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June 12, 2012Extreme Sailing Series: Act 3 (Istanbul)The third act of the series brought great breeze and the closest finish so far this year, with The Wave, Muscat coming out on top after 4 days and 29 races. The Wave, Muscat, headed by Leigh McMillan now stands in first overall with 29 points. Close behind them is French Groupe Edmond de Rothschild with 25 points, and then in third Red Bull Sailing Team with 24 points. Not to be discounted is Oman Air in 4th with 23 points total.
Photos: Vincent Curutchet/Dark Frame
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November 16, 2012Flying and FoilingIt's been a busy month thus far for the America's Cup teams. Catch up on their sailing, training, and flugtag (yes, flugtag) here.
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July 2, 2012ACWS in Newport: Race Day 4Day 4 of the ACWS in Newport wrapped up the Series with Oracle Team USA on top. Team Spithill took home the first-ever overall America's Cup World Series Championship, while Team Coutts won the Newport Match Racing Championship. Photos: R. Steven Tsuchiya
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March 14, 2013Flying Under the RadarEven though they’re latecomers to the game, Luna Rossa has been quietly working away in Auckland to prepare for the America’s Cup. Team manager Max Sirena gives us the scoop.
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June 8, 2012Intact in IstanbulMax Bulger reports back from the action on the first day of Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing in Istanbul. Is wearing a Celtics jersey enough to win races?
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October 26, 2012Luna Rossa AC72 LaunchLuna Rossa's AC72 was launched on Oct. 26, 2012, in Waitemata Harbor in Auckland, New Zealand. The hulls of the Italian challenger were built at the Persico Marine facility in Northern Italy. Most of the components, including the 130-foot tall wing sail, were built in New Zealand.
Skipper Max Sirena commented in an article on americascup.com: “We will not go out sailing in 25 knots on day one,” he said. “In the AC72, there are a lot of tricky systems to test. It is not just the structural part. There are the foils, the rudder systems, the wing – a lot of systems to check before we can start to push.
“We are excited to jump into the water. It is hard to keep the crew under control, because they want to push, but we need to push smartly.”
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June 30, 2012ACWS in Newport: Race Day 2Oracle Team USA Spithill claimed another bullet in the second fleet race of the America's Cup World Series in Newport, and will battle Coutts in the match racing finals.
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March 6, 2013Foil FocusedFor the 33rd America's Cup, Joseph Ozanne spent a lot of time designing Oracle Team USA's monstrous wing. This time around, however, he believes the big gains will come from below the waterline.
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May 18, 2012AC World Series: VeniceTeams compete at the penultimate regatta of the 2011-'12 AC World Series in Venice, Italy. Photos by Steven Tsuchiya, Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA.
Check out the people behind the scenes of the ACWS in Steven Tsuchiya's gallery Faces of the Cup.
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October 17, 2012Video: Oracle Team USA Capsizes AC72On their eighth day of AC72 training on San Francisco Bay, Oracle Team USA bit the dust and pitchpoled. Watch (and cringe!) here.
