challenge with the announcement that four times America's Cup winner Grant Simmer will be joining the team as…
While full credit must be given to their sailing team for getting a very high-tech machine around the course quickly and safely, it is generally accepted that New Zealand developed superior technology to defender Oracle Team USA and the other…
Stuff.co.nz Team France have lost their major sponsor as they fight to stay in the America's Cup game. Groupama, the French insurance giants, who have backed Team France boss Franck Cammas since 1997, confirmed they wouldn't be involved in any challenge…
Stuff.co.nz Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill has given an insight into his wealth, putting his Bermuda mansion on the market for a staggering NZ$12.4m. The 9,863 square-foot house known as Coral Harbour is listed with Rego Sotheby's International Realty….
After weeks of speculation about whether Larry Ellison would use the now obsolete America's Cup Class catamarans (that raced in Bermuda) for a new World Series, Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill has revealed in an interview with sponsor Red Bull that…
Artemis Racing, the Swedish-based syndicate helmed at the last Cup by Australian Olympic champion Nathan Outteridge, appears to be luke-warm on the prospect of monohulls for the 36th Match to be held in Auckland in 2021. They have released the…
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand welcome the announcement that the New York Yacht Club will challenge for the 36th America’s Cup. To have the most famous yacht club in America’s Cup history back after…
Stuff.co.nz by Duncan Johnstone. The man who broke Team New Zealand hearts in 2003 is considering a return raid on Auckland in 2021. Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli created history by winning the America's Cup in his first challenge when Alinghi…
BOSTON — The Coast Guard rescued five people from their 32-foot catamaran Saturday after it capsized during a regatta off Beavertail Lighthouse, Rhode Island. The local police department called watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England at around 1 p.m.,…
With the announcement of the Protocol for the 36th America's Cup defines some of the rules of the next edition of the world's oldest sporting contest, Land Rover BAR is ready to get down to planning and preparing its AC36…
Tom Slingsby, the 2012 Olympic Laser champion and winner of the America's Cup as strategist aboard Oracle Team USA in 2013, has declared he is devoting the next year of his life to getting an Australian America's Cup team together….
The 37th America's Cup will be raced in monohulls with an overall length of 75ft. The drawings will be released on November 30 this year, with the full design rule in March 2018. There was no confirmation of whether the…
The tail is certainly wagging the dog in the America's Cup right now. It seems Team New Zealand is unable to control their Italian partners, with more information leaked by the Challenger of Record, as this report from Stuff.co.nz shows:…
As Newsroom.co.nz reports, Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yact Squadron have discovered a problem – there is no room to engrave their name as the 2017 winners: By Suzanne McFadden The New Zealand guardians of the America’s…
The New Zealand Herald. By Ophelia Buckleton. Team New Zealand's SOS to the Government for $5 million following their America's Cup win included a plea from boss Grant Dalton that “it would be great to tell the team” he could…
Stuff.co.nz America's Cup great Dennis Conner predicts a “wonderful” regatta in Auckland sailed in foiling 60-foot sloops with no involvement from Larry Ellison and Sir Russell Coutts, but the United States being represented by another billionaire. Conner, a four-time winner of…
Stuff.co.nz. By Simon Maude. A harbour lobby group that fought Auckland Council over extending the city's wharf now wants its support over the America's Cup. Stop Stealing Our Harbour, which forced council-owned Ports of Auckland to halt a wharf extension, is…
Stuff.co.nz Outgoing America's Cup boss Sir Russell Coutts has been like a “big dog with a bone” since taking over as commodore at a small sailing club on the Hibiscus Coast, north Auckland. The man who skippered Team New Zealand to…
Most of us sail for the fun of it. A small number make a living crewing for wealthy owners in classes like the TP52s, RC44s and MC38s. A very small number, like Jimmy Spithill, Tom Slingsby and Nathan Outteridge, make…
Avid America's Cup watchers will need to wait until September to find out what boats will be sailed in the 36th America's Cup. The following statement from defender Emirates Team New Zealand hints at some sigificant changes from the 35th…
Hosting the America's Cup in 2000 and 2003 transformed the Auckland waterfront, removing unsightly relics of the past and reclaiming land on which apartments and office blocks now stand, complemented by bars and cafes overlooking the harbour. However, this redevelopment…
Following Emirates Team New Zealand's victory in the 35th America's Cup, there is much conjecture as to whether the 36th will be held in monohulls or multihulls. If it does revert to monohulls and “reconnects with the sailing world” as…
Team France commenting on a New Zealand Herald article published recently(French America's Cup team refused to help Team New Zealand) The French challenger informed a journalist from the New Zealand Herald that the answers to his questions would be provided…
Stuff.co.nz. By Stacey Kirk. The Government has put an early $5 million envelope on the table so Team New Zealand can retain its talent. The early funding boost is similar to what the Government provided in the immediate aftermath of the disastrous…
Beginning with Fremantle in 1986/87, hosting the America's Cup has changed the face of venues for the better. The shabby port city in Western Australia was transformed, with dowdy and dangerous pubs restored to their former glory and a new…
Emirates Team New Zealand boss, Grant Dalton, has had his share of detractors in the past. And even leading his team to success in Bermuda after the humiliation of San Francisco has not been enough to win over his critics….
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