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Emirates Team New Zealand Implement Solution After AC40 Nosedive
Just days ago, Emirates Team New Zealand buried the bow of their AC40 while testing in waves on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, which resulted in damage to the forward sections of the hull and deck structure.
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Ben Ainslie outlines the importance of Test Boat T6
Ben Ainslie outlines the importance of Test Boat T6
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Italy is Back
It’s the news that every fan of the Luna Rosa Prada Pirelli Team wanted to hear and today out in a mistral-infused Cagliari, the Italians were back in action going through a series of test tows with their LEQ12.
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Pensacola Rainbows and Unicorns
So, what a day for the American Magic Team out in Pensacola who completed a thorough day of training at near enough race pace out on the smooth waters of the Bay throwing in some 30 tacks and 15 gybes with very little downtime between, over a 70 nautical mile track, only coming in when the big yellow orb in the sky dipped below the horizon
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Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC40 damaged during training
Emirates Team New Zealand have suffered damage to the bow of their AC40 today after an early start testing on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf in some top end conditions.
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INEOS Britannia Shakedown
The final piece of the 37th America’s Cup training jigsaw fell into place today with the initial launch and tow-test shakedown of the INEOS Britannia LEQ12, ‘T6’, out in the harbour at Mallorca.
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Powered Up in Pensacola
The Pensacola breeze came in today, serving up a blustery 17-20 knots for the American Magic Team over a short, sharp chop that put an emphasis on heavy-weather control and crew co-ordination.
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ETNZ Tests New Port Foil on Hauraki Gulf
It didn’t take long for the first major development to break-cover in this race to Barcelona for the 37th America’s Cup and today Emirates Team New Zealand revealed the first phase of its design development process with the sailing team, fresh from sailing in Dubai at the weekend, thoroughly testing a new port foil out on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf.
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37th America’s Cup Reveal the New AC37 Logo
The Official Logo of the 37th America’s Cup was revealed in Barcelona today at the Museu Maritim de Barcelona. Designed by Practica, a Barcelona and New York based design and identity studio, who were selected from a shortlist of three creative studios.
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America’s Cup Mainsail Sheeting System
Controlling the mainsail on an AC75 accurately and to its performance profile in any given wind strength is seen as the hot topic of development in this America’s Cup cycle. In AC36 the two finalists – Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli – both featured innovative ways of harnessing the power of the mainsail.
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NYYC American Magic Looking Powerful
Looking highly impressive, stable and controlled, the New York Yacht Club American Magic Team once again caught the early morning breeze out in Pensacola, docking out at 8.28am sharp after a crane in before 7am.
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Max Sirena on How to Manage an America’s Cup Team
Max Sirena, Team Director of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, explains his position and the road he took to get there. Inviting young people to do the same
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Project Landspeed: Holding for a Couple of Weeks
With the team poised to make the most of the 25-35 knot winds on Lake Gairdner this week, the party has once again been spoilt by surface water that has moved onto the designated sailing area of the lake.
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Simple Mistake Saw Luna Rossa Drop Rig While Stepping It
It was certainly ‘one of those days’ today out in Cagliari as Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli began the stepping of their mast on their LEQ12 and a “simple mistake”, as Max Sirena described it, saw the mast slip from the crane and crash onto both the boat and the dockside.
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Drone Flying Bull
As the newest entrant to the America’s Cup, despite a storied and winning history at the event, the learning curve that the young Swiss sailors are on at Alinghi Red Bull Racing is almost vertical.
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Time and Patience Will Tell for Emirates Team New Zealand
It has been a stop start sort of a week for Glenn Ashby and the team as the hustle continues out on Lake Gairdner. One eye on the weather models and forecasts on the computer screens, another on the salt surface as the wind and water come and go.
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Up-close and personal with the 37th America’s Cup
America’s Cup and Skydance Sports today announced an exclusive partnership to produce an all-access, behind-the-scenes documentary series on the 37th edition of the America’s Cup, the world’s pinnacle sailing event and longest-running international sports competition.
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The New Luna Rossa Starts Here
The prototype is a Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli project conceived, designed and built in-house, in Cagliari. The base was redesigned for this purpose, to house new areas for carbon lamination, ovens and other spaces that make it more practical, spacious, and functional for the activities of the various departments.
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INEOS Britannia’s Thomas Tison on the Evolution of the Cup and the Future of Sailing
The story of the America’s Cup is a battle against time. Secrecy, technical innovation, winning the Cup is a historical success that can change the destiny of the teams competing.
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Boomless Bull
Alinghi Red Bull Racing today broke cover on their boomless mainsail system, something that’s been a bit of an open secret around the team who have been working on the development for several months.
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Luna Rossa Finds Absolute Edge on LEQ12
After a few days of super-light conditions that have sat over Cagliari, Sardinia, today was a complete change and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli were quick to take advantage of the change in conditions with a stunning blast out in their super-refined LEQ12.
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Project Landspeed: Making the Most of Every Opportunity
After an enforced break over the past week for the Project Land Speed team at Lake Gairdner they are back on location making the most of every vital window that becomes available to get more speed runs in.
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Arbitration Panel for AC37 Confirmed
Disputes in the America’s Cup are as old as the competition itself. Indeed, trace the history back to that very first race around the Isle of Wight in 1851.