
With the "Summer of Racing" in San Francisco a mere two weeks away, it is more than clear that America's Cup organizers have failed to deliver on practically every promise they made in the last three years. We run the list of unfulfilled promises and examine what results they might have
Yet another interesting amateur video of the two America's Cup challengers, this time of their training races in the actual course of the Louis Vuitton Cup and America's Cup
Francis Joyon has just shattered the North Atlantic record: 5 days, 2 hours, 56 minutes and 10 seconds or in other words a time that is 16 hours, 34 minutes and 30 seconds less than the previous record set by Thomas Coville in 2008
For the first time two AC72’s, Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa, lined up and raced on the course that will be used for the Louis Vuitton and America’s Cup regattas which start in just over three weeks
The America's Cup goes 30 years back marketing-wise with the elimination of the AC72 onboard guest during official racing
Posted on 18 June 2013
The first catamaran ever to be built with Thin Ply Technology (TPT) took its maiden voyage at La Grande-Motte. This is an exciting event for Team Hydros and marks the culmination of several months of research and construction. Objective: to win the International C-Class Catamaran Championship, better known as the Little America’s Cup, at Falmouth in September. Continue Reading
Posted on 13 June 2013
As the RC44 fleet gear up for the third event of the 2013 RC44 Championship Tour, the Bronenosec Sailing Team owned by Russian Vladimir Liubomirov have joined the class and will compete for the first time at the RC44 Sweden Cup in Marstrand later this month Continue Reading
Posted on 12 June 2013
Despite the fact nobody knows anything about the racing schedule of the Louis Vuitton Cup round robins, Gilles Martin-Raget keeps shooting spectacular photos from the AC72 training session in San Francisco bay Continue Reading
Posted on 11 June 2013
According to Dalton " normally the challenger series of an AC is run on terms that meet the wishes of the majority of challengers. This is not the case here with Artemis rejecting the proposal and wanting to continue running an event schedule in which, by under their own admission, they will not compete in in the early stages" Continue Reading
Posted on 11 June 2013
In response to comments by Emirates Team New Zealand's Managing Director Grant Dalton in a June 8, 2013 article in the New Zealand Herald, Artemis Racing would like to set the record straight Continue Reading
Posted on 10 June 2013
Market-leading sailing clothing brand Musto has been chosen by the Volvo Ocean Race as its official supplier of sailing apparel and footwear for the next edition starting in October 2014 Continue Reading
Posted on 09 June 2013
The Route des Princes fleet left Valencia on Sunday afternoon for a 805-nm leg to Lisbon under calm conditions with flat seas and a westerly breeze of around 15 knots. Oman Air took the early lead of the race thanks to a great start Continue Reading
Posted on 08 June 2013
Sébastien Josse and his crew slaughtered the MOD70 fleet on Saturday, leading nearly from start to finish in the day's three races. Conditions were superb with 18 to 25 knots of westerly breeze, completely flat seas and nice sunshine Continue Reading
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