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America's Cup: Outstanding High Definition Video series of AC72 action By John Navas, 10:08 PM Mon 3 Jun 2013
Five high definition videos of Am-Cam America's Cup action from San Francisco and each around eight minutes long. Features all the Challengers and Defenders, with excellent camera work, and editing. ...[more]

America's Cup: Oracle's Spithill retrieved from San Francisco Bay By Richard Gladwell, 9:52 AM Sun 2 Jun 2013
Oracle Team USA's skipper has been retrieved from San Francisco Bay, after an incident on May 30. Initially it was rumoured that Spithill and tactician John Kostecki had both gone in the chilly water. However the information was unable to be corroborated ...[more]

AC72's: Video, Video on the Bay, who was the quickest there, today? By Sail-World, 8:05 PM Thu 30 May 2013
America's Cup: Some more outstanding Am-Cam video from San Francisco Bay, as Luna Rossa, Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA get put through their paces on Tuesday May 28 (local time). ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ blow through the new wind limits By Emirates Team NZ and Sail-World, 6:37 PM Thu 30 May 2013
Emirates Team New Zealand completed its fourth day sailing the AC72 on San Francisco Bay today in a wide range of breeze and conditions. The team ran through some training exercises and a couple laps of the America’s Cup race course in what tactician Ray Davies described as 'near perfect conditions'. ...[more]

America's Cup: David Brooke back on the job for Artemis Racing By Richard Gladwell, 9:39 PM Wed 29 May 2013
The family of David Brooke (NZL), a veteran of several America's Cup campaigns and Volvo Ocean Races, have advised that he is continuing a successful recovery after an emergency liver transplant in mid April, in San Francisco. He has finished with dialysis and is being encouraged to rejoin Artemis Racing team to make a positive contribution as they regroup. ...[more]

America's Cup - 1970: Revelations from the Race Committee Chairman By Devereux Barker III, 5:41 PM Tue 28 May 2013
The 1970 America's Cup Match between the revamped Defender, Intrepid, and the Australian Challenger, Gretel II attracted much media attention for the drama that occurred on the water and was replayed in Protest Room. In a new book Dev Barker, then the 31yrs old Chairman of the New York Yacht Club's Race Committee, shares his views of the series ...[more]

America's Cup: Review Recommendations not all sweeetness and light By Russell Green and Sail-World, 8:12 PM Mon 27 May 2013
Emirates Team New Zealand’s rules advisor Russell Green blogs about moving goal posts and the negotiations ahead, on the back of 37 Recommendations pulled together by Review Committee Chairman, Iain Murray followin the fatal incident involving Artemis Racing's AC72 on her final sail. ...[more]

America's Cup: Images from San Francisco - Workout on Day 2 By Gilles Martin-Raget, 11:02 PM Sat 25 May 2013
Top international photographer, Gilles Martin-Raget provides this gallery of images of the three AC72's sailing on San Francisco Bay in winds of up to 22kts ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ and Oracle Team USA line up - Video By America's Cup Media and Chris Cameron, 12:36 PM Sat 25 May 2013
America's Cup Challenger Emirates Team NZ and Defender Oracle Team USA have lined up for the first time on San Francisco Bay. Watch this video to see who came out on top ...[more]

America's Cup: Spectacular video of Emirates Team NZ under Golden Gate By Sail-World, 3:15 PM Fri 24 May 2013
Spectacular Am-Cam video of Emirates Team New Zealand's blast under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, from the New Zealand challenger's first sail at the venue of the 34th America's Cup. Wind was about 16kts maximum, and seas described by the team as flat. Other video from the same sources shows Luna Rossa doing her runs. ...[more]

America's Cup: Review Recommendations not expected to be an easy meal By Richard Gladwell, 11:18 AM Fri 24 May 2013
There could be some belching around the America's Cup table, in San Francisco before teams fully digest, and maybe sign-off the 37 recommendations served up by the America’s Cup Regatta Director, Iain Murray yesterday. The recommendations came on the back of a fatal accident on the Swedish AC72, and triggered the commissioning of a six person panel, by event organisers. ...[more]

America's Cup: Images from San Francisco Bay - First sail for three By Erik Simonson, www.pressure-drop.us, San Francisco , 9:07 AM Fri 24 May 2013
For the first time three America's Cup AC72 catamarans were sailing on San Francisco Bay, today. Erik Simonson of www.pressure-drop.us was on the water and filed this gallery of images of the action. ...[more]

America's Cup: Three AC72's sail on San Francisco Bay By Richard Gladwell, 5:41 AM Fri 24 May 2013
Three AC72's sailed on San Francisco Bay today, Friday May 23. The three teams Defender, Oracle Team USA, and Challengers, Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa (ITA) sailed in moderate winds which increased during the day. ...[more]

America's Cup: Artemis Racing continuing for time being in Regatta By Paul Cayard, 9:17 PM Thu 23 May 2013
May 22, 2013: Statement from Challenger of Record, Artemis Racing (SWE): Artemis Racing is back to work. We will only race if our sailing team believes they are safe racing AC72s. This confidence will be dependent on many criteria, one of the most important of which is the new safety criteria and rules changes that the America’s Cup organizers and competitors will adopt. ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ welcomes Murray's report By Warren Douglas, 9:10 PM Thu 23 May 2013
Emirates Team New Zealand welcomes the finding of the committee reviewing the fatal incident involving the Artemis Racing AC72. The committee’s recommendations were released today in San Francisco. Managing director Grant Dalton said the team supports the review committee’s recommendations in principle. 'They are prudent and reasonable,' he said. ...[more]

America's Cup: Regatta Director presents safety recommendations early By Richard Gladwell, 6:37 PM Thu 23 May 2013
Iain Murray, wearing the dual hats of America's Cup Regatta Director and Head of the Golden Gate Yacht Club's AC Review Committee has presented a series of findings, more than a week sooner than expected. ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ assembles wing in San Francisco By Richard Gladwell, 8:58 PM Wed 22 May 2013
Emirates Team New Zealand have established their base in San Francisco, and are understood to be on target to have their first sail on May 23. Here John Douglas shows the wingsail assembly ...[more]

America's Cup Race Viewing at International Sailing Summit By Rachel LaMarre, , 9:25 AM Wed 22 May 2013
The International Sailing Summit (ISS), being held from August 18th to 20th 2013 at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, CA, will open with an afternoon gathering at the Louis Vuitton Cup races on August 18, 2013. The event is organized by Sail America. ...[more]

America's Cup: Artemis damage and possible causes revealed on haulout By Richard Gladwell and Natasha Pyle, 8:51 PM Tue 21 May 2013
Sail-World has obtained images of Artemis Racing's damaged AC72 as it was hauled from San Francisco Bay at Alameda. The images show the main beam broken at about mid-way to the port hull. It is not known if this broke before, during, or after the capsize. Or indeed, if some other part failed before the main beam fractured. ...[more]

America's Cup: Luna Rossa sails on San Francisco Bay By Sail-World, 8:50 AM Sun 19 May 2013
On Saturday morning the Luna Rossa AC72 sailed for the first time in San Francisco in the bay where the Louis Vuitton Cup and America’s Cup regattas will take place starting July 7th. With an early morning roll out, Luna Rossa sailed in light winds (3 knots) that increased up to 12 and allowed the crew to carry out an extensive number of manoeuvres. ...[more]

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