Naples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyWhat a way to end a week. Emirates Team New Zealand held AC40-3 and their LEQ12 in dock waiting for a Friday weather window to appear and when it did, the team took the opportunity of the summer Auckland light to throw some remarkable shapes on their dancefloor of the Hauraki Gulf in big breeze and leaden, misty skies.
It was short but sweet today out on a tricky Bay of Palma with the winds frustrating the meteorologists, and when they did arrive, they came in weaker than expected. Nonetheless, INEOS Britannia made the absolute most of it, venturing out for a fourth day of training in a row and after a tow out to the kiteboard mecca of C’an Pastilla, the test-team once again had T6 popping with ease, even with t
It was full-on in Pensacola on Friday as the New York Yacht Club American Magic team put the pedal to the floor in 24 knots of angry Bay breeze and let Patriot rip hitting speeds over 50 knots at times.
Set to be stand-out global events, the Women’s & Youth America’s Cup Regattas are two of the major highlights of AC37 in Barcelona, shining an intense spotlight on the next generation of America’s Cup sailors.
The Accor hotel group has committed to K-Challenge for the 37th America’s Cup naming its Orient Express brand as title partner of the official French challenger, which will be known as Orient Express Team.
America’s Cup Defender Emirates Team New Zealand began its two boat testing programme on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour today in ideal 12- 15 knots NE winds. It was the first opportunity the team has had to sail in the past week in the wake of the unprecedented weather event in the city over the Auckland Anniversary weekend.
Much excitement around the dockside today at the Alinghi Red Bull Racing temporary base out at the western end of the Port Vell in Barcelona as the team’s first AC40 arrived, shrink-wrapped in the distinctive McConaghy’s delivery livery and it will be all hands to the pump now to give the sailors a new, and very exciting,
‘La Maddalena Spiaggia’ is known to kitesurfers and wing-boarders the world over as ‘Petrol Beach’ that serves up near-perfect winds in the spring, summer, and autumn.
Just when we thought we were about to see the America’s Cup burst into two-boat testing life, alas it was a tease from Emirates Team New Zealand who launched AC40-3, the one-design version, and the LEQ12 adjacent to each other but only the AC40 ventured out on a blustery Auckland summer day.
Dougal Allan (Multi-sport), Hamish Bond (rowing / cycling), Louis Crosby (cycling) and Cameron Webster (rowing) join Emirates Team New Zealand for the 37th America’s Cup
INEOS Britannia broke out their new, smaller mainsail – the one that they first displayed last week on a sail-fit just outside the harbour – for a demonstration of high-speed data gathering aboard the ‘Silver Bullet’ T6 in gusty, blustery conditions that deteriorated through the afternoon.
A moment’s respect for the Alinghi Red Bull Racing shore team who were at the base well before dawn – perhaps even well before some locals had actually finished their evening – for an early morning splash of BoatZero as the mercury touched zero.
Justin Mitchell captured the exact moment when Emirates Team New Zealand nose-dived and capsized while out training in Auckland – check it out!
They’re the gold standard, the Blue Riband, the benchmark by which everyone else measures themselves against, so when Emirates Team New Zealand capsize an AC40 in LEQ12 mode, the analysis and the spotlight is intense.
It was a tough and very cold day for the Alinghi Red Bull Racing team after what promised to be some fairly lively conditions as the predicted southerly airflow switched in early in the afternoon, mixing with easterly flowing waves playing havoc on the Flight Control as the breeze clocked in at 13-16 knots.
Palma has been a tricky place this week for the INEOS Britannia team who have been forced to sit shoreside as all manner of stormy weather, hail included, has filtered across the Balearics.
American Magic’s full-scale programme is yielding monstrously good results at the moment – a 100% foil-to-foil gybing score today, is, well, perfection – and watching Patriot sail is almost a demonstration in precision flight control and accurate, dynamic sheeting.
While the AC sailors in the northern hemisphere don drysuits and sit shoreside dodging inclement but frequent storms, it’s a different story down in Auckland where fast-dry T-shirts, shorts and heavy-tint goggles are currently the pre-requisite for summer days on the Hauraki Gulf.
Alinghi Red Bull Racing came out today and showed the America’s Cup world just what they’re made of, with a blistering morning session that had BoatZero flying around the waters of Barcelona at speeds in excess of 35 knots.
We are just a few weeks into 2023, and already two of the teams gunning for the 37th America’s Cup have hit the water flying. American Magic has been on the water twice and has put some serious miles under their belt in search for similar conditions they are planning to see in Barcelona.
The organisers of the 37th America’s Cup welcome the Société nautique de Saint-Tropez and their representative team K-Challenge Racing as a challenger for the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona in 2024 and led by Stephane Kandler and Bruno Dubois.
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