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Subscribe now Ben Ainslie, skipper and CEO of the British America’s Cup Challenger of Record INEOS Britannia and the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team, has stepped down as helmsman of the UK SailGP team to focus his attention on the America’s Cup. Replacing Ainslie as helmsman on the
Subscribe now Emirates Team New Zealand has named its respective Youth and Women’s America’s Cup crews – revealing a world class and exciting line up of the best of New Zealand sailing talent. The two teams will represent the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand
Subscribe now In the run down to Christmas, it has been a hive of activity as usual for Emirates Team New Zealand, not least of which has been the turn of some of New Zealand’s top female sailors to integrate with the team and stake their respective claims for
Subscribe now CaixaBank has become Sail Team BCN’s official sponsor, the Spanish team participating in the Youth & Puig Women’s America’s Cup. CaixaBank’s Chairman, José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, and Guillermo Altadill, Team Principal of Sail Team BCN, announced the agreement in Barcelona today. CaixaBank’s goal is
During the 37th America’s Cup preliminary regatta in Jeddah I managed to grab a short interview with Emirates Team New Zealand and America’s Cup Event CEO Grant Dalton. Our meeting took place prior to racing on the final day and Dalton’s busy schedule at the event meant
Subscribe now New York Yacht Club American Magic proudly introduces the groundbreaking women's team set to make history while representing the United States at the Puig Women’s America’s Cup, scheduled from October 10 to 16 in Barcelona, Spain. Among the half-dozen athletes on the squad are
Subscribe now After a sharp exit from Jeddah after the end of racing on Saturday at the second preliminary regatta of the 37th America’s Cup I spent much of my two Emirates Airlines overnight flights back to Barcelona reflecting on the final day of action – an exciting day that
It’s what sailing fans around the world have been avidly waiting for since the AC40 foiling monohull concept was first announced. Although it’s been an interminably long time coming, finally today, on the second day of the America’s Cup preliminary regatta in Jeddah, the weather gods produced
Subscribe now Aside from the race committee – who managed to put three races on the board on what was reputedly the lightest wind day of the three-day event – it is the America’s Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand who will be the happiest group in Jeddah tonight, having chalked
I’m writing this update from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia where the six international teams contesting the 37th America’s Cup have been preparing since Monday aboard their one-design AC40s for the second preliminary regatta of this Cup cycle. Banks of industrial grade air conditioning units are keeping the spectacular
Emirates Team New Zealand is set up and ready to race in Jeddah for the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta presented by NEOM after a rip-roaring introduction to racing on the Red Sea with 13-15 knots from the NW which saw the fleet of AC40’s light up during an
It has been a week under the spotlight for the next generation of potential Emirates Team New Zealand sailors at the team base in Auckland. The group of eight Youth Emirates Team New Zealand hopefuls undertook a busy four day schedule embarking on a steep learning curve encompassing the technical
Subscribe now The AC40 burst onto the sailing scene in late 2022, hot off the easels of the Emirates Team New Zealand Design Office and the Defender's significant investment in creating a class that will be the foundation to a pathway for Youth and Women into the America’
Subscribe now The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has drawn the attention of Marine sports enthusiasts around the world and especially the city of Jeddah which has been selected to host a leg of the 37th America’s Cup later this year. The world’s oldest and most prestigious sailing competition,
Subscribe now It has been a rapid turn around for the America’s Cup Defender to migrate south and get testing a range of new equipment in the two week window before heading to the second Preliminary Regatta in Jeddah later this month. “These things don’t just happen,” explained
Subscribe now With the arrival of Alinghi Red Bull Racing into their Jeddah base on the Obhur Creek, followed by their first sailing on Sunday November 5, the countdown to the second Preliminary Regatta of the 37th America’s Cup has well and truly begun. Sailing the AC40s on the
