AC72 Racing
It's a taste of things to come. At least, what you can see of it in this video of Emirates Team New Zealand lining up against Luna Rossa. Nice gallery here. And ETNZ tactician Ray Davies talking about...
View ArticleOracular Foiling
They seem to be getting the hang of it, but I doubt very much they are anywhere near as smooth as Emirates Team New Zealand. Still, nice to kow there might be a real race. …
View ArticleETNZ Isn’t Perfect
Well, of course they are not. But it is unusual to see them screwing up. Here's the New Zealand Herald: Team New Zealand have damaged their wingsail – a hi-tech and expensive piece of machinery – in a...
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Die Hard
Photos © Kimball Livingston What’s in a shadow? Some things cast a long shadow, relating to Grant Dalton’s comment— If New Zealand can’t win the America’s Cup this time out, “The team cannot survive.”...
View ArticleA Taste Of America’s Cup Racing
Well, we are finally getting a hint of what the real deal might look like. Luna Rossa and Team Emirates New Zealand just sailed an America’s Cup “race” course, going head to head, the first time two...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup Debut Race
Well, over the weekend we finally saw two AC72s line up against each other in a real race. But it wasn’t much of a race. I am one of a lonely group that actually enjoyed IACC monohull racing, with its...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup Demolition Derby
So two races completed in the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals, and both decided by breakdowns. In the first race on Saturday, Charlie posted the spectacular Emirates Team New Zealand nosedive (amazing the...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup Intrigue
At first the Holy Grail for this America’s Cup was foiling. Emirates Team New Zealand figured out how to foil off the wind and changed the game for everyone. The next Holy Grail (if there can be two...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup: 3 For 3!
Well, I guess today wasn’t the day we’d see a complete Louis Vuitton Trophy Finals race. After a sort of interesting, and at least close, start (if Luna Rossa had pulled the trigger just a second...
View ArticleBest Of The Louis Vuitton Cup
Okay, stay with me here, even if you think “Best Of” and “Louis Vuitton Cup” placed in close proximity is a laughable oxymoron. Because if you just watched these videos, you might think the LV Cup was...
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