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December 5, 2012121205_KevinHallNavigator Kevin Hall sails on Artemis Racing's AC45. A modern day America's Cup navigator must be comfortable doing just about anything onboard the boat as the job's traditional responsibilities have become less and less critical during the short-course racing.
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November 20, 2012Recovery Drink: Carbon Lemonade and Red BullWhile it won't get them on the water any sooner, Shannon Falcone's Oracle Team USA-sponsored entry into the Red Bull Flugtag, using recycled parts of the team's demolished AC72 wing, helped lift morale and point the team toward brighter days.
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November 16, 2012Brad Webb, on the jobBrad Webb, lying down on the job, literally, if not figuratively. The AC45s and AC72s are beasts to sail, and they go so fast, that reducing windage, even on the sailors, is crucial to victory.
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November 16, 2012Brad Webb, Oracle Team USA
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November 5, 2012Baby Steps for Luna Rossa's Big CatThe AC72 is in the water, but Luna Rossa is quite a ways from getting out on the water and sparring with training partners Emirates Team New Zealand.
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October 30, 2012121031_LR_LaunchWhile built from the same design as the Emirates Team New Zealand AC72, Luna Rossa's first AC72 brought Italian style to the America's Cup when it was unveiled last week in Auckland, New Zealand.
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October 3, 2012Barker Aims to Get ETNZ Back on TrackEmirates Team New Zealand uncharacteristically struggled in its first visit to the America's Cup venue at the America's Cup World Series event in San Francisco in August. Skipper Dean Barker is looking for a better performance this time around.
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October 3, 2012121003_Barker_helmDean Barker at the wheel of Emirates Team New Zealand's AC72. They were the first to launch and the first to get their 72 up on foils. But there's a lot of work between now and the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup in July 2013.
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October 3, 2012Itching to Get StartedWhile the focus this week for Artemis Racing is very much on the America's Cup World Series, even skipper Terry Hutchinson can't help but look past this event to the impending launch of the team's first AC72.
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September 10, 2012From the Archives: Cup ControversiesIn this article from June 1995, Sean McNeill describes the kerfuffle that ensued when Team Dennis Conner joined the Citizen Cup finals. Described by the public as "greedy" and "cancerous," how could there be three contestants in the final round of an elimination series?
