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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 Fisher's 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 ‘Auld Mug’ to dedicate their victory to this fabled Cup historian. He called Bob the ‘doyen o...

'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 America's 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, Team New Zealand do not get the luxury of competitive sailing during the Prada Cup. Their experi...

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 America's 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 we'll be putting the hammer down, we want payback from the round robin series," Spithill said of the Challenger Selection Series finals which start on 13 February. On Sunday Luna Rossa took the day off, which wa...

Former America's 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 America's 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 we'll be putting the hammer down, we want payback from the round-robin series," Spithill says of the challenger finals, which star...

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 Yacht Club's Patriot to complete a 4-0 sweep in the best-of-seven series – aided by some serious t...