|
|
| |
 Sail-World New Zealand: October 3, 2012
 | | Oracle Team USA - Day 4, San Francisco Guilain Grenier Oracle Team USA© |
Welcome to Sail-World.com's New Zealand newsletter for October 3, 2012
The America's Cup scene boiled over today, following the publication of comments in the Emirates Team NZ skipper's blog critical of an announcement by the America's Cup Event Management Authority, that they were moving the hospitality area for the 34th America's Cup from the America's Cup Village to Marina Green.
ACEA CEO, Stephen Barclay, claims the move came at the suggestion of the teams, and then couldn't see the point of having all the teams in a single location. But the Protocol requires that all teams lease a base and work out of the same venue.
Quite where this is all headed won't be known until Sunday, but some very terse words were exchanged via media releases today.
We have the story as best we understand it from a distance, plus Bob Fisher's take from on the ground in San Francisco. We also spoke with Stephen Barclay this afternoon, who explains the situation from ACEA's perspective.
 | | Practice day, August 21st 2012, AC45 World Series San Francisco. Sander van der Borch / Artemis Racing © |
On Monday (local time), Oracle Team USA, the America's Cup Defender, passed an important milestone, more psychological than real, when they achieved airborne status with their AC72. The team were given a special exemption by America's Cup Regatta Management to sail on a day designated as a sailing day for the America's Cup World Series.
Oracle became the second to (hydro)foil, of what increasingly looks to be a group of just three Challengers and a single Defender, who will make up the Class of 2013 for the 34th America's Cup.
 | | Christ Steele (right) wins NZ Youth Match Racing Nationals - New Zealand Youth Match Racing Championships Port Nicholson Yachting Trust |
At first blush, the US Defender's flight did mot seem quite as smooth as the first foiling team, Emirates Team NZ, who became foil-borne early last month.
Over the next few days we expect that more images and maybe video will be released. But in the meantime we have a selection of images from today's event.
 | | French Bay Sailing Club is situated at Titirangi on the Manukau Harbour, offering Adult Learn to Sail zoe hawkins |
The America's Cup World Series gets underway on Thursday (NZT), and usually once the racing begins the pre-regatta shenanigans soon assume a lot less importance.
We have Bob Fisher at the America's Cup World Series, and have the first of his reports in this edition. He'll be reporting daily, and we'll have reports from the teams.
As the schedule currently stands, this ACWS is the last for almost seven months, with the next round in Italy in April 2013.
 | | Foncia, winner of the 2012 MOD70 European Tour © Mark Lloyd / MOD S.A |
Many thanks to those who have contributed to this edition, particularly those using our online submission and image loading facility which can be accessed by clicking here | | Oracle Team USA - Day 4, San Francisco Guilain Grenier Oracle Team USA© |
Good sailing!
Richard Gladwell
NZ Editor
nzeditor@sail-world.com
Send your news and images directly to Sail-World by clicking here
To subscribe a friend to Sail-World's FREE newsletter click here
If you are an potential advertiser and want to understand how Sail-World can work for your company, website or product, then drop a line to Colin Preston at nzsales@sail-world.com
If you wish to come off our mailing list please click the unsubscribe button on this newsletter, or drop a line to deletesailworld@gmail.com, giving the email address that appears at the top of your newsletter. Or, if you want to contact Richard Gladwell directly email: nzeditor@sail-world.com or call (649) 489 9267
Stay up with the latest sailing news, as it happens, on our website www.sail-world.com/nz
 | | New Zealand crew Andrew McKee and Mathew Bismark - 2012 Flying Dutchman World Championship prizegiving © Richard Phillips |
 | | Aerial photo shoot of L'Hydroptère DCNS, Alain Thébault and his crew (Jacques Vincent, Yves Parlier, Jean Le Cam, Robert Douglas) sailing in San Francisco, California, USA. Christophe Launay © |
If you liked this newsletter, do nothing, we will send you another ..
Naa, please don't send me another. 
|
| |
Follow Sail-World on Twitter
Customised news feeds
Marine Industry companies, Clubs and Associations have asked can they received their own customised
version of our Sail-World news feed. The answer is yes; customised in content, news category, for example or region of the world and appearance.
CLICK HERE to view examples and get free news tickers for your site.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Change the frequency of newsletters, from once a week to a monthly newsletter. Change from html (graphics & pictures) newsletters to text only newsletter, (best for slow connections, mobile phones and PDA's etc. Change from Sail-World New Zealand Newsletters to Sail-World Cruising International Newsletters etc. Temporarily inactivate your subscription for a period, when you will be on holidays etc. or change to text for the same period. Or even (gasp) unsubscribe.
or take off list
If you are having difficulty with the above link, please copy and paste the link below into your browser
http://www.sail-world.com/subscription/index.cfm?sid=<:id:>&pwd=<:password:>&tbl=<:tableName:>&tmpid=<:templateID:>
| | |
|
