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America's Cup: Warm-Up beginning for Cascais - Race formats announced By Sail-World, 7:13 AM Sun 10 Jul 2011
Sailing fans will get a first look at teams entered for the 34th America's Cup as competitors begin arriving in Portugal next week ahead of the inaugural America’s Cup World Series competition in Cascais. The regatta is the opening event on the path to the next America’s Cup in 2013. ...[more]

America's Cup: Int Jury upholds basis of Challenger selection By Richard Gladwell, 10:51 PM Thu 7 Jul 2011
Sail-World understands that the International Jury for the 34th America's Cup has upheld the position advanced by the Defender, Golden Gate Yacht Club, over the transition of the original Challenger of Record role to Sweden's KSSS. The full Jury decision can be read in this story ...[more]

America's Cup: Team Korea names top 49er sailor as skipper + Video By Sail-World, 10:27 PM Wed 6 Jul 2011
Team Korea finally revealed their skipper and helmsman, a young man who has been one of the dominant forces in the light and fast 49’er dinghies over the past decade. Having focused mainly on the fast and light 49er ‘skiff’ type dinghy in his career, the 33 year old, married with a young child is a two time world champion in the class, multiple vice-world champion, two time European champion, and ...[more]

Extreme Sailing: Come from behind win for America's Cup team By Sail-World, 10:19 AM Tue 5 Jul 2011
Dean Barker’s Emirates Team New Zealand clinched victory at Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in an epic showdown as the circuit made a very successful USA debut. As the country celebrated Independence Day, American Terry Hutchinson on board Artemis Racing went in to the final race with an 8 point lead after heading the leaderboard for most of the past 5 days ...[more]

Extreme 40's: Emirates Team NZ wants to improve on third at Boston By Warren Douglas, 1:20 PM Sun 3 Jul 2011
Dean Barker and his crew are looking for a strong showing on the water tomorrow to set them up for the crucial last day of the Boston Extreme Sailing Series regatta. At the end of Day 3 Emirates Team New Zealand retained its third place on the overall standings with 158 points, one behind The Wave placed second. Artemis leads after 22 races with 169 points. ...[more]

America's Cup: Format announced for Louis Vuitton Cup By Sail-World, 6:53 AM Sun 3 Jul 2011
Iain Murray, the Regatta Director for the 34th America's Cup, has issued the dates and format for the Louis Vuitton Cup, the America's Cup Challenger Series. To take place in 2013, the objective of the challenger series is to both build and identify the strongest possible challenger to meet the defender in the America's Cup Finals. ...[more]

Extreme Sailing Series Act 4 Boston wide open at halfway stage + Video By Extreme Sailing Series, 3:45 AM Sun 3 Jul 2011
Extreme Sailing Series Act 4 - The ever changing conditions on the second day of racing in Boston, resulted in a game of snakes and ladders for many of the 11 Extreme 40 teams and leaves Act 4 wide open going into the halfway stage tomorrow. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race - A wild ride for Camper By Volvo Ocean Race, 9:26 PM Sat 2 Jul 2011
Chris Nicholson's team enjoyed a wild offshore testing trip. But is 'enjoy' really the word for Media Crew Member Hamish Hooper? He describes facing the 'constant wall of water' in his blog. 'Will Oxley’s forecast was for a nice sail testing out past Great Barrier Island and through the night to the north east of East Cape,' Hamish writes. ...[more]

America's Cup: The countdown starts for Cascais - Coutts to skipper By Jane Eagleson, 2:57 PM Sat 2 Jul 2011
The first competition of the new multihull America’s Cup era begins with the inaugural America’s Cup World Series in Cascais, Portugal, on August 6. Nine teams from eight different countries will race identical AC45 wing-sailed catamarans directly off the coast. Designed for extreme speed, the AC45 has proven to be a handful in strong conditions, which predict a strenuous, physical event in wi ...[more]

Extreme 40's: Emirates Team NZ climbs the leader board at Boston By Warren Douglas, 2:14 PM Sat 2 Jul 2011
Emirates Team New Zealand climbed to third overall on Day 2 of the Boston Extreme Sailing series regatta. With four wins from the seven races held, Dean Barker and crew (Adam Beashel, Jeremy Lomas and James Dagg) end the day on 106 points on a point adrift of second place The Wave Muscat. Artemis is at the top of the leader board on 114 points. ...[more]

America's Cup: New style website opens for fans and media By Richard Gladwell, Auckland, New Zealand , 7:54 AM Sat 2 Jul 2011
A new look America's Cup website has opened as of 1 July 2011 for the 34th America's Cup and supporting events. Under the terms of the current Protocol all teams are required to be hosted on a single America's Cup website, or really a web-portal, to aggregate traffic and make simpler fan and media navigation. ...[more]

Dean's Diary: Extreme 40's in Boston - Dean Barker reports on Day 1 By Dean Barker, Boston, USA , 7:18 AM Sat 2 Jul 2011
Dean Barker, Emirates Team NZ skipper and Director of Kiwi Yachting Consultants Nexus AB, reports from Boston, USA on the Extreme40 series, in which Emirates Team NZ is competing. Sailing with Dean Barker are Adam Beashel (AUS), James Dagg (NZL) and Richard Meacham (NZL). ...[more]

Extreme Sailing Series 2011 Act 4 Boston - Challenging opening day By Extreme Sailing Series, 10:40 AM Fri 1 Jul 2011
2011 Extreme Sailing Series Act 4 at the Fan Pier in Boston proved to be a challenging one as the 11 Extreme 40 teams made their USA debut. Roman Hagara’s Red Bull Extreme Sailing pulled off two race wins in the final two races. Special guest and two-time Velux Five Oceans victor, Brad Van Liew, dropped by to experience his first Extreme 40 ride as guest fifth man. ...[more]

America's Cup: Oracle Racing News - Edition 16 - Latest team outed By Oracle Racing Media, 12:04 AM Wed 29 Jun 2011
Oracle Racing's newsletter for 27 June 2011 covering the announcement of the latest team ...[more]

America's Cup: The View From Spithill's Office By Michelle Slade, Sailblast, San Francisco, CA, USA , 9:40 PM Tue 28 Jun 2011
Jimmy Spithill’s version of getting up and heading to the office is just a little different to most. He starts in the gym about 7.00am, heads home for a shower and breakfast, then hits the ORACLE Racing HQ at San Francisco’s Pier 80 for an operations meeting which sets the team’s agenda for the day. ...[more]

America's Cup: Dean Barker explains the Emirates team NZ campaign By PJ Montgomery, Auckland, New Zealand , 8:28 AM Sun 26 Jun 2011
Emirates Team NZ skipper, Dean Barker spoke with top international yachting commentator, PJ Montgomery on Newstalk ZB to explain the various campaigns that the New Zealand based team are running ahead of the 34th America's Cup. Barker also revealed their target dates for launching the first of the AC72's that the team will build and the impact on their build up with that boat, that they non-sai ...[more]

America's Cup: Jobson calls for stronger nationality rules By PJ Montgomery, Auckland, New Zealand , 7:33 AM Sun 26 Jun 2011
Former America's cup winner, leading media commentator and now President of US Sailing, Gary Jobson, spoke with top international yachting commentator, PJ Montgomery on his views of the current America's Cup. Jobson believed that there would be more interest in the current America's Cup, if there were stronger nationality rules imposed on the teams, which would in turn generate more of a nation ...[more]

America's Cup: Green Comm and RCNV launch challenge of sustainability By Green Comm Racing, 6:24 AM Fri 24 Jun 2011
The Real Club Nautico de Valencia (RCNV) and Green Comm Racing announced the details of their Challenge for the 34th America’s Cup at a press conference Thursday afternoon in Valencia, Spain. The Green Comm Racing team, representing Spain’s RCNV, completes the field of nine teams from eight nations that will be on the starting line in 10 AC 45 catamarans at the first America’s Cup World Series ...[more]

America's Cup: Spanish-Italian Challenger announces in Valencia By Richard Gladwell, 6:59 PM Thu 23 Jun 2011
European media are reporting that Spain’s Real Club Nautica of Valencia and Italy’s Green Comm Racing will jointly challenge for the 2013 America’s Cup, according to an invitation issued for the official announcement. The Spanish-Italian challenge is the eighth challenger and will bring the total fleet to nine. They are the unannounced challenger alluded to at last week's Media Announcement in ...[more]

America's Cup: Oracle Racing News - Edition 15 - Media Reaction By Oracle Racing Media, , 12:11 PM Thu 23 Jun 2011
Oracle Racing's newsletter for 14 June 2011 covering the Media reaction to the America's Cup in San Francisco and more. ...[more]

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