Page 22 - Auld Mug News Today

The former Stars & Stripes helmsman expects a thrilling match-up.

Local and national politicians and their acolytes appear to have learned little from the past decade or two of Americas Cup history, based on their reaction to a Venue Selection Process Hosting Guide developed on behalf of Emirates Team New Zealand In a statement issued yesterday by the Minister of Tourism and Economic and Regional Development, Stuart Nash stated "with the Prada Cup underway, and the Match yet to start, it’s too early to start talking about what may or may not happen with th...

Yachting: Prada Cup Finals TVNZ 1, 3pm It’s crunch time for the Challengers in the finals of the Prada Cup. This week Luna Rossa and Ineos Team UK battle it out for a shot at wrestling the Auld Mug from the grasp of Team New Zealand when the America’s Cup begins in March. Continues Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. Watergate Prime, 8.30pm This acclaimed documentary explores the botched political plot that led to the downfall of US President Richard Nixon in 1972, and which also sparked the no...

Spithill ready for heavyweight sailing showdown vs Ainslie By BERNIE WILSONFebruary 10, 2021 GMT More than two decades after a lowkey start to his America’s Cup career, two-time champion Jimmy Spithill is back in Auckland, New Zealand, hoping to help steer Italy to its first victory in the 170-year-old competition. Spithill has come a long way since the 1999-2000 regatta, when he was the 19-year-old skipper of Young Australia. The syndicate was so underfunded it sailed an old boat, housed its...

INEOS Team UK — led by Sir Ben Ainslie and including fellow Island sailor, Leigh McMillan — will be making their bid for America’s Cup glory…

Eight bells for Bob Fisher: 1935-2021 0shares Barry Pickthall collaborated with Bob Fisher on numerous books. He looks back at the life of the sailor and journalist Bob Fishers infamous rum punch party aboard Barracuda of Tarrant during the 1991 Cowes Week. Credit: Guy Gurney He was 85. Three days before, Sir Ben Ainslie had called him from Auckland where he and his INEOS British America’s Cup team had just won what was probably the most exciting race in the 170-year history for the ...

No doubt in my mind: Jimmy Spithill reveals the team to beat Jimmy Spithill (Photo / Greg Bowker) No doubt in my mind: Jimmy Spithill reveals the team to beat Thu, 4 Feb 2021, 8:20AM Luna Rossa helmsman Jimmy Spithill has often mentioned the importance of race time for this Americas Cup campaign - in terms of progress and development of their vessel, and how to sail it.  However, he believes that may not be the case for Team New Zealand.  As the defender of the Auld Mug, T...

Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill. Photo: Studio Borlenghi He is also fond of a comeback. The Italians had barely crossed the finish line in their dominant Americas Cup Challenger Selection Series semi-finals victory over American Magic when the Luna Rossa co-helmsman was lining up a rematch with their next opponent - Team UK. "Neither team will be underestimating each other and well be putting the hammer down, we want payback from the round robin series," Spithill said of the Challenger S...

Former Americas Cup winning skipper Jimmy Spithill has a reputation for never backing down from a challenge and the combative Australian is also fond of a comeback. The Italians had barely crossed the finish-line in their dominant Americas Cup Challenger semi-finals victory over NYYC American Magic, when the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli co-helmsman was lining up a rematch with their next opponent - INEOS Team UK. "Neither team will be underestimating each other and well be putting the hammer down,...

Luna Rossa flew through their Prada Cup semifinal series against American magic with a clean sweep. Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill called for his crew to “keep the foot on the throat” during the second day of their Prada Cup semifinal against American Magic in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf on Saturday. And that’s exactly where it remained on a brilliantly fine day in the City of Sails as Italian America’s Cup challenger of record Luna Rossa continued their dominance of the New York ...