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Oracle Team USA, holders of the prestigious “Auld Mug”, the oldest trophy in international sport, christened their new wing sail foiling AC45 catamaran in San Francisco Bay this week.
The team staff described the first trial, in which the modified A...
DATE: Feb 19, 2015
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Team selection is never an exact science and Sir Russell Coutts, the Oracle Team USA CEO, is the first to admit that the task of choosing the best group to defend the “Auld Mug” at the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda is indeed a daunting one.
“The ama...
DATE: Feb 14, 2015
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The 34th America’s Cup was arguably the most exciting in the event’s history.
Sir Russell Coutts, CEO of Oracle Team USA, predicts that the next one — to be held in Bermuda in 2017 — will raise the bar even higher.
At the previous event in San Franci...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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The first J Class sloop ever built for Sir Thomas Lipton’s fifth and final America’s Cup challenge could potentially grace Bermuda’s waters when the Island hosts a J Class regatta in 2017.
Shamrock V, the only remaining wooden J Class sloop, lost ag...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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There is no such thing as the perfect athlete.
But if one did exist, sailing legend Sir Russell Coutts would certainly be a serious contender for the accolade.
As a helmsman in his heyday, the New Zealander never lost an America’s Cup Match, hanging...
DATE: Feb 11, 2015
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Iain Percy has fond memories of sailing in Bermuda.
It comes as no real surprise therefore that the double Olympic medal-winner is thrilled that the Island will host the 35th America’s Cup at one of his favourite sailing destinations.
“I love Bermuda...
DATE: Feb 07, 2015
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By Colin Thompson
Sailing Correspondent
Oracle Team USA, the America’s Cup holders, will christen their new wing-sail foiling AC45 catamaran during this month’s training camp in San Francisco.
The AC45 was used in the last America’s Cup World Series ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2015
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This year’s Argo Group Gold Cup could become a dress rehearsal for the America’s Cup World Series to be held in the same month.
Brian Billings, the World Match Racing Association president, revealed yesterday that the skippers of all of the syndicat...
DATE: Jan 30, 2015
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Boxing is something you normally would not associate with sailing.
But try telling that to Oracle Team USA, defender of the America’s Cup, who rely on a heavy diet of boxing to keep their sailors mentally tough.
“The beauty of boxing is you have to m...
DATE: Jan 27, 2015
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America’s Cup organisers have announced that Cagliari in Sardinia will be the first stop on the 2015-16 America’s Cup World Series.
The three-day fleet racing regatta will take place in the Gulf surrounding the Island’s capital from June 4 to 7.
The ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015
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