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America's Cup: Back to Foiling School in the SL33's + Video By Sail-World, 5:38 PM Wed 19 Dec 2012
One of the low-profile aspects of Emirates Team NZ's America's Cup development program has been the two SL33's run by the design and sailing teams, as test boats. The small catamaran fits just millimeters inside the allowed maximum length prescribed in the Protocol governing the 34th America's Cup, to restrict the use of 'surrogate' boats, or near full size test platforms for the AC72 class. ...[more]

America's Cup: End of the sailing road for the first AC72 By Warren Douglas, 3:42 PM Fri 14 Dec 2012
On Thursday the Emirates Team NZ shore crew began to decommission the yacht while the team concentrates on finishing Boat 2. Winch drums and some hardware will be removed from the yacht and fitted to Boat 2. Boat 1 will be refitted in the near future and held in reserve, to be commissioned quickly in the event it’s needed. ...[more]

America's Cup: Rod Davis - You can’t play tennis by yourself, can you? By Rod Davis, 8:22 PM Tue 4 Dec 2012
Double Olympic medalist and long time US and NZL America's Cup crew, skipper and coach, Rod Davis Rod Davis describes on the benefits of the race training programme with Luna Rossa. It’s the difference between hitting a tennis ball against the wall vs playing a real tennis match. That is what it means for Emirates Team New Zealand to train against Luna Rossa. ...[more]

America's Cup: First AC72 Practice Race happens in Auckland + Video By ETNZBlog.com, 4:31 PM Tue 20 Nov 2012
Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa went racing off Auckland this afternoon. It was not so much a spectacle as an historic encounter as the two AC72 catamarans met on the water. It was the first AC72 race – practice or otherwise – to take place. ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ blasting in the Gulf By Chris Cameron, 9:29 PM Mon 19 Nov 2012
Emirates Team NZ was out sailing again in the Hauraki Gulf on Friday, ahead of an advancing front which hammered Auckland over the weekend. Team photographer, Chris Cameron, was on hand to capture the action. ...[more]

America's Cup: Confessions of a Wingsail Trimmer - Glenn Ashby By ETNZBlog.com, 8:09 PM Mon 19 Nov 2012
Emirates Team New Zealand wing trimmer Glenn Ashby recalls only one anxious moment while sailing the AC72. It was the time a squall hit them on Auckland Harbour just as they were about to round North Head. 'We had been in squalls before but never when we either had to tack the boat or commit to bearing away. We were in close to 30 knots true wind speed. ...[more]

America's Cup: Volvo skipper gets first taste of foiling + Video By Sail-World, 9:08 AM Sat 17 Nov 2012
Chris Nicholson, skipper of second place getter in the Volvo Ocean Race, Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand, had a big day out when he joined the America’s Cup sailing crew on the teams AC72 America's Cup Challenger. The video features some excellent extended footage of the yacht foiling. Later in the day ETNZ's AC72 hit speeds of 43.6kts ...[more]

Fly Emirates Business Class to Europe and support NZ Optimist Coaching By Sail-World, 8:08 PM Tue 13 Nov 2012
Emirates Airline and Emirates Team New Zealand are supporting New Zealand junior sailing by auctioning two Business Class return tickets from Auckland to any one of Emirates’ 33 European destinations.* These business class tickets are valued at NZ$17,000 and the auction will be live on Trade Me from 19 to 28 November 2012 ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ AC72 gets ready for Round 2 of testing By ETNZBlog, 2:55 PM Sun 11 Nov 2012
After a week in the shed for modifications, Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC72 is almost ready for another intensive round of tests and crew development. With 16 of the 30 allowed AC72 sailing days used, the team now aims to make the most of the 14 days remaining. Skipper Dean Barker says there’s a lot to accomplish – and the 14 days will go very quickly ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ goes for the high jump By Emiartes Team NZ, 3:13 PM Sat 10 Nov 2012
Join Emirates Team NZ's sailing crew as they upgrade their safety skills ahead of the second half of their AC72 testing program. Safety onboard the AC72’s has always and will always be paramount. In the event of a capsize, people first, boat second. ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ - getting from side to side By ETNZBlog, , 4:32 PM Fri 9 Nov 2012
Here’s the second part of the interview Sailing World editor Dave Reed had with Emirates Team New Zealand technical director Nick Holroyd. The interview was first published in the October issue of sailing World magazine. ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ's Nick Holroyd on the design process By ETNZBlog, , 4:24 PM Thu 8 Nov 2012
A few weeks ago, Dave Reed, editor of the US magazine Sailing World, interviewed Emirates Team New Zealand technical director Nick Holroyd. The story offers an interesting insight into the AC72 design process. Part 1 of his report: Emirates Team New Zealand hit the water first and fast. Dave Reed interviews Nick Holroyd who admits: 'It’s far more complex than anything I’ve ever been involved in. ...[more]

America's Cup: Join Emirates Team NZ for an AC72 aerial photo-shoot By Chris Cameron, 7:09 PM Sat 3 Nov 2012
Join Emirates Team NZ photographer Chris Cameron as he jumps in a helicopter, and for the first time, gets a birds eye view of the AC72 ripping around Auckland Hauraki Gulf. ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ calls time out - boat in shed By Sail-World, 3:22 PM Thu 1 Nov 2012
Emirates Team New Zealand have suspended their America's Cup sailing program for over 10 days to undertake modifications to their AC72 catamaran which has been sailing twice a week in the Hauraki Gulf. In an announcement this evening, the team said they were ratcheting up its AC72 sailing programme, moving on from primarily conducting reliability and system testing to a focus on racing and spee ...[more]

America's Cup: Rod Davis - a day in the AC72 testing life + Video By Rod Davis, 12:12 PM Thu 1 Nov 2012
Double Olympic medalist and long time US and NZL America's Cup crew, skipper and coach, Rod Davis provides some answers to a question he’s often asked – 'what do you do out there all day?' ...[more]

America's Cup: Carlo Borlenghi aboard AC72 Emirates Team New Zealand By Carlo Borlenghi images, 12:51 AM Wed 31 Oct 2012
Images from on board the new AC72 Emirates Team New Zealand by the photographer regarded by many as the best in the world, Carlo Borlenghi. ...[more]

America's Cup: Rod Davis reflects on the Oracle nosedive By Rod Davis, 10:52 PM Wed 24 Oct 2012
Double Olympic medalist and long time US and NZL America's Cup crew, skipper and coach, Rod Davis, reflects on on the work that’s gone into the rescue and recovery plan in the event of a capsize…people first then recover the boat ...[more]

America's Cup: Meanwhile aboard Emirates Team NZ - Images and Video By Chris Cameron, 10:12 PM Wed 17 Oct 2012
Emirates Team NZ photographer, Chris Cameron, was onboard the AC 72 sailing on the Hauraki Gulf for another training session on Day 13. For the first time we get to see what it is like aboard the new America's Cup catamaran. ...[more]

America's Cup: More images from aboard Emirates Team NZ By Chris Cameron, 9:36 PM Wed 17 Oct 2012
Emirates Team NZ photographer was onboard the AC 72 sailing on the Hauraki Gulf for another training session. on Day 13 For the first time we get to see what it is like aboard the new America's Cup catamaran. Second image gallery. ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ flies in big breeze By Chris Cameron, 10:32 PM Tue 16 Oct 2012
Team photographer, Chris Cameron was on the Hauraki Gulf today for Day 12 of the Emirates Team New Zealand AC72 testing programme on the Waitemata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf. The cat performed well in a south-west breeze in the low to mid 20s with gusts to 28 knots. ...[more]

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