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Hull Daily Mail. By Tareq Haddad. A “wonderful and warm” mother died during a yacht race when she fell overboard and her lifejacket did not inflate. Maxine Wood, 55, was taking part in a yacht race with her husband off the…
If you wanted a poster child for the potential glamour of a modern engineering career, you’d be hard pushed to come up with a better candidate than Richard Hopkirk. A graduate of Cambridge with a first class MEng degree, he…
We all know that instrument calibration is important for quality data on board. Many times however this task falls by the way side, in favour of rig tuning, crew mechanics training and boat maintenance. In this two-part guide we will…
Only a week after foiling around Cape Horn, the skipper of Groupama Team France in the America's Cup has suffered a serious injury to his right foot after falling off the training boat at full speed. It's believed he was…
It used to be so easy. Instruments were rudimentary, so most of what could be gained came from an experienced and knowledgeable eye. The 1980s era America’s Cup boat travelled almost everywhere at about seven or eight miles an hour,…
Sir Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAR America's Cup team has released an economic impact report for the first year of it's operation in the British city of Portsmouth. The report reads: Ben Ainslie's decision to base the team in the…
This year's O’pen BIC WORLD O'PEN CUP is being held at Safety Beach Sailing Club, Melbourne, Australia from 27th December -3rd January. It is one of the most prolific youth sailing events in the world where competitors of all ages, genders and countries compete against one…
Sailing and photography enthusiasts from around the world are invited to vote for this year’s Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image – click here to vote. The competition will be tight again this year, with no less than 135 professional photographers from…
The economic impact of the America’s Cup could be bigger than originally forecast, according to Minister of Economic Development Dr. Grant Gibbons. The impact assessment by the Bermuda America’s Cup Bid Committee, released in October 2014, projected an economic impact of $242M for the…
Geneva, October 21, 2015 – The world’s best yacht racing photographers have until Monday, October 26 to submit their photograph at the following address: http://www.yachtracingimage.com The top eighty pictures selected by the international jury will be published on the event’s website…
Race tracker and Automatic Identification System (AIS) technology is becoming more and more prevalent in yacht racing. In this article I explore what these technologies can offer us, how they can be used to our advantage and some of the…
Sunday’s racing in Bermuda will have more points on offer than any other day in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series to date. After racing was abandoned on Saturday due to extremely light winds, a third race has been…
The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series is bringing America’s Cup racing to Bermuda for the first time since the mid-Atlantic island became the host venue of the 35th America’s Cup. The defending champion, ORACLE TEAM USA, selected Bermuda as…
Airbus will team up with America’s Cup challenger SoftBank Team Japan as a technology partner supporting them with its engineering expertise already recognised through its Innovation Partnership with ORACLE TEAM USA. “It’s great to have Airbus partner with SoftBank Team…
Emirates Team New Zealand are preparing for their first sail on the very waters which will host the 35th America’s Cup in 2017. This week the fleet of America’s Cup challengers get a taste of what is to come…
Land Rover BAR has reinforced its sailing team with the addition of Leigh McMillan as a helmsman. McMillan has been one of the world’s top multihull sailors for the last decade. He’s the only skipper to have won two Extreme…
The America's Cup Event Authority has released its worldwide viewing guide for the World Series in Bermuda, and once again there is live coverage in Australia on Fox Sports. “We are looking forward to an exciting weekend of racing, and…
There are many paths to the goal of getting stronger for sailing, and I give a few examples below, but above all, follow these five principles and you will make great gains: 1Overload: You must gradually work the muscles harder…
The skipper of Luna Rossa at the 34th America's Cup in San Francisco, Max Sirena, has joined Emirates Team New Zealand as they work towards the 35th Match in Bermuda. Luna Rossa issued this brief statement: Team Luna Rossa Challenge…
The British America's Cup challenger, Land Rover BAR, has launched its latest testing boat – T2 – at their home in Portsmouth. This boat will increase the momentum already developed with the initial launch of 'T1' last October. It's the…
ORACLE TEAM USA will race in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda with the same crew that earned a second place finish in Gothenburg, Sweden in August. “We’re going with the same line-up as last time,” confirmed skipper…
Stuff.co.nz. By Duncan Johstone. Dean Barker admits it's strange to be working alongside Jimmy Spithill after the pair “were trying to rip each other's throats out two years ago”. Barker's ugly departure from Team New Zealand earlier this year saw…
The Squadron’s new race management system got its first real test, and came through with flying colours, in last Saturday’s Mini A regatta for the International Etchells class. The sophisticated computer system, developed by John Maclurcan and Alan Phillips, means…
Alameda, 17 September 2015 – Artemis Racing has announced today the signing of Italian star, Francesco Bruni. Bruni, from Palermo, Italy, is a three time Olympian and former helmsman of Italian America’s Cup challenger Luna Rossa. He is one of Italy’s most successful…
Chicago made maritime history today with Lake Michigan chosen as the first freshwater venue to host America’s Cup racing in the event’s 164-year history. The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Chicago, a qualifying event for the 2017 America’s Cup…
After a social media post showing balloons being released at the recent America’s Cup event in Sweden resulted in a slew of complaints, the America’s Cup said they “regret” the balloon release, and have “put processes in place with all future local…
The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda will be held from October 16-18 with Emirates Team New Zealand, Land Rover BAR, ORACLE TEAM USA, SoftBank Team Japan, Artemis Racing and Groupama Team France taking in part in the…
The 12 international amateur teams competing in the tenth edition of the world’s longest ocean race have started their 40,000 nautical mile circumnavigation off the English coast at Southend. Race 1 to Rio de Janeiro of the global series, the…
Emirates Team New Zealand put together a Super Sunday in Sweden, to vault to the top of the leaderboard and claim the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Gothenburg. It was a difficult day on the tight race course, with…
WISeKey, as the ORACLE TEAM USA Official Fan App Supplier, has released the WISfans© ORACLE TEAM USA app providing fans with a unique mobile experience, facilitating full interaction with the team led by skipper Jimmy Spithill, who will be trying to win…
ORACLE TEAM USA won both races on opening day at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Gothenburg. But Land Rover BAR and Emirates Team New Zealand had good days as well with second and third place finishes respectively. …
Artemis Racing was pushing hard to put on a show for its home fans in Gothenburg, Sweden on the official practice day Friday. Unfortunately, that extra push led to a capsize, meaning the team missed out on the two practice…
“On Saturday afternoon the high pressure ridge will have moved north… we're expecting conditions of 10 to 15 knots. Then on Sunday the high pressure ridge may be close by or overhead, giving us lighter conditions with a chance of…
Imperial College London. By Laura Singleton. Imperial researchers have won an Academy of Management award for a study that reveals how imitation can help businesses stay ahead of their rivals. Dr Dmitry Sharapov, Assistant Professor, Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship…
It has only been a month since Emirates Team New Zealand finished second at the first Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Portsmouth, but a month long enough for the sailing team to be chomping at the bit to…
America’s Cup action continues this week, as the fleet descends upon Gothenburg, Sweden for…
Artemis Racing has announced a squad of six sailors for the second event of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Gothenburg; with the final five man line-up to be announced next week. Skipper, Nathan Outteridge, will be joined by…
Stuff.co.nz Team New Zealand have had their America's Cup campaign boosted with sidelined Italian syndicate Luna Rossa lending them a testing boat. The Italians pulled out of the cup in protest to late changes made in design rules. But they…
Stuff.com.nz Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker paid the price for “internal mutiny” against his boss Grant Dalton. That's the theory of Peter Montgomery as he runs the rule over some of the most influential figures in New Zealand's proud…
The America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth marks the beginning of the long road to the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda. Nine World Series events will give the teams the chance to check out the competition in their foiling AC45s before…
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