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37th America’s Cup: Société nautique de Saint-Tropez and team K-Challenge Racing confirmed as challenger
The organisers of the 37th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup welcome the Société nautique de Saint-Tropez and their representative team K-Challenge Racing as a challenger for the 37th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup in Barcelona in 2024 and led by Stephane Kandler and Bruno (...) -
World Match Racing Tour
Nick Egnot-Johnson won the 2022 Open Match Racing World Champions
Nick Egnot-Johnson, Sam Barnett, Zak Merton & Bradley McLaughlin, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron have been crowned 2022 Open Match Racing World Champions after an epic five days of racing on Sydney Harbour in strong conditions. USA’s Chris Poole, Joachim Aschenbrenner, Malcolm Parker & Graeme Spence finished in (...) -
Land Speed Record
222.4km/h on Lake Gairdner in South Australia • Glenn Ashby : "there is a cause for a celebration"
Emirates Team New Zealand and Land speed Speed #speedsailing pilot Glenn Ashby have sailed ‘Horonuku’, their wind powered land speed Speed #speedsailing world record Record #sailingrecord craft, faster than any previous records. ‘Horonuku’ named by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei meaning ‘gliding (...) -
AC40 Class
An internal structure upgrade package will be rolled into all AC40 yachts
Just days ago, Emirates Team New Zealand buried the bow of their AC40 while testing in waves on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, which resulted in damage to the forward sections of the hull and deck structure. While the on-water team was recovering the yacht and returning to dock, the team’s engineers immediately began reviewing onboard (...) -
Emirates Team New Zealand
Grant Dalton: "It is our hope that we can make a seismic shift into hydrogen power"
Emirates Team New Zealand have committed to drive Hydrogen innovation in the marine Marine Marine nationale industry by developing Hydrogen powered chase boats for the 37th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup . -
America’s Cup Match • Auckland New Zealand
36th America’s Cup • Day 7 : NZL 7 : 3 ITA : Emirates Team New Zealand wins
Once again Emirates Team New Zealand has entered the history books and won the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup for New Zealand for the fourth time. -
36th America’s Cup
PRADA Cup • Day 4 • ITA 7 : 1 GBR : Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli move onto the America’s Cup Match
The G.H. Mumm Champagne was flowing for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli who sailed to victory today in the PRADA Cup Final. The Italians winning the Series 7-1 over INEOS TEAM UK, now move onto the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup Match, the ultimate goal four years in the making, starting in 12 days (...) -
Emirates Team New Zealand
Peter Burling: "The boat felt really nice. We’re happy with day one"
A first sail is not usually a year in the planning, but when Te Rehutai hit the water for her first outing today, that was exactly the case with many areas of her new design having been locked in over nine months or more ago, meaning today was a chance to finally validate what the simulations had been predicting. The result? An adequate first (...) -
#AmericasCup
Youth America’s Cup: a brand new class of foiling mono-hull, the AC9F, for 2020 and 2021
The Youth America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup is a joint initiative between the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS), the China Sports Industry Group (CSIG), and Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ). The multi-leg event will begin with a fleet racing seeding event in China in November 2020 and then a match racing event in (...) -
#AC36 #PradaCup
Laurent Esquier, CEO of COR 36: "We look forward to Auckland where we will organise the Challenger Selection Series in January and February 2021"
Today’s announcement that the event venue and host city agreement has been reached between the Defender - Emirates Team New Zealand and the Auckland Council Governing Body and the New Zealand Government confirms that the 36th edition of the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup , presented by Prada, will take place in Auckland (...)
