Naples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyOne of many pieces of great news of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup was the announcement that France would once again be challenging for the most famous trophy in international sports. Their history stretches back to the late 1960’s with some of the most mercurial French sailors competing backed by the most colourful and enigmatic owners.
Alinghi Red Bull Racing has been something of a revelation in this Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup cycle bringing a winning mentality, youthful brilliance and some fantastic interaction with the Red Bull family of athletes.
He’s the Chief Operating Officer of Emirates Team New Zealand and competing hard now in his tenth America’s Cup having started as a trimmer onboard the ‘Plastic Fantastic’ KZ7 of New Zealand’s first entry way back in 1987. Recently inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame, Kevin Shoebridge, ubiquitously known as ‘Shoeb,’ is very much a focal point for everyone in Emirates Team New Zealand with
The organisers of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, in conjunction with World Sailing are delighted to announce the winning bid for the Local Flagship Sustainability Project is the ‘BCN Sotamar’ proposal by BCN Port Innovation.
Less than 3 months until the start of the Puig Women’s America’s Cup.
Champions will get a slice of an impressive €50,000 prize pool and the chance to race a real AC40 yacht in a groundbreaking crossover event. The season will kick off with open Online Qualifiers on July 31st and culminate with a live Grand Final event in Barcelona on September 28th.
Barcelona is set to be alive with the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, the Louis Vuitton Cup, the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup and the Puig Women’s America’s Cup all taking place from late August through to October 2024.
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) is proud to announce Toyota New Zealand as a major partner. This partnership sees Toyota New Zealand become RNZYS’ official vehicle supplier for the next two years, and partner for the Toyota Kiwi Cup Regatta and Toyota Kiwi Cup Tour.
With the shared recon programme coming to an end on Saturday 22nd June, we now enter a ‘dark’ period of reconnaissance for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup where the teams will look to bring on the innovations, the technology and the break-throughs that will ultimately determine their campaign’s fate.
Emirates Team New Zealand are back sailing in Barcelona. Their AC75 ‘Taihoro’, meaning to move swiftly as the sea between both sky and earth, did precisely that off the Barcelona waterfront which will be the racecourse for the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup, where racing starts in just 54 days’ time.
Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC75 Taihoro has safely arrived at the team base in Barcelona after a 28-day journey travelling over 13,000 miles between the Port of Tauranga and the base in the Port of Barcelona.
Toto Wolff, Lewis Hamilton, and George Russell visit INEOS Britannia’s America’s Cup base in Barcelona, Spain ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix
During the event held on board EXPLORA I in the port of Barcelona, Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman, Cruise Division of MSC Group and Grant Dalton, CEO of the America’s Cup Events unveiled Explora Journey’s sponsorship of Emirates Team New Zealand
Alinghi Red Bull Racing suffered a catastrophic failure of their mast today in Barcelona just after 2pm with the afternoon sea-breeze well and truly in, with what the locals call a ‘strong Garbi’ from 210-220 degrees atop a 0.5-0.8 metres, three-second period swell from 230 degrees. It was a bear-away at top pace, with mast bend evident before the forestay went slack as the lower section in the bo
Emirates Team New Zealand called time on their winter training down in Auckland today with some of the finest race training footage seen to date in top end conditions that puffed up to 25 knots that had the two AC40s absolutely at the limit.
The big focus for Emirates Team New Zealand in this, their final training block before the team head back up to Barcelona, is pre-start practice and with Ray Davies calling the training schedule, it’s uncomfortable areas that they are pushing hard into.
For many of the sailors in the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup and the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup, their first taste of what to expect has been found on the team simulators that are dotted all over the globe. We have heard rumours of private races being taken “before breakfast” and “after dinner” between some of the antipodean teams whilst in the northern hemisphere unofficial leagues are
The first full month of new-generation AC75 training, May was a watershed month for all of the teams as they brought their new technology to the forefront of their campaigns and firmly began the debate about who has the fastest boat.
From June 25th to July 1st 2024, the oldest trophy in international sport will travel along the Catalan coast, stopping in L’Escala, Palamós, Vilassar de Mar, Sitges, Tarragona, and Cambrils before its official arrival in Barcelona, where it will be on display with the Puig Women’s America’s Cup, the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup and the Louis Vuitton Cup trophies.
Today out training on the ‘Back Paddock’ in Auckland, the Youth Team who were one-boat training on their AC40 over-cooked it on the exit of a gybe, lost the rudder and then had what can only be described as an epic pitch-pole and resultant capsize.
Explora Journeys, the new luxury ocean travel brand of the MSC Group, is proud to be the Global Partner of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, the pinnacle of global yacht racing and the oldest competition in international sports, set to take place this year in the vibrant city of Barcelona, Spain.
Orient Express Racing Team, the charismatic French challenger for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, today unveiled the boat that all of France hopes will finally deliver victory to this sailing-mad nation. And what a sight she was, with a classy royal blue livery and a hull-form very similar to her effective sister-ship ‘Taihoro’ of Emirates Team New Zealand.
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