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Volvo Ocean Race winner Luke Parkinson is joining Artemis Racing’s America’s Cup team. The 25-year-old sailed with Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, the first champions from the Asia continent in the 42-year history of the around-the-world race. Parkinson was ...

Renowned sailors Franck Cammas, Michel Desjoyeaux, and Olivier de Kersauson have officially launched France’s bid to win the America’s Cup in 2017. They presented the Groupama Team France project yesterday at a meeting attended by Patrick Kanner, the...

The Christmas Boat Parade is to make its return and this year the spectator event will be themed around the America’s Cup. The biennial parade is due to take place around Hamilton Harbour on December 12 from 6pm. Organiser Norma Thomson said: “This i...

Oracle Team USA, the defender of the America’s Cup, will launch a second foiling, wing-sail 45ft prototype catamaran in local waters this summer. Grant Simmer, Oracle’s general manager, said the new prototype boat will be more advanced than the team’...

Two local chefs are cooking up a storm for America’s Cup defending champions Oracle Team USA. Matthew Pridham and Benjamin Bernardo are now working at the team’s base and for Mr Bernardo the job is “proof that hard work pays off”. “If you’re Bermudi...

Tom Herbert-Evans has been appointed as the America’s Cup Event Authority’s Community Sailing Manager. The avid sailor resigned as the director of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s sailing academy last month to take on his new job overseeing the America...

Most voters in Bermuda see only a select few benefiting from the 2017 America’s Cup, according to statistician Cordell Riley. The poll of 407 registered voters, carried out between April 15 and May 10 this year, showed that fewer than seven in ten of...

Chris Draper, an Olympic medalist, multiple European and World champion, and America’s Cup helmsman, is joining SoftBank Team Japan. In addition to his sailing duties, Draper will take up the role of Sailing Director and will race with SoftBank Team ...

Sir Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy put their America’s Cup rivalry aside last night and joined forces to support a good cause. The Olympic gold medallists attended the relaunch of the Bermuda Schools Waterwise Programme and presented the organisation wit...

Morgan’s Point has a new tenant. The Southampton layout will become Artemis Racing’s full operational base in the lead up to the 35th America’s Cup by early next year. The Swedish challenger confirmed yesterday that it will move its present team base...

Ben Ainslie Racing return to Bermuda this week for a third training camp in six months. The British challenger for the 35th America’s Cup were the first team to scout the Great Sound, the venue for the next “Auld Mug”, back in January. BAR returned t...