America's Cup Teams Back on the Water

Emirates Team New Zealand, Luna Rossa, and Oracle Team USA practice in their AC72s on San Francisco Bay on May 23, shortly after the no-sailing recommendation from the Review Committee expired.
Click here to read about the safety recommendations after the tragedy on Artemis Racing.
Photos: © ACEA / PHOTO GILLES MARTIN-RAGET
American Youth Sailing Force Training

Photos from a windy practice day on San Francisco Bay for the American Youth Sailing Force by Erik Simonson.
Click here to read more about AYSF.
Click here to view more photos from Simonson (h2oshots.com).
Oracle Team USA Launches Second AC72

Oracle Team USA launched its second AC72 in San Francisco.
Photos © ORACLE TEAM USA / Photo: Guilain GRENIER

America's Cup

Latest Articles

August 24, 2011
Keeping Secrets
by Ken Read

What’s with the business of keeping our America’s Cup and Volvo boats under wraps until game time? It’s all about the head games, and as silly as they are, I can’t stop playing. Gaining Bearing from our September 2011 issue.
August 10, 2011
AC World Series: Cascais 2011
Although Oracle Racing claimed the match-racing crown on Saturday, Emirates Team New Zealand won Sunday's fleet race to to win the first event of the leadup to the America's Cup.
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June 20, 2011
Isler Spills the Dirt
by Michael Lovett

At the West Marine in Middletown, R.I., SW editor at large Peter Isler will be signing copies of his new book, "Peter Isler’s Little Blue Book of Sailing Secrets."
June 14, 2011
Onboard Russell's New Ride
by Stuart Streuli

Sailing World goes for a ride on the AC45, and gets a chance to drive the wing-sailed rocketship that's redefining the America's Cup
June 6, 2011
The Making of A One-Design Hard Sail
by Dave Reed

Rig Tech interview from our Jan/Feb 2011 issue. The one-design wing for the AC45 is a scaled-down version of the mammoth sail used to win the 33rd America's Cup, but designing it is by no means simple.