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Photo: ETNZ | Carlo Borlenghi For nearly four years both teams have been building towards this showdown in a new class of boat. The Italians have raced their boat 16 times in Auckland, but its been nearly three months since Te Rehutai was last racing and after significant time in the boat shed Team New Zealand are ready to show off their AC75 - even if the fans will have to keep their distance. Team New Zealand chief operating officer Kevin Shoebridge has been around the Americas Cup since the ...

'Pitbull' Spithill, Team NZ's nemesis, dogs hosts in America's Cup

'Like facing All Blacks' - Luna Rossa take on Team NZ for America's Cup

Americas Cup: Bookies have Kiwis as favorites for the Cup in short series by Richard Gladwell/Sail-World.com/nz 8 Mar 11:55 UTC 9 March 2021 Luna Rossa - Prada Cup Finals - Day 4 - February, 21, - Americas Cup 36 - Course A © Richard Gladwell / Sail-World.com / nz The TAB has Emirates Team New Zealand a clear favorite to win the 36th Americas Cup, offering Italian supporters the opportunity to clean up at the Kiwis expense. In the latest odds a day and a half away f...

Outspoken Aussie Jimmy Spithill has made a surprising claim about his rival Peter Burling.

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Aucklands Viaduct Harbour venue for the 36th Americas Cup © Carlo Borlenghi Now theres a wee event happening across The Ditch (Tasman Sea) next week. So I certainly enjoyed writing from the armchair a little while ago, and whilst on that, thanks very much to all of you who read it (tens of thousands around the globe). However, since then I have very much been absorbed in other matters inside the greater Sail-World group, and yet around the same time fortunate enough to be placed i...

Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill's advocating extra-for-experts in training to win the Auld Mug

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read (Reuters) - Australian yachtsman Jimmy Spithill has hailed Team New Zealand skipper Peter Burling as “the best in the world” as the two prepare to face off in the opening America’s Cup races in Auckland on Wednesday. Spithill, a two-time winner of the Auld Mug as skipper of Team Oracle, is co-helmsman for challengers Luna Rossa in the 36th edition of the America’s Cup, which had been due to start this weekend. Coronavirus restrictions have delayed the start u...

Rookie Italian grinder lets slip a few home truths from their analysis of the defenders ahead of The Match.