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American Magics challenge and draft Protocol, One Design and record-breaking news by David Schmidt 11 May 15:00 UTC May 11, 2021 Airtime and a huge capsize for American Magic on day 3 of the PRADA Cup © COR36 / Studio Borlenghi January 17, 2021 wasnt a good day for the New York Yacht Clubs American Magic syndicate. The team was in New Zealand, contesting the Prada Cup Round Robin series in the lead up to the 36th Americas Cup, when they suffered a boat-breaking caps...

Italy would host in 2027, Britain in 2030, and the United States in 2033. New Zealand’s first chance to host again would be in 2035 - but only if they were holders. The Americans propose that the hosting rights only return to the holders at that stage and for the following four cycles through to 2039 There are some very worthy points in the New York proposals, many of which are already in the plans of Team New Zealand and Team UK. The New York Yacht Club backed Terry Hutchinson’s Ameri...

Kiwi sporting successes in the past year run the gamut from sailing to rugby to ultimate fighting. Life after sport   Russell Coutts  Auckland’s America’s Cup regatta was the first in more than two decades not to feature the most successful helmsman in the Auld Mug’s 170-year history.     Choose your best value subscription option here. Already have an account? Login Related news

BMW Oracle, against another well-heeled Italian guy named Ernesto Bertarelli, and his boat named Alinghi. They were participating in Newport for the UBS Trophy (Google this). On the day of the series I’d planned to take an old school surfing bud from Point Judith for a sail, and we ended up right on the port side of the racing course to witness the competition of these cutting-edge racing sleds. Both of these guys are very heavily capitalized and were out in their professionally crewed boats...

Fiona Goodall/Getty Images New Zealand yachting stars Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won just about everything put in front of them. Now their sights are on SailGP. Beware the flattery, but SailGP defending champion Tom Slingsby is talking up Peter Burling and Blair Tuke as the two best sailors in the world as they head New Zealand’s overdue entry into this global league. The 2021 SailGP season opens in Bermuda on Saturday (5am NZT) and the arrival of Burling and Tuke and other stars like...

On Monday night, Aucklands 328-metre Sky Tower, designed to be seen from all parts of this sailing-mad harbour city, now the almost permanent home of the Auld Mug, was shimmering a slightly sickly green and gold. It was a tribute to the return of Australians to New Zealand - human cash-flow in a tourism dependent nation - after more than a years absence. It was a characteristically kind Kiwi thought (though try reciprocating that with the New Zealand national colours on an Australian tower b...

Cheers and applause as Air New Zealands first bubble flight from Australia lands. Anthony Dennis is editor of Traveller in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia. He travelled to Auckland on the first day of the trans-Tasman bubble. OPINION: On Monday night, Aucklands 328-metre Sky Tower, designed to be seen from all parts of this sailing-mad harbour city, now the almost permanent home of the Auld Mug, was shimmering a slightly sickly green and gold. It was a tribute to the return...

By BERNIE WILSONApril 15, 2021 GMT The second season of the SailGP global league will be awash in data that will benefit sailors as well as TV viewers, thanks to its association with tech billionaire Larry Ellison, the cofounder of Oracle Corp. Starting with the opener of the pandemic-delayed season April 24-25 in Bermuda, SailGP will use Oracle Stream Analytics to provide real-time race metrics as foiling, wing-sailed catamarans representing eight countries skim above the waves at close to fre...

4 Min Read (Reuters) - Team New Zealand won the 36th America’s Cup on Wednesday, wrapping up a 7-3 victory over challenger Luna Rossa to savour a triumphant defence of the ‘Auld Mug’ in sparkling home waters off the coast of Auckland. The final race 10 ended up a victory lap for the hosts as they notched their fifth race win in succession, the peerless ‘Te Rehutai’ yacht roaring to a 46-second win to trigger partying on spectator yachts and among crowds on the foreshore. TNZ helmsman ...

RNZ Uncertainty about the future of the Americas Cup was already in the air while the boats were on the water. OPINION: Three weeks on from Team New Zealand retaining yachtings biggest prize, I am rather tired of speculatory comments and articles on where the next Americas Cup regatta might be held. For me as a fan – a nutty crazy fan who asked for extra days off so I could stay in Auckland to see Emirates Team New Zealand lift the Auld Mug – it is a no-brainer that the event remains in N...