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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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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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America's Cup teams switch gears around the world

America's Cup teams switch gears around the world

Subscribe now After some well-earned downtime over the Christmas and New Year holiday period five of the six teams who will contest the 37th America’s Cup have been back in action over recent weeks at locations in Spain, Italy, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia. I say five rather than

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37th America's Cup Barcelona racing schedule confirmed

37th America's Cup Barcelona racing schedule confirmed

Subscribe now An official notice to competitors issued jointly today by the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, and the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia, sets out the entire AC37 Barcelona Racing Schedule. Preliminary Regatta 3 First up will be the third and final Preliminary Regatta for this 37th America’s

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2024: The year of the 37th America's Cup

2024: The year of the 37th America's Cup

Subscribe now Amazingly, it is the year of the America’s Cup again already. 2024 is upon us, and for Emirates Team New Zealand it comes with a familiar mix of excitement and intensity. The clock is ticking louder suddenly, as the team hit the ground running with its first

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