Naples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyThe British America’s Cup team, INEOS Britannia, today launched their first test boat for the 37th America’s Cup code-named T6, designed and built-in collaboration with Mercedes-AMG F1 Applied Science, a division of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team.
They may well still be in commissioning mode of the AC40, but the progress that Emirates Team New Zealand has made by putting in relentless hours on the water in all conditions is plain to see with a far more aggressive sailing style than earlier in the programme.
After a quite magnificent launch party, the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team got down to business today with the first tow test runs of their stunning LEQ12 – the testing platform for the syndicate’s one-build AC75.
It has not been an easy few days for the Land Speed Team on Lake Gairdner. Like much of Eastern Australia, it too has seen more precipitation than welcome.
SRAM, the world’s most innovative bicycle component manufacturer, announced a partnership with the New York Yacht Club American Magic racing team in their bid to win the 37th America’s Cup.
The creep of water was accompanied by the creep of frustration on Lake Gairdner for Glenn Ashby and the land speed team as near perfect winds blew across the wetted lake surface restricting any sailing again.
The Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Prototype touches water, a revolutionary project to conduct research and development in preparation for the new AC75.
The salt has dried enough to get Horonuku back out on the lake for another round of testing. The team managed to get four runs squeezed into the afternoon in a breeze of 15-18 knots which was good enough to clock 156kph.
Only a select few people in the world have ever been on board an AC40, and new Emirates Team New Zealand team member Nathan Outteridge is one of those select few.
Emirates Team New Zealand was recognised alongside the best of New Zealand design industry at The Designers Institute Best Design Awards 2022 on Friday evening at Auckland’s Aotea Centre where the team received the prestigious “Value of Design Black Pin”.
Emirates Team New Zealand’s land yacht ‘Horonuku’ has had its first day of sailing on Lake Gairdner, in South Australia, with pilot Glenn Ashby behind the wheel in his bid to eclipse the 2009 wind-powered world record speed of 202.9 km/h.
It has been a week like no other so far in the wind powered land speed world record campaign, with Horonuku finally reaching its destination at Lake Gairdner in South Australia. When Glenn Ashby said last week “Lets get ready to go” he meant it. The trigger was pulled, and the wheels were in motion literally.
The countdown has commenced for what promises to be one of the most exciting, innovative and ultimately consequential series of events of the 37th America’s Cup.
Returning to New Zealand from the European summer circuits, Pete Burling and Blair Tuke wasted no time in re-joining the extensive Kiwi testing programme, stepping aboard Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC40 for a blustery first taste of the most sensational boat of 2022.
Emirates Team New Zealand were welcomed onto the Ngati Whatua Orakei Marae today in a signing ceremony of the official Kotuitanga which represents an ongoing partnership between both organisations.
The first AC40 is back on the water, flying around Auckland Harbour!
In a double announcement by America’s Cup Events Limited (ACE) it is confirmed today that Iain Murray has been appointed as Independent Regatta Director for the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona alongside Richard Slater who continues in the role as Chief Umpire, positions they both occupied for the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland.
Horonuku is heading ot the lake. Not someone that enjoys idle time, it has been an agonising month of waiting for the moving waters of Lake Gairdner to evaporate for Land speed pilot Glenn Ashby.
As the team continue setting up camp in Palma de Mallorca, it has been revealed that the team will launch a new 40-foot test boat, code named ‘T6’, later this autumn in Palma. ‘Cup Insider’ Justin Chisholm gets all in the information in his latest interview with Ben Ainslie:
Emirates Team New Zealand experienced their first AC40 “capsize” while out training on Day 2 of their sendy sessions, but hey, that’s all part of sailing!
It’s early days for a campaign that has persistently and admirably overcome a myriad of issues so far but Alinghi Red Bull Racing ‘got wings’ today sailing long stints out around the bay in the autumnal light of Barcelona with lift-off achieved after days of on and off-the-water drills, checks and procedures.
Great success for the Garda leg of the Next Generation Foil Academy FIV Powered by Luna Rossa, where the federal athletes taking part in the “Clinic” stage benefited from an exceptional mentor: Umberto Molineris.
On the 21st September 2022, Emirates Team New Zealand took out the AC40 for its first sail on the Waitemata Harbour. Needless to say, the team on board were impressive with the boat and her performance.
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