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Plans for Team Oracle’s America’s Cup headquarters have been submitted for approval, including a master plan hinting at possible future projects. The application, submitted by ACBDA, focuses on Team Oracle’s base, which will take up about 7.2 acres o...

By Colin Thompson Sailing Correspondent Chase Cooper has long harboured a dream of being involved in the America’s Cup. With Bermuda hosting the sailing spectacle in 2017, that dream could very well become reality for the promising local sailor, who ...

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...

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 ...

Jimmy Spithill, the Oracle Team USA skipper, admits that the America’s Cup holders have their work cut out defending the oldest trophy in international sport in Bermuda in 2017. “It’s a tough group of challengers and there’s no weak links for sure,” ...

Ben Ainslie Racing, the British challenger for the 35th America’s Cup, have been making the most of their training camp in Bermuda this week. During the past few days, team members have engaged in various drills, both on land and sea, which they hope...

Higher visitor numbers during the America’s Cup, a certified tourism ambassador programme, and job prospects were some of the areas tackled during the Tourism Summit’s afternoon session yesterday. Chief executive officer of the Bermuda Business Devel...

America’s Cup decision-makers in Bermuda have vowed to put environmental concerns at the top of their agenda in the build-up to the 2017 sailing spectacle. The pledge was made by Mike Winfield yesterday as a panel of experts outlined how the event wo...

Oracle Team USA intends to “set up operations” in their Bermuda team base by the beginning of May. A plot of land next to the twin cement silos at the Royal Naval Dockyard has been reserved for the defender of the America’s Cup to erect their multi-b...

Jimmy Spithill, the skipper of 35th America’s Cup defender Oracle Team USA, will finally undergo elbow surgery next month. The 2014 ISAF Rolex Sailor of the Year postponed the procedure late last year and instead made an appearance in the Melges clas...

The make-up of the new body tasked with preparing Bermuda for the 2017 America’s Cup has been revealed by Grant Gibbons, the Minister for Economic Development. Dr Gibbons said that America’s Cup Bermuda Ltd (ACBDA) would be funded by an annual govern...

Sir Ben Ainslie, principal and skipper of Great Britain’s 35th America’s Cup syndicate, can not wait to get harnessed into the NACRA F20 catamaran and begin foiling around the Great Sound at high speed. The greatest sailor in Olympic history and Amer...