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America's Cup: Team Korea makes first splash in Cascais By Sail-World, 6:52 PM Sun 17 Jul 2011
Team Korea took to the water in Cascais, Portugal on Saturday morning for its first ever sail, marking another milestone for the first Korean America's Cup challenge. The team are one of nine competing in the first round of the America's Cup World Series - a preliminary series of regattas staged as a prelude to the 34th America's Cup in San Francisco. ...[more]

Katie Spithill: Helming an AC45 and the Olympic Match Racing Decision By Damian Devine, Newport , 5:29 PM Sat 16 Jul 2011
Sail-World correspondent, Damien Devine recently interviewed former World 2 ranked match racer Katie Spithill. Katie is currently in Weymouth training with AST and RPAYC mates Nicky Souter and Jess Eastwell. Katie Spithill recently did a trip to San Fran to catch up with brother James and check out the AC45’s, the new AC set up and was the first female to be lucky enough to helm an AC45. ...[more]

America's Cup partners with environmental sustainability program By Sail-World, 8:39 AM Sat 16 Jul 2011
With the first event on the journey to the 2013 America’s Cup just over four weeks away, so too begins the Cup’s sustainability journey, a key component of the 34th America’s Cup legacy program. The America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) is partnering with global and local ocean conservation efforts to reach people around the world who have an affinity for our world’s oceans, and motivate them to ac ...[more]

America's Cup: Artemis Racing launch their AC45 yacht in Valencia By Vsail.info, 10:31 AM Fri 15 Jul 2011
Thursday wasn’t the first day the AC45 yacht of the 34th America’s Cup Challenger of Record was sailing here in Valencia but it was the first time the Swedish team opened its base and allowed media and guests to watch the entire procedure of the wing being mounted on the catamaran as well as the actual launch on the water. ...[more]

All-star line-up to open America’s Cup World Series in Cascais By Sail-World, 8:55 PM Wed 13 Jul 2011
Some of the best sailing teams in the world are coming to Cascais, Portugal in August for the opening event of the America’s Cup World Series. The America’s Cup World Series – Cascais will feature 10 boats, sailed by nine teams, representing eight countries. ...[more]

Dell to add computer power to Emirates Team New Zealand By Warren Douglas, Auckland, New Zealand , 8:28 PM Wed 13 Jul 2011
Dell has joined the Emirates Team New Zealand challenge for the 34th America’s Cup, adding significantly to the design team’s computer fire power. Dell will supply the team with IT system design, hardware, system software and implementation. The technology will help the design team’s programme for the AC72 catamarans that will race in San Francisco is 2013. ...[more]

America's Cup: Video of Emirates Team NZ sailing the SL33 By Sail-World, 1:45 PM Wed 13 Jul 2011
First video of Emirates Team NZ sailing the SL33 catamaran, which the team are using as a surrogate boat for the AC72. The SL33 is the largest size catamaran that can be used without breaking the Surrogate Rule, which is part of the Protocol for the 34th America's Cup, and is designed to prevent more well funded teams running extensive two-boat testing programs. ...[more]

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ signs with Dell and launches new boat By Richard Gladwell, Auckland. New Zealand , 1:39 PM Wed 13 Jul 2011
Emirates Team New Zealand have announced a partnership with US based multinational, technology company Dell computers. The team will be looking to make up one of the 'holes' in its 2007 America’s Cup campaign – which was in the area of applied technology, which by the estimate of CEO, Grant Dalton, cost the team about 10 seconds a leg in that event. ...[more]

America's Cup: Oracle Racing News - Edition 18 - Cascais Bound By Oracle Racing Media, 8:59 PM Tue 12 Jul 2011
Oracle Racing's newsletter for 12 July 2011 covering the announcement of the latest team ...[more]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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