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American Magic's 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 wasn't a good day for the New York Yacht Club's American Magic syndicate. The team was in New Zealand, contesting the Prada Cup Round Robin series in the lead up to the 36th America's Cup, when they suffered a boat-breaking capsize after rounding a leeward gate during a match race with Luna Rossa. Patriot, American Magic'...

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 American Magic team at Auckland 2021. The detail of the New York document is revealing and other key mov...

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 with the intention of handily beating each other. Moreover, both of these men are extremely competi...

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 Jimmy Spithill and Francesco Bruni to join the likes of Slingsby, Sir Ben Ainslie and Nathan Outter...