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"Oceanlady delivered safely the team’s trimaran, rigs and support equipment" of the BMW Oracle Racing team writes Gilles Martin-Raget, the official photographer for the challenger of the 33rd America’s Cup. In more than one month, WindZilla will meet CheezeZilla, Alinghi’s giant catamaran for the DogMatch everybody is waiting for...
The team’s catamaran Alinghi 5, the masts and 20 support containers reached their final destination aboard the Cassandra B container ship on Monday afternoon after a 14 day voyage from the team’s previous base in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.
Alinghi plans to start sailing in Valencia mid-month and will focus on training for the 36 days that remain until the 33rd America’s Cup Match.
“The voyage from Ras Al Khaimah to Valencia went smoothly and over the coming days we will settle back into our base in the Dársena. The team will focus on readying Alinghi 5 for the final training session ahead of the first race for the 33rd America’s Cup, which starts on 8 February,” said Grant Simmer, Alinghi design team coordinator.
With the clock ticking down to the start of the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup in Naples in 2027, the AC75 Class Rules and Technical Regulations have been issued to all teams and published with a focus on cost containment.
Emirates Team New Zealand have completed one of the most successful America’s Cup campaigns in history. For the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand having won the America’s Cup three times in a row, it now presents an unprecedented opportunity for the continued growth of the America’s Cup from the strongest foundation of success in recent history.
Emirates Team New Zealand concluded a historic chapter, winning the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup after an epic final showdown in Barcelona against the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia, in a single race that ebbed and flowed from the outset but ultimately saw the Kiwis secure victory by 37 seconds.
In the full glare of the world’s media spotlight, in a race sandwiched between the opening two races of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match, Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli beat Britain’s Athena Pathway to win the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup after an impressive demonstration of cool, calm, and collected match-racing of the (…)
Inches and hard yards were fought for in Barcelona today in a classic final race at the Louis Vuitton Cup, and when the dust settled from the on-water fireworks, it was INEOS Britannia that emerged as the top Challenger and secured their place in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match, where they will face the Defender Emirates Team New (…)
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s young guns, generational talent, dominated the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup Final with a comprehensive victory over NYYC American Magic in a high-adrenaline, six-leg, race sailed in winds up to 18 knots and big waves. Led by the mercurial Marco Gradoni, undoubtedly a name for the future of America’s Cup racing for (…)
Après un long briefing au Yacht Club pour préparer la première étape ( Le Grau du Roi - Port Camargue - Minorque - Ajaccio soit plus de 500 milles nautiques), les équipages quittent rapidement le quai d’escale pour rejoindre la ligne de départ située face à la Capitainerie, au large du Grau du Roi - Port Camargue.
Suspense will continue to the last minute as it will come down to the final point scoring race tomorrow to find out who is going to be the winner of the 25th Tour de France à la Voile.
Incroyable mais vrai mais le parcours côtier lancé à 17h18 ce jour, deuxième manche de la journée, a une nouvelle fois bouleversé le classement Général. En effet, Région Ile de France reprend la tête du classement Général au nez et à la barbe de Nantes Saint-Nazaire qui était en tête ce matin avec 9,5 points d’avance.
Soleil haut dans le ciel, Promenade des Anglais noyée sous le public, mer plate comme une assiette et zéphyr de sud-est tendance faiblissant : cette avant-dernière journée de cette 25e édition du Tour de France à la Voile est dure pour les nerfs comme pour les bookmakers. En effet, qui de Nantes Saint-Nazaire, de Région Ile de France ou de (…)
Grande effervescence sur le quai d’escale de Port Camargue : au lendemain de la soirée des équipages, skippers et équipiers, qui ont parfois travaillé sur leur bateau une partie de la nuit, doivent peaufiner les derniers détails avant de s’engager pour un prologue d’environ 15 milles en Baie d’Aigues Mortes, entre le Grau du Roi, La Grande (…)
Head judge Klaus Michel pointed out at the 10 a.m. skippers meeting important issues such as competition area, duration of the heats and the new system of using a launching area where the riders have to present themselves before their heat.
Après avoir renoncé à la traversée entre la Sibérie et l’Alaska par le Pôle Nord, Mike Horn repart sur l’expédition Arktos. Il quittera le Cap Nord le 4 août prochain en bateau et ne devrait pas y revenir avant 18 mois après avoir fait en solitaire, à pied et en bateau, le tour du monde par le cercle polaire arctique.
65 milles au programme, vent faible au menu, mer plate à avaler et bonnes places à assurer pour le trio de tête dans ce dernier parcours de ralliement de coefficient 1,5.
The same determination and ingenuity that helped John Dennis (Toronto, Canada) through today’s grueling 4 1/2 rollover test for his 50-foot yacht Ascensia, will see him through the challenges of competing in the 28,000 mile Around Alone global sailing race that starts this September.