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America's Cup: Young NZ sailors - opportunity to meet Jimmy Spithill
By Richard Gladwell,
8:33 AM Wed 17 Mar 2010
BMW Oracle Racing have advised that a special function will be held at the Special Function Room upstairs at the Voyager Maritime Museum, downtown Auckland, where young sailors can meet America's Cup winning skipper, Jimmy Spithill and get a free poster of USA-17 signed by the winning helmsman.
The America's Cup will also be on display at the event, which starts at 5.00pm on Thursday. ...
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America's Cup: New, stunning, video posted of Race 1 start
By Richard Gladwell,
7:57 PM Mon 15 Mar 2010
At the Auckland International Boat Show, Sail-World ran all the video we had of the 33rd America's Cup. One 20 minute section of the start of Race 1 was guaranteed to stop the crowds and pack them around the big screen.
Having been on the water, and later seen the broadcast, we don't believe that the broadcast did justice to that opening stanza of the 33rd America's Cup. However Sailing Anarchy ...
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America's Cup arrives in New Zealand on Tuesday 16 March
By Louis Vuitton Trophy WSTA Media,
6:03 PM Mon 15 Mar 2010
The America's Cup trophy is returning to New Zealand, where it will be on display for public viewing during the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta in Auckland.
The Cup, which was won one month ago by the American team BMW ORACLE Racing, has been residing in its new home at the Golden Gate Yacht Club in San Francisco. It is scheduled to arrive in Auckland on Tuesday, March 16th. ...
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America's Cup: Nitro's Wingsail Trimming Primer
By Richard Gladwell. Sail-World.com,
8:58 PM Sun 14 Mar 2010
Sail-World's Richard Gladwell interviewed Noel (Nitro) Drennan, on the Sail-World stand at the Auckland International Boat Show. In this first part of a two part story, we look at the trimming differences between the soft and wing sails; how the trimmers would get USA up and hull flying;plus how Drennan made the transition from being a sailmaker at Norths into the professional sailing world ...
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America's Cup: Nitro on trimming the WingSail - Audio
By Richard Gladwell. Sail-World.com,
1:57 PM Sun 14 Mar 2010
Sail-World's Richard Gladwell interviewed Noel (Nitro) Drennan, on the Sail-World stand at the Auckland International Boat Show. In this audio interview, Drennan, who was with North Sails discusses the trimming issues between the soft sail and wingsail on BMW Oracle Racing, how the sail design and trimming crew interacted, and what was required to get the hull flying on USA-17 plus much more. ...
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Alinghi and SNG RC talk about 33rd America's Cup at Multihulls conf.
By Jean Philippe Jobé, Geneva ,
7:23 AM Sat 13 Mar 2010
At the recent Multihull conference in Geneva, Alinghi's builder, crew and Race Commitee talked about the Swiss boat, the AC33 series and Harold Bennett ...
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Winning skipper on the Opening Stanzas of the 33rd America's Cup
By Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com,
10:37 PM Fri 12 Mar 2010
On Thursday, the opening day of the Auckland International Boat Show, Sail-World's America's Cup Editor, Richard Gladwell spoke with James Spithill on the Sail-World stand close to the Halsey Street entrance. In this first part of a two part interview, we cover the opening stanzas of Race 1, of the 33rd America's Cup; alarms on the super multihulls; the areas of strength of USA-17; scariest moment ...
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Spithill explains BMW Oracle Racing's winning America's Cup moves
By Richard Gladwell. Sail-World.com,
10:25 PM Fri 12 Mar 2010
On Thursday, the opening day of the Auckland International Boat Show, Sail-World's America's Cup Editor, Richard Gladwell spoke with James Spithill on the Sail-World stand close to the Halsey Street entrance. In this second part of a two part interview, we cover the management of BMW Oracle Racing, Larry Ellison's leadership style, the gains from the technology used and more ...
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ISAF confirms receipt of 33rd America's Cup Report Forms
By ISAF,
6:54 PM Fri 12 Mar 2010
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) today confirmed the receipt of the Regatta Report Forms from the ISAF Race Officials appointed to the 33rd America's Cup Match. ...
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America's Cup - Did Race 2 happen in the 33rd series - Maybe not????
By Sail-World.com,
5:03 PM Fri 5 Mar 2010
An amazing defence from Fred Meyer of the SNG, explaining the Committee Boat Mutiny. We challenge you NOT to drop your jaw!! Read the Open letter from Société Nautique de Genève vice commodore Fred Meyer 25 February 2010 ...
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America's Cup legal action continues after the Match - Updated
By Richard Gladwell,
7:15 PM Thu 4 Mar 2010
Two legal actions initiated before the start of the 33rd America's Cup are still ongoing, despite the winning of the trophy by BMW Oracle Racing in mid-February. The Breach of Fiduciary Duty action leveled at the Defender, Societe Nautique de Geneve, and Alinghi team boss, Ernesto Bertarelli is due to have a response to the action lodged by the Challenger, Golden Gate Yacht Club by 8 March. ...
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America's Cup: Crewing USA-17 + Video
By Richard Gladwell,
10:06 PM Sun 28 Feb 2010
Four members of BMW Oracle Racing's crew explain what it is like to crew USA-17, includes Brad Webb (NZL) Bowman; Max Sirena (ITA) Foredeck and middle of the boat; Dirk de Ridder (NED) Winsail Trimmer; and Mattie Mason ( Boat Director/Floater. ...
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