Americas Cup

AC37 Hannah Mills
Ainslie and Mills announce Athena Pathway squad for the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup

This morning, Monday 5 February, Hannah Mills OBE and Sir Ben Ainslie will announce their Athena Pathway squad for the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup and retain the Youth America’s Cup

AC37 ETNZ Recon - Port Foil Problem
AC37 – ETNZ cut short training session with new foil problem

Emirates Team New Zealand cut-short their foil testing Wednesday with what appeared to be more problems with new port wing.

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AC37 – Confusion surrounds ETNZ final Foil development

ETNZ have just launched their final test foil twice . . . At least according to media reports. Tom Morris of Mozzy Sails explains the confusion

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Ben Ainslie . . . ‘Boat B’ is just a click faster than ‘Boat A’

INEOS Britannia started digging into a conundrum that’s bothered the team since the arrival of their second AC40 for the two-boat race practise programme, why is one faster?

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Mission Control we have a problem . . . The advantages of Mission Control for AC37

Mission Control we have a problem . . . Four decades ago, going all the way back to the 12m era in Newport, USA, the engineering support for an America’s Cup boat amounted to a fast RIB back at the sailing base and a VHF radio.

AC37 ETNZ LEQ12 Port Wing Trial
AC37 – ETNZ rollout second new foil wing

Just five days after revealing a new starboard foil, Emirates Team New Zealand were back at it again, with another new foil wing, this time on the port side, was released

America's Cup - The Auld Mug
Key dates for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup released

The dates for the Preliminary Regatta, Louis Vuitton Cup and the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match have now been released

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ETNZ hit the ground running back out on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf with new foil

In seven months, America’s Cup racing will begin for real in Barcelona – with the start of racing for the new AC75 boats in the Preliminary Regatta on 22 August.

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AC37 – Ainslie buckles down to two boat training with INEOS Britannia

INEOS Britannia have started two boat training with the new AC40-10 ‘Sienna’ and the older AC40-2 ‘Athena’ in Barcelona.

Planetsail interview Ben Ainslie
PlanetSail’s Matt Sheahan talks with Ben Ainslie on his change of focus

PlanetSail’s Matt Sheahan questions Sir Ben on his decision to drop his SailGP involvement to focus on the upcoming America’s Cup match

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Ben Ainslie steps down as Driver of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team

Ben Ainslie is stepping down as driver of the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team to be replaced by two-time Olympic gold medallist Giles Scott with immediate effect.

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America’s Cup Boats – what are the LEQ12, AC40 and AC75?

Matt Sheahan explains everything you need to know to make sense of the 37th America’s Cup.