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The development race is tightening ahead of a fascinating challengers decider. Here's how we rate the boats and crews.

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Superyacht city: Wholl be watching Americas Cup in style 9 minutes to read Jane Phare is a senior business reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjane.phare@nzme.co.nz A whos who of New Zealands wealthy and corporate world will be hob-nobbing on superyachts during the Americas Cup while others will pay thousands for a place on board. Jane Phare finds out wholl be out on the harbour and what it costs for a course-side seat. It might not be the mega-glam Americas Cup we were promised, but th...

Lyme Regis sailor Jim Turner competed for American Magic Picture: SALLY HOLMAN/LRSC LYME Regis Sailing Club star Jim Turner’s bid to reach the America’s Cup finale has ended at the qualification stage in New Zealand. Turner, who was part of an 11-man crew for American Magic, lost out to Italian team Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in Auckland. The Italians go on to face Sir Ben Ainslie’s Team Ineos UK in the qualifying Prada Cup final, the winners tackling defending champions Emirates Te...

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...

Yachting World 0shares The Americas Cup boats to be used on the 2021 edition of the event are unlike anything we have seen before. They might be officially sailing craft but they behave in some remarkable ways. The AC75s, the America’s Cup boats currently racing in the Prada Cup and that will be used for next month’s Cup match showdown, are arguably the most radical boat the America’s Cup has ever seen.  The America’s Cup is, fundamentally, a design competiti...

The exit of any team from the Challenger Selection Series is always a sad occasion. No longer will we hear their anthems as they leave the dock, or see the crowds of team-uniformed, flag waving, families, friends and fans, bidding the crews farewell and unconditionally welcoming them back at the end of each race day. New York Yacht Clubs team American Magic are the first to exit from the Prada Cup. The race schedule called for one team to exit the 36th Americas Cup about now. The teams like to ...

Getting a win and a point without even racing is absolute gold at this level. The two teams look pretty even ahead of their final series that requires seven wins to earn victory and the chance to race Emirates Team New Zealand for the America’s Cup in March. Expect Luna Rossa’s reconnaissance of the British to be relentless from here. They will put the microscope over Britannia every minute it is out of the boat shed, looking for one feature that might be pushing the rules of these incred...

Yachting World 0shares Matthew Sheahan, who is in Auckland for the 36th America’s Cup, analyses the different options for the Prada Cup finalists. Reversing the odds over the space of four weeks where the worst performing America’s Cup team became the best and vice versa, was on nobody’s radar down here in Auckland before January,  writes Matthew Sheahan. It isn’t just the pundits that have been surprised by the complete turn around in fortunes in the Challeng...

Americas Cup 2021: New footage reveals Dean Barker, American Magics heartbreak after Prada Cup exit 31 Jan, 2021 11:25 PM 3 minutes to read Beyond the Cup - American Magics campaign is all over after being whitewashed 4-0 by Luna Rossa in the Prada Cup semi-finals. World champion sailor Phil Robertson joins AUT sailing Professor Mark Orams and Matt Brown to review all of the Americas Cup news. Video / NZ Herald Beyond the Cup - American Magics campaign is all over after being whitewashed 4-0 by...