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Subscribe now America’s Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand have confirmed the core sailing team line up for their campaign to defend the America’s Cup for a second time. The sailing squad is based around six key sailors including the 36th America’s Cup winning helmsman Peter Burling
Subscribe now British Olympic gold medalist and three-time Moth world champion Paul Goodison has revealed that he has re-signed with the New York Yacht Club American Magic syndicate for a second consecutive tilt at winning the America’s Cup. Goodison – who raced the 36th America’s Cup as wing trimmer
Just over 11 months since Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC75 ‘Te Rehutai’ crossed the finish line to claim the 36th America’s Cup, its younger sister class- the AC40 is already in production. While much of the world was having a well-earned break during the transition from 2021 into
Subscribe now The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron formally accepted the New York Yacht Club American Magic's challenge for the 37th America's Cup to be held in 2024 – the third additional challenge accepted for AC37. "It is great to be back in the America’s
Subscribe now Ineos Britannia’s new chief designer Dr. Martin Fischer looks exactly the way you expect a brilliant scientist/naval architect to look. Serious and steely-eyed behind an impressively large pair of black framed spectacles, the German designer’s appearance is softened considerably by his hairstyle – an undeniably unruly
Subscribe now The New York Yacht Club and American Magic – the syndicate founded by US businessmen and keen sailors Hap Fauth and Doug DeVos – have announced a challenge for the 37th America’s Cup. The news came in separate press releases from the team and the yacht club issued this
Subscribe now One of the most exciting new aspects of the 37th America’s Cup cycle is the introduction of a new America’s Cup class – a scaled down 40-foot foiling monohull version of the AC75 class, known as the AC40. Sailed by a crew of four, the teams can
Subscribe now Swiss billionaire and high-performance sailing fanatic Ernesto Bertarelli is back in the America’s Cup after a hiatus of 11 years. Previously, representing the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), Bertarelli’s Alinghi sailing team won the 31st and 32nd editions of the America’s Cup against Emirates Team
Subscribe now The 37th America’s Cup in 2024 could be contested by up to six international teams. Last week after America’s Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Club declared the official entry period open, challenges were reported to have been lodged by
The dream of staging the 37th America’s Cup in Cork, Ireland is still very much alive.
The US America’s Cup syndicate American Magic has given a cautious thumbs up to the Protocol for the 37th America’s Cup which was released earlier this week by the Cup holders Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record Ineos Britannia. Subscribe now A statement issued by American
The Protocol of the 37th America’s Cup was released today by the Defender, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record - Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd and their representative team INEOS Britannia, eight months to the day after Emirates Team New
Less than two weeks out from the deadline to reveal the dates and venue of the 37th America’s Cup – despite what some might tell you – nobody other than the current holders Emirates Team New Zealand has any idea when and where the next edition will take place. Picking a
