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Three renowned Queensland identities – each a pioneer and internationally recognised in his area of expertise – have teamed up to head a bid to bring the America’s Cup downunder. The trio and their supporters are not considering entering a…
Artemis Racing officially declared their new America’s Cup base open and fully operational on Friday. Nearly 500 guests attended the glamorous opening ceremony held indoors, including Torbjörn Törnqvist, Artemis Racing team principal, Michael Dunkley, the Premier of Bermuda, local dignitaries,…
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All crew are safe and the ORACLE TEAM USA AC45S test platform is secure back at base following a capsize during training in Bermuda on Wednesday afternoon. “It was a great day for training, sunny, 15-20 knots of wind,” said…
The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup will bring the best national youth teams to Bermuda for racing in 2017 during the 35th America’s Cup. Applications for teams are available now Six youth crews will compete in Bermuda through their affiliation…
Ben Ainslie, the most decorated Olympic sailor in history, led his Land Rover BAR team to victory at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Oman this weekend. Ainslie beat his former skipper, Jimmy Spithill and ORACLE TEAM USA, by…
Ben Ainslie and Jimmy Spithill had big recoveries on Saturday to vault to the top of the leaderboard at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Oman. Ainslie and his team were the class of the field. After incurring…
The six America’s Cup teams took to the water in Oman on Friday for official practice racing, the first competition the fleet has seen since racing in Bermuda in October. At the morning press conference, team skippers all expressed an…
ORACLE TEAM USA transitions from training in Bermuda to racing in Oman this week with the start of the 2016 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series season. Three races featuring six teams will be held on both Saturday and Sunday,…
The first event of the 2016 Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series begins in Muscat Oman this weekend where the current overall leaders, Emirates Team New Zealand, will be looking to continue their dominance on the water in the one-design…
Six America’s Cup teams from France, Sweden, America, Great Britain, Japan and New Zealand hit the water this weekend in Muscat, all aiming to get their 2016 America’s Cup campaigns off to a flying start. …
After conquering the competitive V8 Supercars circuit, motor racing enthusiast and two-times Bathurst winner Tony Longhurst is transferring his attention to racing fast catamarans. And it could lead all the way to an Australian challenge for the America's Cup. Longhurst,…
Yesterday marked an important milestone for Artemis Racing, launching their new Turbo boat in the waters of Bermuda, and beginning their two boat testing programme. Artemis Racing skipper, Nathan Outteridge, commented, “It was good to have our first two boat…
Competing in an event like the America’s Cup is a human adventure that is indissociable from technical and sporting commitment. For the past two years almost, with a ramping-up of activity back on 25 June 2015 thanks to the support…
The Australian 18 Footers League 2016 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship sponsored by appliancesonline.com.au, runs from February 12-21, 2016. The championship, which has been the world’s major 18 Footer championship since it was first sailed on Sydney Harbour in 1938,…
The defending champion of the America’s Cup, Oracle Team USA, will face the top challenging team in race one of the America’s Cup Match presented by Louis Vuitton in 500 days, on Saturday, June 17, 2017. Racing will take place…
Artemis Racing has made a flying start to 2016, relocating the team’s sailing operations to Bermuda, and perhaps even more significantly, launching its second turbo development boat of this America’s Cup campaign. The new boat, nicknamed ‘T2’, was launched…
Emirates Team New Zealand has been awarded a research and development growth grant by Callaghan Innovation having met the eligibility criteria for the fund. “It is fantastic Callaghan Innovation has recognised both the importance and the potential Emirates Team New…
For many Aussies exercise/sport and physical activity are closely linked with alcohol consumption. Sport teams celebrate wins and losses with a few drinks, most weekend recreational sports often finish with a beer and a recap of the competition, especially in…
Last issue we considered the basic calibration needed to get good, valid numbers out of our instrument systems. Now the basics are correct in this article I consider possible measurement refinements to produce the most meaningful data for the tactician….
The British America's Cup Challenger and Land Rover, the team's Title and Exclusive Innovation Partner, have deepened their commitment to creating a sustainable talent programme in sailing with the launch of the Land Rover BAR Academy. This new initiative will…
By Erin Speedy, Stuff.co.nz. The man who led Oracle Team USA to an America's Cup win over Team New Zealand is turning heads again, this time for his beach front mansion being built. Sprawled across three impressive sections on…
ORACLE TEAM USA will continue its cooperation with TeXtreme® as the preferred supplier of carbon fiber materials used to produce composite parts for the team’s catamarans. The team is preparing to defend its title in the 35th America’s Cup in…
Emirates Team New Zealand and Team Tilt will share their respective experience and talent. Glenn Ashby will sail on board Team Tilt’s GC 32 whilst the two teams will work in parallel towards the next Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. …
FATHER and son offshore sailing buddies Bruce and Drew Taylor, who have sailed 23 Sydney Hobart Yacht Races together, have well-informed ideas on steering failure safeguards and solutions. Bruce, from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, has sailed 34 Sydney…
Fresh off its victory at the recent Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event in Bermuda, the Artemis Racing sailing team has returned to San Francisco, but work is under way in earnest at Artemis Racing's new home at Morgan's…
France will host the fifth Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event of 2016 in September when racing comes to the Mediterranean city of Toulon. Located between Marseille and St Tropez, Toulon will host the best sailors in the world,…
Whilst out training on the Solent today, the team's test boat T2 capsized off of Ryde, Isle of Wight. The boat was righted quickly and no team members were injured. Damage was sustained to a section of the wing, which…
Emirates Team New Zealand ticked off another major milestone of their 35th America’s Cup today, launching the first test boat in Auckland today. The silver and red boat is formerly Luna Rossa’s AC45 test boat, which has been loaned to the…
America’s Cup racing will return to New York for the first time since 1920 with Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series racing on May 7-8, 2016. The New York event is one of six events planned during 2016, each featuring…
The Sultanate of Oman will create a rare slice of sporting history when it becomes the first country in the Middle East to host America’s Cup racing by staging the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Oman in February 2016….
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…
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