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Born: Brightlingsea, Essex UK on 20.04.1935 Died: Lymington, Hampshire UK on 25.01.2021 Bob Fisher, the larger-than-life yachtsman, journalist and author crossed the bar peacefully on January 25th surrounded by family. He was 85. Three days before, Sir Ben Ainslie had called him from Auckland, New Zealand where he and his INEOS Team UK Americas Cup team had just won the most exciting race in the 170-year history for the Auld Mug to dedicate their victory to this fabled Cup historian. Bob Fisher...

Luna Rossa helmsman claims Kiwis have made big change to America's Cup boat.

Now that the Auld Mug is back in New Zealand and the 36th America’s Cup is well underway, we thought it high time we outlined the rules to know, explored the new technology and underlined the key races to help keep everyone’s heads above water. We’ll be dusting off our red socks when Emirates Team New Zealand finally takes to the harbour… will you?  What you need to know First and foremost, the 36th America’s Cup will be a little different from the last few. In many ways, it will mar...

Regatta director Iain Murray would like to only see racing on Saturday and Sunday this weekend in the Prada Cup but admits the schedule might not change

The British have turned around their fortunes, upsetting Prada Cup opponents American Magic and Luna Rossa.

America's Cup hopefuls face off in challenger series

Veteran sailor Iain Murray predicts good sailing conditions for the first day of America's Cup challenger racing.

American Magic Photo: Studio Borlenghi But regatta organiser, Prada ceo Patrizio Bertelli, had hoped to have more boats on the start line. The complexities of the racing a new design of boat - the AC75s - limited the number of entries for the event in Auckland, though Bertelli, who is watching the racing from Italy, still backed the use of the foiling monohulls for future Americas Cups. Bertelli is also a financial backer of the challenger of record, Luna Rossa, which is skippered by the exper...

Kiwi sports fans need no reminding of how lucky we are in the Covid era — but it could get even better this year.

Kiwi grinding veteran on eighth Americas Cup - this time for USA by Suzanne McFadden/Newsroom 13 Jan 04:55 GMT 21 October 2020 Sean Clarkson (No.9) looks up at the mainsail as American Magics first AC75, Defiant, goes through its paces on the Hauraki Gulf. © Will Ricketson As the challengers for the 36th Americas Cup prepare to square off this week, Suzanne McFadden finds Kiwi sailor Sean Clarkson making an eighth bid for the silverware - but this time for the Amer...