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34th America's Cup - China Team enters + Video By America´s Cup / China Team, 11:50 PM Mon 28 Mar 2011
The 34th America's Cup World Series begins its inaugural season July 2011. For the second time in the Cup history, China is back in the competition and has entered a team to challenge for the oldest sporting trophy in the world ...[more]

America's Cup: Artemis Racing - Paul Cayard's update from Valencia By Paul Cayard, 5:43 AM Mon 28 Mar 2011
Artemis Racing - Paul updates us from the middle of a two week stint in Valencia, Spain working mostly with the Artemis Racing technical team which is based here. Juan Kouyoumdjian (Juan K) has his office here with about 20 engineers and since Juan is our lead designer, we built a lot of our structure around Valencia. ...[more]

America's Cup: AC45 Closeup - Pre Flight Check and Launch + Video By Richard Gladwell, 12:01 PM Sun 27 Mar 2011
Sail-World's America's Cup Editor, Richard Gladwell, presents this 'fly on the wall' and commentary on the load and launch process required to get an AC45 off the dock following Artemis Racing as they prepare to launch their AC45 before a practice session. For those who haven't seen the AC45s launch first hand, this is a good option, and we don't expect to get this close with the AC72's ...[more]

America's Cup: AC45 Closeup - Rigging and Liftoff - Video By Richard Gladwell, 11:32 AM Sun 27 Mar 2011
Sail-World's America's Cup Editor, Richard Gladwell, presents this 'fly on the wall' and commentary on the fitting of the wingsail and ground rigging process for Oracle Racing as they prepare to launch their AC45 before training. For those who haven't seen the AC45s launch first hand, this is a good option, and we don't expect to get this close with the AC72's ...[more]

America's Cup: Ten teams now entered with a week to entry close By America's Cup Media, 6:35 AM Fri 25 Mar 2011
With the entry deadline of 31st March fast approaching, two more teams have been accepted as competitors for the 34th America's Cup. Formal, public announcements by these two teams, revealing their identities, nationalities and plans are expected as early as next week. (Three teams are now undisclosed) ...[more]

America's Cup: AC45's together as a fleet on the Hauraki Gulf By Ivor Wilkins, 8:50 PM Wed 23 Mar 2011
Four of the five AC45's were together as a fleet on the Hauraki Gulf today, with Emirates Team NZ remaining in the shed. This is the first time that the AC45's have been together as a fleet, two boat training is expected to start in the next couple of days, with Defender, Oracle Racing, expected to do their own thing with their two boats and the Challengers, Artemis Racing (SWE) and Emirates Team ...[more]

America's Cup: Four AC45s flying on the Hauraki Gulf + Video By America's Cup Media, 7:26 PM Wed 23 Mar 2011
The development of the new AC45 class reached another significant milestone in Auckland, New Zealand today when four of the high-performance catamarans lined up for a sailing session in the Hauraki Gulf. In a 10-15 knot breeze, the four yachts sped along at speeds reaching the mid-20 knot range, often within a couple of metres of each other. 'What we learned today is that we made the right deci ...[more]

Oracle Racing News - #2 - covering the buildup in Auckland and SFO By Oracle Racing, 6:12 AM Wed 23 Mar 2011
Oracle Racing's newsletter for 21 March 2011 covering the buildup in Auckland and developments in San Francisco and more. ...[more]

Inside Core Builders Composites' facility at Warkworth By Oracle Racing Media, 11:34 AM Sun 20 Mar 2011
If you are not one of the fortunate few who have toured through the Core Builders Composites' facility at Warkworth, join the US Ambassdor to NZ, David Huebner, as he is shown through the facility by Tim Smythe who heads up CBC along with Mark Turner. CBC has a contract with the America’s Cup Event Authority to handle a current order of 10 AC45s. ...[more]

Oracle Racing: James Spithill and Murray Jones compare notes on AC33 By Oracle Racing, 10:00 AM Sun 20 Mar 2011
Two sailors who were rivals in the 33rd America's Cup are now together in the Oracle Racing campaign for the 34th America's Cup. In this video from Oracle Racing, James Spithill, skipper of the Challenger, trimaran USA-17 interviews/compares notes with Murray Jones, one of the crew aboard Alinghi, Defender in the 33rd Match ...[more]

Videos from Oracle Racing: Two boats train in the rain By Oracle Racing Media, 9:54 AM Sun 20 Mar 2011
Oracle Racing presents a video of the two AC45's sailing together on the Waitemata Harbour last Friday afternoon, when a serious downpour occurred, as it only can in Auckland out of a blue sky. Winds were not that strong in the Bean Rock area at the entrance to the Waitemata - being recorded at a peak of 21kts at 3.00pm and only 14kts earlier in the afternoon. ...[more]

America's Cup: The Freo Files - KZ-7 vs US-61 in a big breeze By Sail-World Archives, 11:01 PM Sat 19 Mar 2011
The Fremantle Doctor was the single feature that differentiated the 1987 America's Cup from every regatta that has occurred before or since. The strong on-shore breeze that came in every afternoon, arrived around 1.00pm, just in time for the racing. The normally sedate 12 Metre class came to life in the Fremantle Doctor, and provided a spectacular television spectacle, on schedule ...[more]

America's Cup: Swedish team splashes AC45 in Auckland By Sail-World and Artemis Racing, 7:25 PM Sat 19 Mar 2011
The third America's Cup team to launch an AC45, Artemis Racing (SWE), splashed their new boat in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour today, Saturday.Hutchinson and the crew left the dock immediately to begin Artemis Racing’s first two-week trial of the wing sailed AC45. Meanwhile back in Valencia, the design team is hard at work under the direction of Principal Designer Juan Kouyoumdjian. ...[more]

Sail-World.com covers the America's Cup AC45 - Video Gallery 1 By Sail-World.com, 8:33 AM Sat 19 Mar 2011
Over the past couple of months Sail-World has built up a collection of videos of the AC45, and the development of the America's Cup World Series. For those who have missed any of these here is the first of a three part collection ...[more]

America's Cup: Gary Jobson on Unfurling Opportunities - Video By Vince Casalaina, 12:17 PM Fri 18 Mar 2011
Gary Jobson came to speak at Unfurling Opportunities a forum hosted by GoSailingSF.org. His longtime association with the America's Cup as both a competitor and a commentator gives him a unique perspective on what having the Cup in San Francisco might mean. He's got some great stories and some good points to think about for anyone who wants to be a part of America's Cup 34. ...[more]

America's Cup: Principal Race Officer describes the courses - Video By Vince Casalaina, 12:14 PM Fri 18 Mar 2011
John Craig, America's Cup 34 Principal Race Officer, gave the first public presentation in San Francisco about what the course area for the Cup races would look like. He's planning on using every available inch of open water in the main bay and working with all the stakeholders to make sure that works. ...[more]

America's Cup: Images of AC45's first two-boat test on Hauraki Gulf By Gilles Martin-Raget, 11:25 AM Fri 18 Mar 2011
Top international photographer, Gilles Martin-Raget, was out on the water yesterday to get the first shots of the two Oracle Racing logo'd AC45's, as they were put through their paces in a piece of two boat testing/combat, giving fans their first taste of what match racing in catamarans could look like. ...[more]

America's Cup: Media Trials to start in Hauraki Gulf in late April By America's Cup Media, 6:03 AM Fri 18 Mar 2011
In preparation for the inaugural America’s Cup World Series this July, event organizers will stage on and off the water dress rehearsals in Auckland April 25-29 and May 2-6. These test periods will focus on refining all of the courses, support systems and management procedures necessary to stage each AC World Series event and provide a superior experience for both the teams and spectators world ...[more]

America's Cup: Two boat trialling begins on the Hauraki Gulf By Richard Gladwell, 9:56 PM Thu 17 Mar 2011
A significant milestone in the 34th America's Cup occurred today on the Hauraki Gulf when two AC45's being sailed by crews from Oracle Racing lined up for a two boat practice session. It is the first time that two AC45's have lined up against each other. Viewers from the shore, were treated to a glimpse of what match racing could be like in the smaller version of the AC72 catamaran to be used ...[more]

America's Cup: Paul Cayard reflects on 25 years plus of pro-sailing By Erik Simonson and Vince Casalaina, 9:15 AM Thu 17 Mar 2011
Upcoming in the next issue of Seahorse Magazine is an interview with Paul Cayard who sat down with Vince Casalaina of Image Integration and Erik Simonson of www.pressure-drop.us for a near two hour interview. See a six minute video clip where Cayard talks of the design development of US-61 in the 1987 America's Cup, life with Raoul Gardini, a key decision aboard EF Language.. ...[more]

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