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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 America's Cups. Bertelli is also a financial backer of the challenger of record, Luna Rossa, which is skippered by the experienced Max Sirena. Sirena is into his seventh America's Cup challenge and he said the AC75s are a c...

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 America's 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 Magic's first AC75, Defiant, goes through its paces on the Hauraki Gulf. © Will Ricketson As the challengers for the 36th America's 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 Americans Sean Clarkson is a rarity in the America’s Cup sailing fraternity. At 52, the Kiwi profes...