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Straight out of the box

Straight out of the box

Subscribe now Following on the heels of the Swiss squad Alinghi Red Bull Racing in Barcelona, Spain, US outfit NYYC American Magic in Pensacola, Florida, and the Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand in Auckland, the Italian syndicate yesterday went sailing in Cagliari, Sardinia aboard their wildly painted 40-foot LEQ12

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All the pieces to the puzzle

Subscribe now Although, happily, the American Magic base had been safely out of reach of the devastation caused when Hurricane Ian cut a swathe through South Florida recently, on the day of our interview an imminent line of thunderstorms had meant the postponement of the team’s first actual sailing

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First AC40 flies on first sailing day in Auckland

First AC40 flies on first sailing day in Auckland

Subscribe now It was up up and away on a very successful maiden sail for Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC40 on the familiar waters of the ‘back paddock’ between Auckland’s Waiheke Island and Howick Beachlands. After a long tow out behind the team’s hydrogen powered chase boat

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Auckland AC40 tow test a success

Subscribe now The first of the America’s Cup’s AC40 one-design foiling monohulls has been out on the water for the first time in Auckland today as Emirates Team New Zealand continued its detailed commissioning process with some controlled tow testing to check the boat’s sensors, foil trim

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Lessons learned after Swiss capsize in Barcelona

Subscribe now Alinghi Red Bull Racing’s first sailing day aboard their AC36-generation AC75 training boat and development boat in Barcelona, Spain on the final day of August this year was always going to be a milestone moment for the revamped Swiss America’s Cup syndicate. As it turns out

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Answering the call – part 2

Subscribe now Although not yet at full capacity the Swiss Alinghi Red Bull Racing America’s Cup team is nevertheless a complex organisation. Arrivabene expects it to end up similar in scale to previous Alinghi campaigns, but says the syndicate’s configuration will be quite different because of the complex

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Answering the call – part 1

Subscribe now When Italian sailor Silvio Arrivabene finished the 36th America’s Cup with the New York Yacht Club’s American Magic syndicate in New Zealand last year he was happy to be making a return to his ‘normal’ life back in Europe where he is a well known name

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