Patience and accuracy rewarded on the third day of the Louis Vuitton Cup
Subscribe now It was a tough day at the office for the world’s greatest sailors competing at the Louis Vuitton Cup in Barcelona with light winds eliciting those sporting extremes of both elation and frustration. It was a day where the slightest drop in concentration or fall in wind
Two light airs races sailed before breeze shuts down
Subscribe now It was a tricky day for the Race Officers at the Louis Vuitton Cup who managed to get two races completed before the wind shut-down to below the 6.5 knot lower limit average across a zephyr-laden course and caused the racing to be reluctantly cancelled ahead of
Emirates Team New Zealand statements on crane out incident
Thursday August 29 2030 CET After racing on Race day one of the Louis Vuitton Round Robin, as Emirates Team New Zealnd were lifting their AC75 ‘Taihoro’ from the water, there was an issue with the lift and the boat landed heavily onto its supporting cradle. The team have secured
Racing fit for royalty on opening day of Louis Vuitton Cup
Subscribe now His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain was treated to a real spectacle on day one of the Louis Vuitton Cup with desperately close racing and some very interesting take-aways in light-airs. The King took to a hydrogen powered foiling support vessel to get a close-up view, on
Pressure is on for the Louis Vuitton Cup Challengers
Subscribe now There was a serious tone to proceedings at the press conference ahead of the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup – which begins todays at 1400 CET – with a palpable feeling of tension on the stage where the six assembled helmsmen sat either side of the glistening Louis Vuitton
Emirates Team New Zealand triumph at Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta
Subscribe now As the sun set in Barcelona on a memorable Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta, it was Emirates Team New Zealand spraying the Moët & Chandon champagne as winners, after an enthralling and epic, super-tight final battle with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. Undoubtedly the race of the regatta, we saw
Fortunes change on Day 3 of Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta in Barcelona
Subscribe now Another glamour day in Barcelona with four tantalising match-ups on the penultimate day of action at the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta. No change at the top of the leaderboard overnight with Emirates Team New Zealand holding firm after a win against the Swiss whilst the charging Luna Rossa
Kiwis on top at Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta
Subscribe now Barcelona, once again, put on its finest display today on day two of the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta with outstanding sailing conditions for the sailors and wonderful viewing opportunities for the spectators. All along the Barceloneta beachfront and at the free-to-enter Official Race Village and Fanzones, the crowds
Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta opening day delivers
Subscribe now The Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta got underway in Barcelona today with all four scheduled races between the six competing teams taking place in near-perfect conditions Four teams sit on one point after today’s racing but – by way of the event rules on splitting ties – it is America’
Teams ready to race in Barcelona ahead of Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta
Subscribe now Under the spotlights in the cooled air of the auditorium at Barcelona's World Trade Centre, the world's finest sailors faced the international media having spent a busy morning at the Olympic Diving Centre from the 1992 Games for an iconic cityscape photoshoot with the
Alinghi to 'bounce back' after suffering second dismasting
Subscribe now Whilst training ahead of the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta that starts on Thursday August 22, Alinghi Red Bull Racing suffered a rig failure onboard ‘BoatOne.’ In an initial statement released on social media, Silvio Arrivabene, Co-General Manager of Alinghi Red Bull Racing confirmed that all the team members
How to watch the 37th America's Cup
Subscribe now The Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta starts on Thursday 22 August 2024 in Barcelona with the five Challenger teams and the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, lining up in one-on-one match-races with four races per day. The top two boats will contest a one-race, winner-takes-all Grand Final on Sunday