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An Oracle gets its wing!
Santa delivered Oracle are belated present on Tuesday 8th January – their second wing! The wing left Core Boat Builders Warkworth facility (North of Auckland, New Zealand) in December and
Jimmy Spithill gets spat
“I made the decision that I couldn’t stop,” said Skipper James Spithill after an epic ‘dismount’ of Oracle 17. See what we mean and check out Kyle Langford’s reaction. Oracle
Luna Rossa make it 2-0
After my apparent failure of misreading the ‘American’ race dates suggesting race 2 was Saturday NZ time / and the fact the paying job required my attention today, here is
The rebel alliance re-groups
Grant Dalton spoke earlier with Tony Veitch on Radio Sport. A really insightful interview where Dalton makes sure there is no question about his thoughts on Iain Murray by stressing
Top Gear Clarkson VS Ainslie VIDEO
Well, it has aired in the UK – The Top Gear episode featuring Jeremy Clarkson in a Toyota Corolla VS Ben Ainslie in an AC45! We have tracked it down!
OTUSA to open spring training in Auzzie!
So, the original Team Australia are going to be doing some training in Australia!!! Looks like Larry is tightening the wallet and telling the crew to train from home –
“I’m pretty faaaaaa……ing good!”
He almost made a swear, but recovered quickly. It’s safe to say that Emirates Team New Zealand’s long flight from Dubai was mainly spent in the on board bar. Nice
Artemis Racing Foil AC45
Artemis have launched into their first foray in foiling on San Fransico Bay with the modification of one of their AC45’s. Oracle and now Artemis both appear to be making
Emirates Continues to Fly
This afternoon Team New Zealand announced via a rather cool little video, that Emirates had signed on to continue as their naming rights sponsor. So as it currently stands, Emirates
First Proper AC72 Race
The ETNZ and Luna Rossa camps lined up against each other yesterday, but this time to stage a proper AC72 race, complete with pre-start dialup, mark roundings and a finish.
Louis Vuitton Final – Race 1 (R2 Postponed)
[youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFjxEfg_mEw&feature=player_detailpage’] RACE TWO: Called off for today with race two scheduled for tomorrow morning. Both teams would be letting out a huge sigh of relief with both shore crews
Video: ETNZ AC45 Launch
Check out the video of the new AC45 which Emirates Team New Zealand launched on Tuesday 21st June. The clever video is artistic enough not to give away too many
Oracle Team USA: Just cruisin’
The bottomless money bag is giving Oracle Team USA sailors every opportunity to hit the water to practice their foiling. My coach growing up always said “time on the water
ETNZ back on the water
Emirates Team New Zealand are back on the water for 2013, on the AC45 in the mean time as they currently await the launching of their second AC72. The latest
An Historic Day
It’s not ever day that you can look out the window and see a world class AC72 racing on the harbour. But here in Auckland, it’s just another day on
A beast of a boat
Nathan Outteridge is considered an Aussie sailing hero for more reasons than one. But in this case we are just plain jealous that he gets to hoon around in an
AC: Still a 1 boat race?
Emirates Team New Zealand have beaten Luna Rosa convincingly with a 5minutes, 23 second victory in San Fran today. Looking like a well oiled machine, Barker got the boat up
8 million pound sweetener?
People will pay a lot of money to have famous people around them, especially if the famous people can entice industry and more sailors! [divider] [Source: The News] CITY leaders
Iain Percy and Artemis Racing – Video
AC Uncut interview with Iain Percy discussing the teams future. Like the camera work, Iain still looks a bit shaky. Lets hope they can pull something together and get on
ETNZ on the move!
From Emirates Team New Zealand’s Facebook Page: The pack up of Emirates Team New Zealand’s Auckland base is in full swing. 31 containers carting everything from office furniture and tent
