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First images as American Magic's AC75 uncloaked in Barcelona

First images as American Magic's AC75 uncloaked in Barcelona

Subscribe now On Thursday, April 25th, B3 made its debut as it emerged from the NYYC American Magic base. Previously hidden, it had traveled 3,500 miles from its construction at the build facility in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to its current home in Barcelona. B3 made its public debut for

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INEOS Britannia's new AC75 revealed in Barcelona

INEOS Britannia's new AC75 revealed in Barcelona

Subscribe now INEOS Britannia, the British Challenger of Record representing Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd for the 37th America’s Cup, has revealed its AC75 race boat for the very first time. The 75ft vessel, code-named RB3, emerged from the INEOS Britannia base in Barcelona on Saturday 20 April for rig

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The Silver Age: Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli launches new AC75

The Silver Age: Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli launches new AC75

Subscribe now Twenty-five years after the launch of the first Luna Rossa (in 1999), the Italian challenger's America's Cup hull No.10 first touched water today: it is the AC75 foiling monohull with which Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli will participate in the 37th America's

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Emirates Team New Zealand's new AC75 race boat revealed

Emirates Team New Zealand's new AC75 race boat revealed

Subscribe now April 12, 2024: After an intensive 10 month building program, Emirates Team New Zealand’s brand new AC75 emerged from their Wynyard Point base today in preparation for its launch and commissioning phase in Auckland this month. The boat was wheeled out to have its rig stepped and

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Orient Express Racing Team AC75 arrives in Barcelona

Orient Express Racing Team AC75 arrives in Barcelona

Subscribe now April 6, 2024: The high-tech race boat of the French challenger for the 2024 America's Cup has arrived safely at its Barcelona base after a four-day journey covering 1,400 kilometres on national roads and through small French villages. The Orient Express Racing Team’s 23-metre

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Pivotal moment for INEOS Britannia as AC75 arrives in Barcelona

Pivotal moment for INEOS Britannia as AC75 arrives in Barcelona

Subscribe now Saturday April 6, 2024 | INEOS Britannia’s race boat for the 37th America’s Cup has made the 1,000 mile journey from its UK base in Northamptonshire to Barcelona, Spain. The British Challenger’s AC75 left Turweston Airfield on Tuesday 2 April and travelled by road to

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American Magic's Boat 3 arrives in Barcelona

American Magic's Boat 3 arrives in Barcelona

Subscribe now March 29, 2024 | Barcelona, Spain | Last weekend, American Magic reached a significant milestone in its challenge for the 37th America's Cup. The newly constructed AC75 boat, “B3,” successfully completed its journey from the build facility in Portsmouth, Rhode Island to the team's base in

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New Zealand Women and Youth squads begin on-the-water training

New Zealand Women and Youth squads begin on-the-water training

Subscribe now Emirates Team New Zealand’s Women and Youth sailors have begun their on water training onboard the one design AC40 ‘Te Kākahi’ in fresh conditions on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour this week in preparation for the Puig Women’s America’s Cup and Unicredit Youth America’s Cup

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Hidden World of Hydro

Hidden World of Hydro

Hydraulics is one such area, so much so, that when Emirates Team New Zealand’s new race boat is launched next month, there will be very little of the department's work on display to the public or reconnaissance cameras.

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Kiwi cyclors take to the track

Kiwi cyclors take to the track

Subscribe now With Emirates Team New Zealand last sailing their AC75 Te Rehutai in Barcelona at the tail end of 2024, the ‘cyclors’ have been embarking on a significantly focused training block over the summer, under the watchful eye of team trainer Kim Simperingham. It is a block that has

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Fire onboard INEOS Britannia AC40

Fire onboard INEOS Britannia AC40

INEOS Britannia, Britain’s challenger for the 37th America’s Cup, has suffered damage to one of their one-design supplied AC40 training boats, Athena, after a fire onboard. The two British one-design AC40s (Athena & Sienna) had left the dock early for a two-boat race-training day and towed to the

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LiDAR in the America's Cup

LiDAR in the America's Cup

Subscribe now Avid followers of the America’s Cup shared reconnaissance programme videos and photos may have noticed most if not all of the teams in this latest cycle using onboard LiDAR units while training and testing. LiDAR – the acronym stands for ‘Light Detection and Ranging’ is a technology that

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