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America's Cup: Oracle Team USA's second AC72 enjoys first flight By Sail-World, 7:43 AM Sat 27 Apr 2013
The second AC72 launched by the America's Cup, Oracle Team USA, has been foiling from Day 1 on San Francisco Bay. The team has released these images of the team on its first flight on their new AC72. Also featured are two videos - one from the first sail, and in the second Genny Tulloch talks with Murray Jones (NZL) about spying on other teams ...[more]

America's Cup: Video released of Oracle Team USA's first sail By Sail-World, 8:23 AM Fri 26 Apr 2013
The boat which will be the Defender for the 34th America's Cup, has sailed for the first time in San Francisco, USA. In this video released by Oracle Team USA, Boat 2, which was launched on April 23, is shown foiling on her first day of sailing. ...[more]

America's Cup: Oracle Team USA sail new AC72 for first time By Sail-World, 12:39 PM Thu 25 Apr 2013
Oracle Team USA sailed their AC72 for the first time today on San Francisco Bay. By all accounts the session went without mishap, after yesterday's planned session was cancelled due to over-strength winds ...[more]

America's Cup: Images and Video from Oracle Team USA AC72 launch By Sail-World, 9:46 AM Wed 24 Apr 2013
Oracle Team USA have posted the first images on Facebook of the launch of their second AC72 in San Francisco, on April 23. The AC72 did attempt to have a first sail, but this was abandoned after a tow-out apparently due to an unacceptably high wind-strength for a first sail. ...[more]

Red Bull Youth America's Cup – Energy Team welcome Next World Group By Pierre Giboire, , 5:59 AM Wed 24 Apr 2013
Red Bull Youth America's Cup will be held in San Francisco from September 1st to the fourth 2013. After the America’s Cup World Series, which took place in Naples, Italy from April 18th to 21st the Youth America’s Cup is the next big event for Energy Team. ...[more]

Oracle Team USA launch second AC72 By Lisa Ramsperger, 4:49 AM Wed 24 Apr 2013
ORACLE TEAM USA officially launched the team’s second AC72 today, April 23, from the team base at Pier 80 in San Francisco. Helmsman Jimmy Spithill led the team and audience in a toast after Oracle Chief Marketing Officer Judy Sim broke a bottle of champagne across the bowsprit. The boat was then lowered into the San Francisco Bay before docking out for the first time. ...[more]

America's Cup: Artemis Racing's David Brooke on the improve By Richard Gladwell, 7:31 AM Tue 23 Apr 2013
The family of David Brooke (NZL), a veteran of several America's Cup campaigns and Volvo Ocean Races, have advised that he is recovering successfully after an emergency liver transplant last week, in San Francisco. In an email yesterday, his father Don Brooke thanked all those who had sent messages of support to the family. 'David has turned the corner today', Don Brooke wrote. ...[more]

America's Cup: Oracle Team USA reveal new AC72 in San Francisco By Richard Gladwell, 12:09 PM Mon 22 Apr 2013
Oracle Team USA, the Defending team in the 34th America's Cup have unveiled their second AC72 catamaran, and the boat that will most likely be the Defender in the America's Cup Regatta, to be sailed in September 2013. At first blush, the new AC72 appears to be a development of the design concept initiated with their first AC72, refined when that boat was modified after a capsize in October 2012 ...[more]

Fisher's View: Super Sunday - America's Cup WS - Race Day 4 By Bob Fisher, Naples, Italy , 6:30 AM Mon 22 Apr 2013
Race Day 4 America's Cup World Series, Naples: 'Super Sunday' – the very term is destined to be inspirational, but it can also induce fear to a team that has dutifully logged a series of good results to appear at or near the top of the scoreboard. The reason is the heavily skewed points available for the one race on the final day. ...[more]

Fisher's View: Birthday - in Naples - America's Cup WS - Race Day 3 By Bob Fisher, Naples, Italy , 7:03 AM Sun 21 Apr 2013
Race Day 3 America's Cup World Series, Naples: As if by magic, as the time for the racing approached, the clouds rolled away and there was 13 knots of seabreeze – almost perfect. The first match was between Tom Slingsby with Oracle and Ben Ainslie in BAR swith another crew from that stable. The pre-start was quiet but Slingsby started to windward of Ainslie and took the advantage to lead at the ...[more]

America's Cup: Teams in Naples come together to show support By Sail-World, 10:38 PM Sat 20 Apr 2013
The America's Cup teams competing in Naples, Italy have come together to pose in the photo above, to show their support for David Brooke (NZL) who is in the early stages of recovery from an emergency liver transplant, after the collapsed in San Francisco, last Thursday week. ...[more]

America's Cup: Happy Birthday, Fish - Images of bygone daze By Sail-World and Various Photographers, 6:57 PM Sat 20 Apr 2013
The doyen of America's Cup media, Bob Fisher, celebrates his birthday again today. Here's a selection of images from Bob's Birthdays past (and many). ...[more]

Fisher's View: Poets in Naples - America's Cup WS - Race Day 2 By Bob Fisher, Naples, Italy , 8:46 AM Sat 20 Apr 2013
Race Day 2 America's Cup World Series, Naples: First up was the quarter-final match for Luna Rossa – Swordfish in the hands of Francesco Bruni and Dean Barker in ETNZ. It promised much, and delivered. Barker forced Bruni over early and after the Italian had taken his penalty, ETNZ led by five seconds at the first mark and held that to the leeward gate. ...[more]

Fisher's View: Watching the breeze die.' - America's Cup WS - Day 3 By Bob Fisher, San Francisco, USA , 7:32 AM Fri 19 Apr 2013
Day 3 America's Cup World Series, Naples: Winds in Naples Bay have a reputation for being notoriously fickle. One old salt once expressed this graphically by altering an age-old instruction to 'See Naples and watch the breeze die.' And it did, during the races with patches of no more than four knots and huge shifts of up to 40 degrees. ...[more]

America's Cup: Kiwi Cup vet receives emergency liver transplant in SFO By Richard Gladwell, Auckland, New Zealand , 6:46 AM Fri 19 Apr 2013
A key member of Artemis Racing team and veteran of several America's Cup campaigns, David Brooke (NZL) has undergone an emergency liver transplant in a US hospital. His father Don Brooke told Sail-World, from San Francisco, that 'David is indeed very ill, and our whole family is here in support. ' ...[more]

America's Cup: Elvis leaves the Building By Richard Gladwell, 8:38 PM Thu 18 Apr 2013
Emirates Team NZ have folded up their tents and started the physical move to San Francisco, where they will be re-erected. A report on the team's website says that the base and boats have been packed into 70 40ft containers ready for shipment to San Francisco. ...[more]

Fisher's View: Wished for a Lay Day - America's Cup WS, Naples - Day 2 By Bob Fisher, San Francisco, USA , 7:04 AM Thu 18 Apr 2013
Day 2 America's Cup World Series, Naples: There was a time, back when Olympic classes regattas were week-long affairs with one race a day, that Wednesdays were always lay days. Some of the sailors in the ACWS final regatta might have wished it were still the case, but all nine boats were out all afternoon for practice racing, just as they had been the previous day. ...[more]

America's Cup: Riding the Beast - Artemis Racing trains on the Bay By Sander van der Borsch, 8:10 PM Wed 17 Apr 2013
Top photographer, Sander van der Borsch, captured this gallery of images of Artemis Racing's AC72 performing spectacularly on San Francisco Bay, after being retro-fitted with foils, and relaunched in April. The team's second AC72, now designed for foiling will be launched in late May. ...[more]

Fisher's View: A gift horse in need - America's Cup WS, Naples - Day 1 By Bob Fisher, San Francisco, USA , 11:42 PM Tue 16 Apr 2013
Day 1 America's Cup World Series, Naples: Today’s media 'conference', for want of a better word, was a shining example of a gift horse in need. It was held in a building with bare walls and more echoes than enough – and the behavior of the 'media' not actually involved was appalling – they talked loudly and the photographers were among the worst. Interviewing a skipper was a painful operation. ...[more]

The America’s Cup: Adding up the scorecard for New Zealand Inc By Grant Dalton, 7:57 PM Tue 16 Apr 2013
Emirates Team NZ leaves soon to begin the battle for the 34th America’s Cup, the team has attracted major sponsorship from offshore; top international brands that are happy to invest large sums of money and partner with a New Zealand sports team. Here Grant Dalton reflects on the 2013 challenge, the team’s achievements in getting where it is today and its place in the New Zealand marine industry. ...[more]

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