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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…
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 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…
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…
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…
NZ Herald/AP: Marshals have been authorised to seize America's Cup champion Oracle Team USA's prototype boat in response to a lien filed by New Zealand sailor Joe Spooner, whose contract was terminated in January. The warrant was issued late Friday…
New Zealand Herald. By Dana Jahanssen. Team New Zealand's bid to host the America's Cup qualifiers has hit a further snag, with crisis meetings held yesterday over problems with the proposed locations for the team bases. An announcement confirming Auckland…
Without cutting edge design and engineering, no one wins the America's Cup. In pursuit of their goal, the British team has developed their own sophisticated 3D sailing simulator, modelled on those used by the world of motorsport. The virtual flying…
On board with the Alvimedica, Dongfeng and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing teams we gain insight into technology at play within their teams, the advantages and drawbacks of it's use and the off-shore navigation risks they tackle everyday. Features discussion with…
The New Zealand Herald. By Susan Strongman. Team New Zealand's newest co-helmsman Peter Burling says he hopes dumped skipper Dean Barker will stick with Team New Zealand. In an exclusive interview with the Weekend Herald last night, the young sailor…
The Royal Gazette. By Jonathan Bell. Special America’s Cup provisions allowing open-air drinking on Front Street will not limit festivities to that area alone, according to Junior National Security Minister Jeff Baron. Senator Baron faced some Opposition queries earlier today,…
Emirates Team New Zealand announced today that the Halsey Street, Auckland, base will be fully operational from Monday, March 2. Work will start immediately on modifying an AC45 catamaran to foil. With the first America’s Cup World Series regatta scheduled…
Herald on Sunday. By Dana Johanssen: A furious Dean Barker has called in the lawyers as the bitter battle over his future with Team New Zealand intensifies. Barker was left shell-shocked at leaks to media this week that he was…
New Zealand is this morning welcoming news that Australia's last-gasp bid to host the America's Cup qualifying event has fallen over. The Daily Telegraph reports that a decision to delay Sydney's formal entry by two months has prompted America's Cup…
In the last week there has been a lot of mainstream media beat-up about the location of the America's Cup qualifying series – a regatta that counts towards the Cup match. John Bertrand and others have been quoted in support…
The majesty of the J Class era will return to the America’s Cup eighty years after the class last raced for the oldest trophy in international sport. The J Class Association (JCA) and the America’s Cup Event Authority have agreed…
Artemis Racing team manager Iain Percy says he’s very excited about the prospect of racing in Bermuda, which he is calling a tricky venue that will demand the best from the sailors. “I’m really excited about Bermuda,” he says. “You’ve…
Today, Ben Ainslie Racing announced a new project with City College Southampton to build two specialised docking ribs. The boats will be built by apprentices trained by the college under the supervision of Darren Patten at the College's Marine Skills…
The America’s Cup has selected NBC Sports Group as its partner for the upcoming edition of the America’s Cup – including the America’s Cup World Series events (2015-16), and the America’s Cup Qualifiers, Playoffs and America’s Cup Finals (2017). “We…
The defending America's Cup champion, Oracle Team USA, is scheduled to be training on its new AC45 foiling catamaran this month in San Francisco. “It will be great to commission the new boat,” said tactician and sailing team manager Tom…
Ben Ainslie Racing were the first America's Cup team both on – and under – the race course waters of the 35th America's Cup last week, when the team conducted an initial training camp in Bermuda. “It's been great for…
The Telegraph. By James Quinn. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is considering backing Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup bid, in a move that would propel the fortunes of the Olympic gold medallist yet further. It is understood that Virgin is…
The News Tribune. By Bernie Wilson. SAN DIEGO — New Zealander Matt Mitchell has asked sailing's governing body to investigate former Oracle Team USA teammate Simeon Tienpont for gross misconduct, the latest fallout from one of the biggest scandals in…
Although there was no America's Cup racing in 2014, Tom Slingsby had a busy year. He popped up on an RC44, a TP52, at the Farr 40 Worlds, at Hamilton Island Race Week, in the Extreme Sailing Series, the World…
Cagliari, January 22nd 2015. The city of Cagliari (Sardinia – Italy) will inaugurate the 2015 – 2016 America's Cup World Series, the regattas preliminary to the 35th America's Cup. The event will take place in the Gulf surrounding the island's…
ORACLE TEAM USA skipper Jimmy Spithill is in Bermuda this week, along with other team members, to lay the groundwork for a smooth transition for the team as it moves to the new host venue of the America’s Cup over…
The make-up of the new body tasked with preparing Bermuda for the 2017 America’s Cup has been revealed by Grant Gibbons, the Minister for Economic Development. Dr Gibbons said that America’s Cup Bermuda Ltd (ACBDA) will be funded by an…
Royal Gazette. By Colin Thomson. History was made at the Royal Naval Dockyard yesterday when Ben Ainslie Racing rolled out the first foiling catamarans to reach these shores. Curious pedestrians and motorists watched in awe as an advance party from…
The former head of sailing's governing body has filed complaints of gross misconduct against the five members of an international jury that handed down the harshest penalties in America's Cup history. Paul Henderson of Toronto has requested hearings by the…
The Royal Gazette. By Colin Thompson. A late proposal that would have seen a Bermuda team compete in the 35th America’s Cup has fallen by the wayside. A spokesman for a group behind the ambitious plan confirmed yesterday that they…
The America's Cup Event Authority is starting to crank up its activities, advertising a variety of positions. ACEA CEO Iain Murray is still in Australia but leaves the country on January 20 to continue his AC activities. Jobs listing: Graphic…
Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) is leading the sporting world in sustainability in its bid to bring the 35th America's Cup to the UK. The sailing team, formed by Olympic multi-gold medallist Ben Ainslie, is announcing a long-term partnership with renewables…
Charming, polite, every bit the sailor-cum-businessman, the clothes are perfectly pressed with not a hair out of place. But it's the look in his brown eyes, the glare that offers a glimpse of the other side of sailing's Jekyll and…
He's a hero in Australia and the USA, but twice America's Cup winner Jimmy Spithill is the man they love to hate in New Zealand. When the website stuff.co.nz named its five sporting villains of 2014, the Oracle Team USA…
It’s a big world. And 71% of it is salt water. But with more than 100,000 ships plying the oceans, it’s not unusual for a small sailboat to find itself in exactly the same piece of water as a “trading…
The start of a sailboat race is a focused test of a crew’s ability across the range of sailing skills: tactics and strategy, boat handling, rules and speed. The last skill of boat speed may not initially seem related to…
One of my favourite chapters of Stuart Walker’s 1986 book Advanced Racing Tactics is that on greed. Being greedy, as far as sailboat racing goes, usually means trying to dominate or ‘smash them’ and win by a lot or gain…
Orderly stowage of equipment and supplies is an important aspect of seamanship. Most methods and options are applicable to anything from a day sailing harbour racer to an international cruiser. The philosophy of ‘A place for everything, and everything in…
PRACTICALITIES BY ANDREW BRAY Where fire is concerned, prevention is certainly better than cure, and common sense precautions lessen the main risks. But if a fire does break out we may have only seconds to save our boat and perhaps…
Picking the best angle To sail upwind depends a lot on your sailing style and experience. The higher you try to sail, the harder it is to maintain your speed. So if you are unsure about what angle to pick,…
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