Naples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyThey knew it was coming but Alinghi Red Bull Racing and INEOS Britannia were determined to get what they could before a rapidly deteriorating weather system shut down the racecourse of the 37th America’s Cup with seas that are predicted to rise to 3 metre swells later this afternoon (Thursday) and winds into the 30-knot mark.
A squad of 17 of Australia’s top performing sailing women and youth athletes have been revealed by Team Australia Challenge Patron John Bertrand AO to spearhead the nations return to the America’s Cup in the Youth and Puig Women’s Regattas in 2024.
The America’s Cup teams vying to win the 37th edition of the oldest continually contested trophy in international sports may have vast resources but the one commodity they can’t buy is time. And the clock is ticking. The countdown has begun.
For Emirates Team New Zealand, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, the team have experienced the uncertainty, the anxiety, the nerves and the excitement of Race 1 more than any other team.
Then, as the Chase Boat appeared to increase speed slightly, Giles Scott helming from the port aft pod can be seen to be steering to port (confirmed by the movement of the wheel in the starboard pod) and then back to starboard going perhaps as far as lock-to-lock as Luke Parkinson sitting in front of Giles appeared to be checking/securing the orange tow-line.
This morning, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners signed an agreement at its Martorelles (Barcelona) plant, through which the company becomes a sponsor of the 37th America’s Cup – the world’s oldest and most important nautical event to be held in Barcelona in 2024
Orient Express Racing Team today announces the addition of another leading French sports figure to its Challenger team — track racer François Pervis will bring his experience as a top-level competitor to the table, as well as providing the cyclor* group with the energy needed to power the AC75 America’s Cup race boat.
The shadows may be getting longer and the days shorter, but it was as close to perfection in Barcelona as could be imagined today with flat waters and a building breeze through to sunset that gave three teams the most incredible playground to test, learn and familiarise on.
There truly are few sights in world sailing that can match an AC75 in 15 knots of breeze. The sheer power, the majesty of flight and the mesmerising speed are something that even a decade ago were unimaginable. Today out in Barcelona, Emirates Team New Zealand enjoyed a blistering session that was all-on, full on.
These are important days of real-world testing with the challenging teams assessing the likely conditions that they will face should they be successful in the Challenger Selection Series this time next year.
With no less than twelve teams entered for the Youth and Puig Women’s America’s Cup competitions in Barcelona in 2024, AC40 training has begun for the fast-coming next generation of foiling talent.
Ahead of the weekend, helm Ben Ainslie admitted his team were heading into the weekend with limited training time in the one-design AC40 Race boat as the team’s strategy has been focused on designing, building, and testing a completely new test boat, T6.
L’Oréal Groupe today announces its official sponsorship of Orient Express Racing Team, the French Challenger for the 37th America’s Cup sailing competition. L’Oréal Groupe and Orient Express also join forces as named sponsors of the French Women and Youth America’s Cup teams, in the first-ever America’s Cup to include an all-female racing category.
Having come into the final day of the first Preliminary Regatta of the 37th America’s Cup here in Vilanova i La Geltrú sitting in fifth place, it was an outside bet at best that NYYC American Magic could climb the leaderboard and challenge for a spot in the Match Race Grand Final.
Emirates Team New Zealand finished second at the first Preliminary Regatta in Vilanova i La Geltrú on a dynamic final day of the regatta.
HIGHLIGHTS: America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Vilanova, Spain.
New York Yacht Club American Magic declared the winners of the first Preliminary Regatta here in Vilanova i La Geltrú.
Tune in to watch all the action from Day 3 of official racing at the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Vilanova, Spain.
Good morning from beautiful Vilanova i La Geltru on the final day of the first Preliminary Regatta of the 37th America’s Cup. Slightly overcast morning here with high, thick inland cloud cover over the surrounding hills stretching out over the waterfront but the weather forecast is looking promising for racing this afternoon.
The underdogs have their chance to shine as they take the top spot on the leaderboard after the opening two races at the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Vilanova, Spain.
Tune in to watch all the action from Day 2 of official racing at the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Vilanova, Spain.
The AC40s are in the water and on the dockside. The sun is shining. The sailors are onsite and raring to get racing. Everything is set for the first Preliminary Regatta of the 37th America’s Cup to begin in earnest.
The Americans want “their” trophy back. Check out this video featuring the likes of Terry Hutchinson, Tom Slighsby, and Paul Goodison who are all striving to get the Auld Mug back into the trophy cabinet at the New York Yacht Club.
The picturesque, stunning Mediterranean conditions of yesterday were replaced briefly today by conditions that multiple America’s Cup winner Glenn Ashby described as “downright atrocious,” from the commentary booth as the rain in Spain, that supposedly falls ‘mainly on the plain’ decided that Vilanova I La Geltrú would be its intended target on this, day one of the first Preliminary Regatta on the
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