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America's Cup: The Freo Files - KZ-7 forces White Crusader out By Sail-World Archives, 6:00 AM Mon 28 Feb 2011
The British Challenger, White Crusader was one of the top boats forced out of the semi-finals for the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup. Here PJ Montomery anchors the TVNZ coverage of her final race, the arm-wrestle downwind luffing match, followed in a second clip with the Media Conference and comments from White Crusader challenge head, Harold Cudmore. ...[more]

America's Cup: AC45 back sailing with repaired wing By America's Cup Media, 8:21 PM Sat 26 Feb 2011
Weekend boaters out on the water in force were thrilled to see the America’s Cup cat fly past – less than a week after it capsized in a freak wind gust in the Rangitoto Channel. After the capsize, the damaged wing was taken to the Core Builders facility in Warkworth, north of Auckland, where a small team, including the America’s Cup Race Management (ACRM) team and members of the Artemis Racing ...[more]

America's Cup: The Freo Files - Erle Williams on wintering over By Sail-World Archives, 7:25 PM Fri 25 Feb 2011
Erle Williams is one of the hard men of New Zealand sailing. A chip off the old block. Erle was a watch captain aboard Whitbread line honours winner at the age of just 22years old. Less than four years later he was bowman aboard KZ-7 in the Louis Vuitton Cup. Here he tells how the Kiwis under the baton of Michael Fay and whip of Laurent Esquier and friends... ...[more]

America's Cup: Iain Murray - big changes to umpiring likely + Video By Richard Gladwell, 4:20 PM Thu 24 Feb 2011
Over the past two days, the Competitors in the 34th America's Cup have been attending a Competitors Forum in Auckland. A lot of ground was covered in the sessions ranging from clarification of the measurement process and AC72 class rule; the direction of the AC45 one design class rule; the draft racing rules for the America's Cup, including an electronic umpiring system; dates and possibilities ...[more]

America's Cup: The Freo Files - 'A bunch of Pommy lawyers' By Sail-World Archive, 10:39 PM Wed 23 Feb 2011
Tom Blackaller's radical canard ruddered USA-61 made the final cut for the Semi-Finals of the 1986/87 Louis Vuitton Cup, but not before an acrimonious protest over using a replacement bow (canard) rudder. In this clip from the TVNZ coverage USA-61's Tom Blackaller announces the decision and can't hold back on a few verbal sideswipes at his adversaries. ...[more]

Artemis Racing - Cayard's update from Auckland By Paul Cayard, 10:00 AM Wed 23 Feb 2011
Just a quick update from down here. The Artemis Racing team is based in Auckland this week for training and attending America's Cup meetings. Auckland is approximately 450 miles north of Christchurch, the site of the large earthquake of February 22. ...[more]

America's Cup - The Freo Files: Blackaller's Bet By Archive Video, 5:36 AM Tue 22 Feb 2011
Most have fond memories of the 1987 America's Cup in Fremantle. It had everything - big breeze, drama, action on the water and ashore, and a lot of larger than life characters who really bought that series to life. One of those characters was Tom Blackaller who sailed the canard ruddered USA out of San Francisco. ...[more]

America's Cup: AC45 capsizes in Hauraki Gulf + Video By Richard Gladwell, 5:00 PM Mon 21 Feb 2011
The prototype AC45 capsized on the Hauraki Gulf this afternoon, sustaining serious damage to her wingsail, however the platform would appear to be undamaged and there were no injuries to the crew save for wounded pride. The incident happened off Murray’s Bay on Auckland’s North Shore. Winds at the time were around 20kts and the AC45 had been sailing at speeds of up to 28.5kts. ...[more]

America's Cup Prototype boat flips in gusty winds By www.sail-world.com, 3:13 PM Mon 21 Feb 2011
Today the Swedish challengers Artemis Racing were on board the AC45 sailing in winds of around 20 knots on Hauraki Gulf, Auckland New Zealand, when the boat capsized. No one hurt ...[more]

America's Cup: NZL Sailing Team get to sail the AC45 By Hannah Davis, 8:17 PM Fri 18 Feb 2011
New Zealand’s young Olympic medal hopefuls from the NZL Sailing Team, the Yachting equivalent of the All Blacks, were given a chance to experience the ‘next step’ in their sailing careers when they spent the afternoon sailing the AC45. For Jo Aleh, Olivia Powrie, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke it was second-time lucky after sailing was cancelled earlier in the week due to lack of breeze. ...[more]

America's Cup: Team Australia 'graces' the Waitemata By Ivor Wilkins, 10:12 PM Thu 17 Feb 2011
Team Australia became the fourth America's Cup team to put the prototype AC45 through her paces on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Top sailing journalist and photographer, Ivor Wilkins, was there to capture the action ...[more]

America's Cup: Team Australia has their first sail on the AC45 By Ivor Wilkins, Auckland , 9:45 PM Thu 17 Feb 2011
On a grey and blustery day, the newly established Australian challenge for the 34th America’s Cup put the AC45 catamaran through its paces on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbor. Sporting team uniforms with the slogan ‘AUS AC 34’, the group of nine sailors rotated in various sessions on board – and their verdict afterwards was universally positive. ...[more]

America's Cup: Video's of the Week or so By America's Cup and Oracle Racing Media, 9:08 PM Thu 17 Feb 2011
The various media arms associated with the 34th America's Cup have been busy with video production over the past week or so. The opportunities afforded by the recent Sail Auckland Regatta and Harken International have presented a great chance to tempt the Facebook generation sailors with the AC45 ...[more]

America's Cup: Eighth entry received - now seven challengers By America's Cup Media, 8:32 PM Wed 16 Feb 2011
America's Cup event organizers have confirmed the receipt of an eighth entry for the 34th America's Cup in 2013. The official announcement by the team is expected soon. The receipt of an eighth entry for the 34th America's Cup in 2013 was confirmed today. This seventh challenger for the America's Cup joins ranks with ... ...[more]

Team Australia to contest America's Cup By Team Australia Media, 2:14 PM Wed 16 Feb 2011
The Australian Challenge for the 34th America’s Cup was officially accepted by the defending Golden Gate Yacht Club on 11 January 2011. For the first time in over a decade, Australia has a team in the competition for the world's oldest sporting trophy. ...[more]

America's Cup: AC45 rigging process - takes just 30 minutes By Richard Gladwell, 10:04 PM Tue 15 Feb 2011
One of the serious question marks hanging over the choice of a wingsailed multihull for the America's Cup has been the rigging process. Those who were in Valencia 12 months ago would have been only too aware of the issues faced daily by the then BMW Oracle Racing team as they tried to keep USA-17 on a short leash between races, and without having to lower the wingsail each night. ...[more]

America's Cup: AC45 Pre-flight check and Launch By Richard Gladwell, 9:03 PM Tue 15 Feb 2011
Getting a wingsailed AC45 loaded up and off the marina is not a simple task. The degree of difficulty is similar to undertaking the same task in an AC monohull with the sails up, rather than being towed out by a tender. For the AC45 the issue is complicated in Auckland by the fact that immediately after release the yacht must undertake a 180 degree turn against a backdrop of superyachts ...[more]

America's Cup: Young Harken Matchracers check out the AC45 By Hannah Davis, 9:20 PM Mon 14 Feb 2011
Forty young sailors competing in the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's Harken Youth International Match Racing Championship in Auckland took a slight detour Monday on their way to the racecourse, to watch the launch of the AC45. Race officials towed the eight young teams in their Elliot 7’s to the ACRM base, where ACRM’s Director of On Water Operations Harold Bennet showed them around the AC45 ...[more]

America's Cup: AC45 up close By Richard Gladwell, 10:29 PM Sat 12 Feb 2011
With the AC45 rigged and out of the water, last Tuesday, and then launched in calm conditions at the Viaduct Harbour, Sail-World took the opportunity to get some close up shots of the AC45 and gear. ...[more]

America's Cup: Second Italian Challenger comes to light By Richard Gladwell, 7:44 AM Sat 12 Feb 2011
A second Italian Challenger for the 34th America's Cup has announced that they have selected a club - a very preliminary step to reaching fully fledged and funded Challenger status. In contrast to some other teams who have chosen to be very secretive about their intentions, Venezia Challenge have announced that they have signed an agreement to challenge for the 34th America’s Cup ...[more]

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