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Gladwell's Line: Rolling the America's Cup dice - what factors will determine the winner? by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com/nz 4 Mar 23:52 UTC 5 March 2021 Luna Rossa and Te Rehutai - Emirates Team New Zealand - Practice Racing - America's Cup World Series - December 10, 2020 - Waitemata Harbour - America's Cup 36 © Richard Gladwell / Sail-World.com Most will be aware the long-awaited America's Cup Match will not start on time this Saturday due to Auckland being in its fourth COVID19 Lockdown in 12 months. Until the Lockdown status is clarified by the Labour Go...

Emirates Team New Zealand vs Luna Rossa on day 1 of ACWS Auckland © Hamish Hooper / ETNZ The 36th America's Cup was again put on hold after the New Zealand Prime Minister held a media conference at 9.30pm on Saturday night to announce that Auckland was again being put into another COVID19 triggered Lockdown. The unexpected announcement by the New Zealand Prime Minister, carried on live on Saturday night TV at 9.00pm, caught the 36th America's Cup in the lockdown spider's web for a second time in just over a fortnight. This time the start of the Match on Saturday March 6th was cau...

Emirates Team New Zealand vs Luna Rossa on day 1 of ACWS Auckland © Hamish Hooper / ETNZ The 36th America's Cup was again put on hold after the New Zealand Prime Minister held a media conference at 9.30pm on Saturday night to announce that Auckland was again being put into another COVID19 triggered Lockdown. The unexpected announcement by the New Zealand Prime Minister, carried on live on Saturday night TV at 9.00pm, caught the 36th America's Cup in the lockdown spider's web for a second time in just over a fortnight. This time the start of the Match on Saturday March 6th was cau...

Playing the long game - Sail-World.com USA Newsletter 23/02/2021 Playing the long game Dear Recipient Name As a Brit I'm of course sad that INEOS TEAM UK didn't progress to the America's Cup match. I'd have loved to see Ben Ainslie and Giles Scott square up against Pete Burling, Blair Tuke and the rest of Emirates Team New Zealand, but it wasn't to be. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team fully deserve their win. They sailed beautifully, won the majority of the starts, and their AC75 was simply faster than Britannia. They celebrated on Sunday, but it's straight back to work again for the team as...

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 Club's team American Magic are the first to exit from the Prada Cup. The race schedule called for one team to exit the 36th America's Cup about now. The teams like to assume that someone else will be the first to be excused.