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No more Nacras, no more Phantoms, no more GC32s. No more training cats. Team BDA are now full on sailing the foiling, hard-winged AC45F catamaran, flying in on their final approach to the Red Bull America’s Cup. Four of Bermuda’s Red Bull Youth Amer...

Grant Dalton, the Emirates Team New Zealand CEO, believes the scrutiny the team’s boat has been subjected to from rivals Oracle Team USA and SoftBank Team Japan suggests they have a special weapon on their hands. “We have been watched very closely by...

The high g-forces the sailors feel during racing turns and crew crossovers sailing the superfast America’s Cup Class 50-foot foiling catamarans mean more crew overboard drills are likely. Teams practising in Bermuda have had their share of splashes....

An emergency exercise is due to take place in the Dockyard area on Saturday to test contingency plans for the upcoming 35th Americas Cup. The Ministry of National Security announced the measures as part of its annual security simulation — Exercise Jo...

The ultimate expression of America’s Cup history is the America’s Cup J Class Regatta. This regatta featuring majestic, classic yachts will take place on June 16, 19 and 20. It will feature some of the most iconic boats in the history of the Americ...

Stop and take the time to review the first of six pre-America’s Cup training windows when competitors can match-up their AC class 50-foot catamarans against each other and test their theories against reality. Teams raced their America’s Cup Class bo...

All five America’s Cup teams training in Bermuda have wrapped up the first of six “practice racing periods” allowed under the latest changes to the 2017 America’s Cup protocol. The protocol changes were approved March 16 by the defender, Oracle Team...

A new sailing programme is being launched for children with autism spectrum disorder. The No Limits programme, provided by BF&M, in collaboration with the America’s Cup Endeavour Programme and BASE — Bermuda Autism Support and Education, looks to of...

During the America’s Cup World Series of 2015, I was a volunteer ‘on the water marshal’. On the second day of the event while instructing spectator boats into designated anchorage areas within the stadium, it struck me how few of the general boating...

Students at CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute put their fitness to the test this week as the America’s Cup Community Grinding Challenge kicked off at both schools. The students were also able to compete for a spot in the finals during the 3...

The new America’s Cup Class boats are power hungry machines. Every function on board is powered by the sailors – no batteries or engines are permitted to turn winches or move daggerboards or wings. Instead, the boats have a hydraulic system that ge...

Two America’s Cup Endeavour graduates flew to Florida last weekend to participate in the O’Pen Bic North Americans in Sarasota. And one of the sailors finished the regatta as the top female under 13. Jade Smith, 12, of Sandys Secondary Middle School ...