News Archive

34th America's Cup: New Challenger of Record appointed By Richard Gladwell, 4:10 AM Wed 18 May 2011
Following the announcement last Thursday by Mascalzone Latino principal Vicenzo Onorato, that he was pulling out of the 34th America's Cup for financial reasons, a new Challenger of Record has been appointed. While Mascalzone Latino, the team of the Challenger of Record, Club Nautico di Roma, had raised some sponsorship it was not sufficient for them to mount a competitive (read 'winning' ) cha ...[more]

America's Cup: Oracle Racing News - Edition 10 - We're Outta here! By Oracle Racing Media, 9:31 PM Tue 17 May 2011
Oracle Racing's newsletter for 17 May 2011 covering the latest entries and America's Cup World Series and more. ...[more]

America's Cup: Onorato sings on Challenger of Record withdrawal By Richard Gladwell, 8:47 AM Mon 16 May 2011
The Valencia based website, www.vsail.info (who are much better translators of Italian than we) are reporting an interview given to an Italian newspaper by Vincenzo Onorato, owner of Mascalzone Latino, who sent an open letter on Thursday, announcing that due to impossibility of finding the adequate funding to mount a competitive campaign, his team was withdrawing from the America’s Cup. ...[more]

America's Cup: Challenger of Record pulls pin in unprecedented move By Richard Gladwell, 9:35 PM Thu 12 May 2011
The Challenger of Record for the 34th America's Cup, Mascalzone Latino has just announced that they will not compete in the 34th America's Cup. No announcement has yet been made by the America's Cup organisers as to what will happen next, in this unprecedented move, which had been tipped for some time. ...[more]

America's Cup: Oracle Racing News - Edition 9 - Media Trials Update By Oracle Racing Media, 10:10 AM Tue 10 May 2011
Oracle Racing's newsletter for 02 May 2011 covering the latest entries and America's Cup World Series and more. ...[more]

America's Cup: First glimpse of new TV package from Media Trials By Richard Gladwell, 11:30 AM Mon 9 May 2011
The first video images from the America's Cup Media Trials have been released, showing clips from the much vaunted enhanced television coverage. A key part of the new offering will be the on-screen virtual lines overlaid to show laylines, which boat ahead and behind and by what margin, and other on-screen information. ...[more]

America's Cup: Over and Out from Auckland By America's Cup Media and Gilles Martin-Raget, 7:37 PM Sun 8 May 2011
With the conclusion of the America's Cup test sessions in Auckland, most teams are in pack-up mode, heading for Europe. The weekend in Auckland has been devoted to dis-assembling the AC45s and their wings, and fitting them into shipping containers for the move from Auckland. Plus Artemis Racing give their thoughts on video on the AC 45 and the lessons learned in Auckland ...[more]

America's Cup: Challengers reduce to 14 teams + Video By Richard Gladwell, 10:14 AM Fri 6 May 2011
34th America's Cup Regatta Director Iain Murray told Sail-World this morning that one of the teams that had lodged a Notice of Challenge with the Defender, Golden Gate Yacht Club had been declined. When the entries were announced at the closing date at the end of March 2011, there were ten named teams, five teams who had asked their details be kept confidential, and two of those were listed as ...[more]

Images of the Waitemata: America's Cup Media Trials - Fleet Racing By Gilles Martin-Raget, 6:24 AM Wed 4 May 2011
Racing resumed yesterday in the America's Cup Media Trials staged on the outer Waitemata Harbour. Fresh winds and rain were the order of the day, and Oracle Racing's Gilles Martin-Raget took these great images of the action: ...[more]

America's Cup: Media Trials get underway but miss nearby tornado By America's Cup Media and Sail-World, 8:36 PM Tue 3 May 2011
Testing continued in Auckland for the second week of the America's Cup Regatta Management and Media Trials under cloudy skies, torrential rain and moderate, if gusty winds - including a nearby tornado. The Race Committee ran fleet races today and for the first time, China Team was a full participant. ...[more]

34th America's Cup and magic buttons By Leighton O'Connor, 10:03 PM Mon 2 May 2011
Last Wednesday, I was invited to a press conference in New Zealand wrapping up the third day of testing the AC45's. Unfortunately, I had to journey down under via a conference call. The kick off time was 4PM their time - midnight my time. I figured what the heck. Conan is all repeats this week and Letterman has been pretty lame lately. ...[more]

America's Cup: The week that Was - Video from the Regatta Trials By Oracle Racing and America's Cup Media, 6:54 PM Sun 1 May 2011
Catch this summary, in video, of the first week of the America's Cup Regatta Management Trials. ...[more]

America's Cup: Sit in on the Remote Umpiring System + Video By Richard Gladwell, 6:46 AM Sun 1 May 2011
Sail-World sat in on the final day of testing for the remote umpiring system to be used for the America's Cup World series and America's Cup itself in the new multihull competition. Developed to avoid the need for umpires to be chasing the competitors at speeds of up to 35 knots and making decisions, the on screen system effectively slows down the action and enables very accurate calls to be made ...[more]

America's Cup: Stan Honey on TV and Umpiring systems for AC45's By Richard Gladwell, 8:57 PM Sat 30 Apr 2011
Sail-World's NZ Editor, Richard Gladwell spoke with Stan Honey, one of the key players behind the development of the remote umpiring systems and television systems intended for the America's Cup World Series and then the America's Cup itself. ...[more]

America's Cup: Competitors Forum Media Conference + Video + Full Audio By Richard Gladwell, 6:16 PM Sat 30 Apr 2011
Another Competitors Forum was held in Auckland today. Sail-World understands it was attended by 14 of the 15 teams entered, with about eight in physical attendance and others participating by phone in. Following the Forum, designed to allow the Challengers and Defender to discuss issues and concepts relating to the the 34th America's Cup, a Media Conference was held in the America's Cup Regatta ...[more]

America's Cup: The Kids are all right - Opti sailors taste the AC45 By Gilles Martin-Raget, 2:23 PM Sat 30 Apr 2011
After the Toyota National Optimist Championships concluded in Auckland, New Zealand on Easter Monday, the five sailors in the New Zealand team were invited out for a sail on Oracle racing's AC45. A good picture speaks a thousand words, but the looks on these young sailor's faces speak volumes. Does it get any better than this when you are a kid? ...[more]

Gladwell's Line: America's Cup investment a smart move for New Zealand By Richard Gladwell, 12:02 PM Sat 30 Apr 2011
On the back of the Emirates Team NZ funding and America's Cup challenge announcement there has been a lot of media comment, most of it negative on whether NZ Economic Development should be investing in the New Zealand team. During the week on Radio Live Emirates Team NZ CEO discussed the economic impact of the New Zealand investment, and the issues of this America's cup Challenge ...[more]

America's Cup: Artemis racing at AC45 test regatta in Auckland By Paul Cayard, 8:47 AM Sat 30 Apr 2011
Paul Cayard updates us on Artemis Racing at the AC45 test regatta in Auckland, New Zealand. ...[more]

America's Cup: Match racing trials begin in earnest in Auckland By Oracle Racing Media, 11:14 PM Fri 29 Apr 2011
The name of the game today at the America’s Cup Race Management trials was match racing, and the AC45s proved nimble with blazing speed. More importantly, they showed that the game of match racing can be just as compelling in multihulls as in monohulls. While the action was exciting to watch, it was a drain on the crews. The races lasted between 15 and 20 minutes around the windward/leeward cou ...[more]

America's Cup: Can multihulls matchrace? You bet! Catch the Video! By Richard Gladwell, 10:53 PM Fri 29 Apr 2011
Oracle Racing have just posted a video showing a minute or so of the pre-start between two AC45's in moderate breezes. It gives us a first glimpse of what match racing could be like in wingsailed multihulls with their rapid acceleration and ability to spin on a dime. ...[more]

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