Things are ramping-up in Auckland as the first day of the Prada Cup Final approaches. The Ben Ainslie versus Jimmy Spithill match race series is being sold as the ‘Hulk’ versus ‘Pitbull’ showdown . . . See videos here
In his latest PlantSail video report, Matt Sheahan looks at how a tiny New Zealand boating club with a car for a clubhouse got its name on the world’s oldest international sporting trophy in 1989
North Sails president Ken Read explains explains why the double skinned ‘soft’ sails that are used on the America’s Cup boats are much faster upwind than the wings of the previous Cup boats – See Video here
Matt Sheahan takes a look at some of the hot shots and who can take the physical punishment of the Vendee Globe Race, solo non-stop race around the world
Great video as Jeremie Beyou (Charal) took the Vendée Arctique win, but for Matt Sheenan the stand out performance was Sam Davies (Initiatives Coeur) best placed British competitor in fourth place
Alinghi boss and founder Ernesto Bertarelli rarely does interviews. But here Matt Sheanan talks with the man who won the America’s Cup twice and started a Cup revolution in the process
