Psychology of a skipper
The skipper has one of the most important roles on the boat. They keep the crew and boat safe, and usually the owner happy. But how do they handle the pressure when the going gets tough? With so many people…
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America's Cup: Design chief free to take ideas to rivals
NZ Herald. By Dana Johannsen. Former Team New Zealand design chief Nick Holroyd is free to take his wealth of intellectual property to other America's Cup teams after quitting the troubled Kiwi syndicate. The Herald revealed today Holroyd has walked…
ETNZ loses design chief and two grinders as fresh dramas engulf the team
NZ Herald. By Dana Johannsen. Fresh turmoil is engulfing Team New Zealand. Design chief Nick Holroyd has quit and several members of the sailing team have followed him out the door. Holroyd confirmed to the Herald last night that he…
Chris Draper joins Dean Barker at Japanese America's Cup challenge
Chris Draper, an Olympic medalist, multiple European and World champion, and America’s Cup helmsman, is joining SoftBank Team Japan. In addition to his sailing duties, Draper will take up the role of Sailing Director and will race with SoftBank Team…
Artemis eyes an early move of their operations to Bermuda
Bermuda, 29 May 2015 – Further to the statement made by the Hon. Dr. Grant Gibbons to the House of Assembly, the ACBDA and the America’s Cup Event Authority can confirm that Artemis Racing are looking to move their entire…
Louis Vuitton strengthens ties with the America's Cup
Louis Vuitton’s longest standing partnership is one that over the years, has become synonymous with daring endeavors and a quest for excellence. Today, Louis Vuitton is renewing its commitment to the America’s Cup by becoming the title partner of the…
Dean Barker named CEO and skipper of Softbank Team Japan
SoftBank Team Japan will be led by Dean Barker, who has been appointed skipper and CEO of the Japanese challenger. Barker brings over 15 years of America’s Cup experience to the Japanese team, including having sailed in four America’s Cup…
Team NZ silence wastes PR gold
We have all done things in our past we don't like to be reminded of, but surely winning the America's Cup is not one of them. Last week we all basked in the memories of one of the country's greatest…
Team New Zealand start America's Cup catch-up game on the water
Team New Zealand are upping their sailing programme as they play a game of catch-up on the way to the next America's Cup in Bermuda in 2017. With most of their rivals already well under way in working out on…
Artemis takes its AC45 Turbo flying in Bermuda
BERMUDA, 15 May 2015 – Artemis Racing became the first America’s Cup challenger to launch its AC45 development catamaran in Bermuda this week. The Swedish team’s wing-sail foiling AC45 Turbo began sea trials in the Great Sound on Tuesday after…
Sir Russell Coutts says Peter Burling is “a more complete sailor”
Writing to celebrate 20 years since New Zealand won the America's Cup, the NZ Herald's Dana Johannsen reports an extreme compliment for Team New Zealand's young helmsman, Peter Burling, from the skipper who won the Cup: Sir Russell Coutts, the…
Bremont becomes official timing partner of the America's Cup
Bremont will bring its core values of precision, reliability and durability to the competition for the oldest trophy in sport as Official Timing Partner of the America’s Cup and ORACLE TEAM USA. As Official Timing Partner, Bremont will be present…
Emirates renews commitment to Team New Zealand
Emirates airline today announced its continued support of Emirates Team New Zealand, which is among the challengers for the 35th America’s Cup, to be decided in June 2017. President of Emirates airline, Sir Tim Clark, said the airline’s decision was recognition…
Louis Vuitton may be back in the America's Cup
According to Stuart Alexander, a reliable America's Cup correspondent and sailing writer for Britain's The Independent, the luxury Louis Vuitton brand may be poised to return to the America's Cup at the World Series in Plymouth, with a possible involvement…
Oracle Team USA flies around Bermuda
ORACLE TEAM USA became the first America’s Cup team to sail an AC45S boat on the Great Sound in Bermuda. On Monday, the defending champion of the America’s Cup launched its training boat for the first time and put in…
America's Cup: ETNZ chairman resigns from the Board
Emirates Team New Zealand said today that Dr Keith Turner has resigned from the Emirates Team New Zealand Board. CEO Grant Dalton, who is currently overseas, said that the role of Chair of Emirates Team New Zealand over the past…
America's Cup community sailing program to leave a legacy in Bermuda
The America’s Cup is teaming up with some of the biggest names in the marine industry to launch an ambitious Community Sailing Project, with a focus on leaving a sporting legacy in Bermuda. “This is an exciting project that builds…
Strength and fitness key to 35th America's Cup says BAR
In all of the changes that have been wrought on the America's Cup by the introduction of the new, foiling multihull boats, one of the biggest is the physical contest, the man-to-man battle. There are no longer any pauses, there's…
America's Cup: Japan to launch team to challenge Oracle
SoftBank Corporation and the Kansai Yacht Club announced they have come to an agreement to challenge for the 2017 America’s Cup. As SoftBank Team Japan, the team will compete in the 2015 America’s Cup World Series events, and challenge for…
Dean Barker linked to Japanese entry in America's Cup
Stuff.co.nz Dean Barker has been linked to a new Japanese America's Cup syndicate, expected to be announced next week. An Asian entry has long been touted and it appears the decision to downscale the boats and cut costs for the…
Oracle gets cracking in Bermuda, racing two foiling Phantoms
Oracle TeamUSA took its maiden sail on the waters of the Great Sound in Bermuda Wednesday with the team training on two foiling Phantom boats. Kyle Langford, Graeme Spence, Joey Newton and Andrew Campbell were the first sailors on the…
America's Cup: Regatta director predicts ‘exciting times’
Bermuda meet Iain Murray, the regatta director for the 35th America’s Cup to be contested for on these shores in June 2017. Mr Murray is serving a second successive stint in the key role and has been tasked with collaborating…
Coutts – Another Kiwi team could replace Team NZ
Sir Russell Coutts is confident Team New Zealand will contest the 2017 America's Cup but has said if they don't front in Bermuda, another New Zealand syndicate would fill their place. The America's Cup official website announced yesterday that the…
Bermuda agreed as sole host for 35th America's Cup racing
The America’s Cup competitors have agreed the format for racing in 2017 with all racing taking place on the waters of the Great Sound in Bermuda, the home of the 2017 America’s Cup. “At our Competitor Forum meeting this week,…
Iain Percy says the move to AC48s will be good for the America's Cup
Recently the teams who have signed up to contest the 35th America's Cup in Bermuda voted to reduce the size of the catamaran to be sailed in that event. Subsequently, Luna Rossa withdrew from the Cup and Team New Zealand…
Marathon for charity part of BAR's America's Cup program
Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) team members will spring into action later this month to take part in the first fundraising initiative of 2015; running the London Marathon on behalf of the team's official charity, the 1851 Trust. Volunteers from BAR,…
Oracle gifts America's Cup design secrets to struggling French team
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johnstone. Oracle's desperation to make the struggling America's Cup more competitive now extends to handing their design secrets to cash-strapped newcomer Team France. Team France boss Franck Cammas made the revelation in an interview with French radio…
Sir Ben Ainslie says America's Cup changes were essential
The new America’s Cup wing sail foiling catamaran will be “more manoeuvrable” and “better suited” to Bermuda’s racecourse. That’s the opinion of Sir Ben Ainslie, team principal and skipper of British challenger Ben Ainslie Racing, who firmly backs the amendment…
Luna Rossa officially withdraws from the America's Cup
Luna Rossa has followed through with its threat to pull out of the 35th America's Cup after the chellengers voted by a majority to drop the AC62 in favour of a smaller class for the 2017 event. The Italians issued…
ETNZ fights for qualifier to remain in Auckland
By the deadline of the 31st March the America’s Cup teams voted by a majority in favour of changes to the 35thAmerica’s Cup Protocol, which included a reduction in boat size to between a 45 and 50 foot foiling catamaran and…
America's Cup teams agree on smaller boat
The America’s Cup teams have agreed to make changes aimed at significantly reducing costs for the 2017 America’s Cup. Central to these changes is the introduction of an exciting new America’s Cup Class – a wing-sailed, foiling catamaran between 45…
Sir Ben Ainslie: We need an America's Cup with long-term future
Recent negotiations between teams in the Americas Cup have created a lot of attention but the reality is these are hugely critical and exciting times for sport's oldest international competition and the stakes couldn't be higher. An impending vote by…
Luna Rossa threatens to withdraw from the America's Cup over smaller boat proposal
While most teams have welcomed the proposal to race the 35th America's Cup in smaller (45ft) foiling cats (see Related Content), one team is distinctly not happy! Luna Rossa issued this statement: Team Luna Rossa Challenge is distinctly opposed to…
America's Cup Event Authority says NZ has missed out on the qualifying regatta
According to a report in the NZ Herald, the qualifying regatta scheduled for early 2017 won't be held in Auckland, but ETNZ says, “That's news to us” and produces a signed agreement to back their claim. It's a big issue…
Smaller boat to deliver significant cost saving for 2017 America's Cup
The competitors and organizers of the 2017 America’s Cup are planning to implement a series of rule changes to dramatically reduce team operational costs, primarily by racing in a smaller boat. “After reviewing prototypes of the new AC45 sports boats…
Valencia Dinghy Academy goes from strength to strength
Part One: The Beginning and Skill Development The Dinghy Academy in Valencia is going from strength to strength. Established two years ago by 2000 Olympic Finn silver medalist Luca Devoti as a way to develop the skills of aspiring Olympians…
BAR claims an advantage from being in Bermuda early
Bermuda will be the venue for the 35th America's Cup. It's a brand new race track for foiling multihulls, and Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) were the first to test it back in January. It was immediately clear that it would…
Judge orders Oracle's AC45 to be released
Judge Joseph C. Spero has ordered marshals to release Oracle Team USA's foiling AC45 which was seized on March 9 during a dispute with fired grinder Joe Spooner. Spooner is claiming at least $725,000 in compensation for wrongful dismisal (see…
Judge tells Oracle and Spooner to discuss a settlement
AP San Diego. By Bernie Wilson. SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered attorneys for America's Cup champion Oracle Team USA and Joe Spooner to meet during the next two weeks to discuss a settlement of…
Former F1 motor racing chief joins Ben Ainslie Racing as CEO
Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) today announced that Martin Whitmarsh, former CEO of the McLaren Group and Team Principal of the McLaren F1 team, will be joining the British challenger for the 35th America's Cup. Whitmarsh will take the position of…
