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ETNZ a One-Boat AC Team (Not?)
Emirates Team New Zealand, incarnation 2011. Photo by Gilles Martin-Raget I see the most recent decision of the America’s Cup Jury being portrayed in New Zealand as a win, but to my monkeymind it looks...
View ArticleLuna Rossa Joins The America’s Cup Party
Launching a new AC45, even in light wind, looks a bit tricky. Good to have Prada in the game (and they were very smart to grab helmsman Chris Draper). Wouldn't be the same without them. …
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ETNZ Uber Alles?
Yes, it's almost a year before the actual America's Cup match. And, yes, there is a whole new generation of AC72 boats to come. But amidst all the glitches, setbacks, and catastrophes of Artemis and...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup: The Video Race
It's always very hard to tell what is going on inside America's Cup syndicates, unless they, um, break their boat. But sometimes you can get a feel for things by looking at the media they put out. So...
View ArticleAC72 Racing
It's a taste of things to come. At least, what you can see of it in this video of Emirates Team New Zealand lining up against Luna Rossa. Nice gallery here. And ETNZ tactician Ray Davies talking about...
View ArticleA Taste Of America’s Cup Racing
Well, we are finally getting a hint of what the real deal might look like. Luna Rossa and Team Emirates New Zealand just sailed an America’s Cup “race” course, going head to head, the first time two...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup Debut Race
Well, over the weekend we finally saw two AC72s line up against each other in a real race. But it wasn’t much of a race. I am one of a lonely group that actually enjoyed IACC monohull racing, with its...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup Demolition Derby
So two races completed in the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals, and both decided by breakdowns. In the first race on Saturday, Charlie posted the spectacular Emirates Team New Zealand nosedive (amazing the...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup: 3 For 3!
Well, I guess today wasn’t the day we’d see a complete Louis Vuitton Trophy Finals race. After a sort of interesting, and at least close, start (if Luna Rossa had pulled the trigger just a second...
View ArticleBest Of The Louis Vuitton Cup
Okay, stay with me here, even if you think “Best Of” and “Louis Vuitton Cup” placed in close proximity is a laughable oxymoron. Because if you just watched these videos, you might think the LV Cup was...
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The America’s Cup, Explained
By Kimball Livingston Posted July 22, 2014 There’s a movie I’ve seen too many times. Scripts vary, but in movie-talk, the “arc of the story” is the same. First, there is an America’s Cup match that is...
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