Americas Cup

AC37 – Orient Express Racing Team take a quick dip in Barcelona

The Orient Express Racing Team got their Thursday training spin in Barcelona off to a difficult start with a low-speed capsize.

America’s Cup teams reveal new AC75 Launch Dates

Emirates Team New Zealand, Alinghi Red Bull Racing and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, have confirmed their new AC75 launch dates.

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 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.

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

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?

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 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

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

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.