Naples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyThe Jeddah Corniche racecourse area was a busy waterway yesterday afternoon with Alinghi Red Bull Racing, Orient Express Racing Team and the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia all putting in a super-long stint ahead of the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta, presented by NEOM, starting in earnest next week.
Known as the ‘Bride of the Red Sea,’ the fabulous, forward-looking city seaport of Jeddah on the eastern side of the Red Sea is the perfect venue to host the second Preliminary Regatta of the 37th America’s Cup.
It has been a week under the spotlight for the next generation of potential Emirates Team New Zealand sailors at the team base in Auckland.
The countdown is on for the The America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta, presented by NEOM with the Red Sea city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia getting ready to host the world’s finest foiling sailors all eager to sail in the pristine waters from the 29th of November through to the 2nd of December 2023.
The pace of testing in this critical period ahead of the new AC75s hitting the water in the Spring, picked up again with NYYC American Magic deep into systems and controls evaluation on Saturday whilst Monday afternoon in Auckland saw Emirates Team New Zealand out in, at times, marginal, light conditions to dig into the data of their new bullet-shaped port foil.
NEOM, the sustainable regional development taking shape in northwest Saudi Arabia has partnered with The America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta Jeddah – the premier sailing event taking place on the Red Sea from the 29 November to 2 December, 2023.
Contrasting fortunes on either side of the Mediterranean this morning with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli skirting a storm whilst in Barcelona it was displacement sailing only for Alinghi Red Bull Racing who opted for systems checks of their new mainsail and mainsheet systems.
A day high on technique with an emphasis on speed out of manoeuvres and pushing the foil profiles to their limits was the session order for Emirates Team New Zealand out on the Hauraki Gulf this afternoon.
The AC40 burst onto the sailing scene in late 2022, hot off the easels of the Emirates Team New Zealand Design Office and the Defender’s significant investment in creating a class that will be the foundation to a pathway for Youth and Women into the America’s Cup.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has drawn the attention of Marine sports enthusiasts around the world and especially the city of Jeddah which has been selected to host a leg of the 37th America’s Cup later this year.
The unmistakeable, and indeed unforgettable, sight of the scalpel-shaped NYYC American Magic AC75 ‘Patriot’ lifted-off in Barcelona today and opened a whole new chapter for the team’s winter training programme.
Since its beginnings De Antonio Yachts has been distinguished for developing innovative boats. For the 37th America’s Cup, the Spanish brand and America’s Cup Event Barcelona have reached an agreement for the De Antonio Yachts E23 model to be the Official Electric Boat of the event.
It’s a truly international picture in the 37th America’s Cup at the moment with the teams training hard around the globe on Tuesday, deep into their development work with key, crucial design decisions being weighed-up, tested and analysed to the nth degree.
Saudi Arabia may not be the first place you’d expect to find a burgeoning sailing scene, but sailing is, in fact, a deep-rooted part of the country’s heritage. From the dhow boats which ferried pilgrims to Mecca, to their historical reliance on water for trade, for hundreds of years Saudis have made seafaring a way of life.
After a fairly quiet week, the America’s Cup world exploded into life on Monday with some surprising and interesting developments both in Barcelona and Jeddah.
Just two weeks after Emirates Team New Zealand wound up their last day sailing in Barcelona, they are back out on the water testing on their AC40 on the familiar waters of the Hauraki Gulf again.
The training has begun in the near-perfect conditions of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with Alinghi Red Bull Racing being the first team to train on the crystal waters of the Red Sea.
Love it or hate it, the AC40s are racing in Jeddah on the Red Sea from Wednesday 29th November.
The countdown is on for the second Preliminary Regatta of the 37th America’s Cup with the Red Sea city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia getting ready to host the world’s finest foiling sailors all eager to sail in the pristine waters from the 29th of November through to the 2nd of December 2023.
Emirates Team New Zealand’s intense 4 month sailing block in Barcelona has wound up with the America’s Cup winning boat Te Rehutai signing off its scheduled sailing and testing program for the 37th America’s Cup.
Undoubtedly the best we’ve seen Alinghi Red Bull Racing sail in Barcelona, today was a full-on, three-hour session conducted at race pace for the hard-charging Swiss who demonstrated some superb technique, dynamic flight control and pin-point precise helming.
The recent swell conditions in Barcelona have kept one of the hardest driving teams of this America’s Cup cycle, NYYC American Magic, shoreside so the chance to get out on the racecourse and put some miles on their one remaining AC40 ‘America’ today was a welcome relief.
On a day when many would have looked at the sea-state and opted for a ‘maintenance day’ it was all systems go at Emirates Team New Zealand who were determined to take their AC75 ‘Te Rehutai’ out to experience conditions that the team haven’t sailed before in Barcelona in an AC75.
Louis Vuitton becomes the Title Partner of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Barcelona and returns to organise its legendary qualifying stages, the Louis Vuitton Cup.
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