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Business is about to get very serious for Sir Ben Ainslie and his Land Rover BAR team, as his dream of bringing the America’s Cup back to Britain is finally put to the test. Over the next three weeks, five teams will be whittled down to one that will...
DATE: May 27, 2017
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Race 1: Oracle Team USA bt Groupama Team France by 2:11
Oracle Team USA got a clear win over Groupama Team France in race one of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers this afternoon.
Both teams made a deep dive into the starting area, with Team...
DATE: May 27, 2017
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Iain Murray, America’s Cup Race Management’s regatta director of the 35th America’s Cup, has announced the race course he will set. At 10.45am, he said the course would probably be six legs and racing would last about 20 minutes per match.
The wind d...
DATE: May 27, 2017
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Land Rover BAR are in a frantic race against the clock to repair heavy damage to their boat before the resumption of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers tomorrow.
The British challenger’s boat suffered a hole in its port hull in a collision wi...
DATE: May 27, 2017
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With the start of the racing in the 35th America’s Cup Louis Vuitton Qualifier races delayed until tomorrow morning due to today’s bad weather forecast, there is a feeling of tension, and anticipation at the Cup Village in Dockyard. There is danger i...
DATE: May 26, 2017
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Jimmy Spithill says that Oracle Team USA have become Bermuda’s adopted syndicate and is determined to reward the island with a three-peat in the America’s Cup.
Oracle, winners in 2010 and 2013, were the first of the six outfits to arrive in Bermuda t...
DATE: May 26, 2017
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All six teams were out on the Great Sound on Tuesday afternoon during a full schedule of informal races.
First up were Oracle Team USA and their colleagues SoftBank Team Japan. Team Japan got the port end of the line on the reach out to the midcours...
DATE: May 25, 2017
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Sir Ben Ainslie admits that time has been the greatest enemy since he began his mission to halt a British losing streak that started at the very first America’s Cup in 1851.
As Bermuda eagerly awaits the start of the “Auld Mug” — the oldest trophy in...
DATE: May 23, 2017
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Four days to go before Oracle Team USA face Groupama Team France in Match 1 of the double round-robin Louis Vuitton Qualifers that will send one team packing and four move into the America’s Cup Challenger Playoff Semi-Finals.
Last month we talked a...
DATE: May 22, 2017
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There was never any doubt in Kevin Warner’s mind that if the opportunity to get involved in the 35th America’s Cup came about that he was going to grab it with both hands.
The owner of Bermuda business Sweet Stixx, Mr Warner has always been one to se...
DATE: May 22, 2017
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