Who will win the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup in early September? Will the victor continue on the America’s Cup path from there? Hans Peter Steinacher, gold medalist in the Tornado class and now one of the sports directors for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, shares his thoughts.
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup teams get in gear for their September races. Photos: ACEA/Gilles Martin-Raget and Abner Kingman
This year’s America’s Cup World Series was his first, but Yann Guichard’s experience sailing around buoys and across the Atlantic has served him well. Guichard describes his magic in making Energy Team’s AC45 go fast. Extended interview from our July/August 2013 issue.
Luna Rossa skipper Chris Draper shares the Italian team’s progress headed into San Francisco.
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).
Australian Tom Slingsby took the helm of Oracle Team USA’s AC45 at the America’s Cup World Series in Naples with a goal: to prove he’s just as much a helmsman as a tactician.
Hop on board Artemis Racing’s modified AC45 as they practice foiling.
It’s not a glamorous job, but getting the AC45s ready for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup Selection Series is critical work.
Jimmy Spithill’s Oracle Team USA returned to San Francisco to claim their second consecutive Championship title on the Bay waters, despite a capsize that damaged their wing on the second-to-last day of racing. Spithill also won the Match Racing Championship. Photos: ACEA
The multihulls of the America’s Cup have speed and excitement, but Tim Zimmermann finds the subtleties of match racing tactics and strategy to be lacking.
Emirates Team NZ took the fourth fleet race, breaking Oracle Team USA Spithill’s run on the third day of racing in Newport.
Oracle 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.
Who will win the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup in early September? Will the victor continue on the America’s Cup path from there? Hans Peter Steinacher, gold medalist in the Tornado class and now one of the sports directors for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, shares his thoughts.
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup teams get in gear for their September races. Photos: ACEA/Gilles Martin-Raget and Abner Kingman
This year’s America’s Cup World Series was his first, but Yann Guichard’s experience sailing around buoys and across the Atlantic has served him well. Guichard describes his magic in making Energy Team’s AC45 go fast. Extended interview from our July/August 2013 issue.
Luna Rossa skipper Chris Draper shares the Italian team’s progress headed into San Francisco.
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).
Australian Tom Slingsby took the helm of Oracle Team USA’s AC45 at the America’s Cup World Series in Naples with a goal: to prove he’s just as much a helmsman as a tactician.
Hop on board Artemis Racing’s modified AC45 as they practice foiling.
It’s not a glamorous job, but getting the AC45s ready for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup Selection Series is critical work.
Jimmy Spithill’s Oracle Team USA returned to San Francisco to claim their second consecutive Championship title on the Bay waters, despite a capsize that damaged their wing on the second-to-last day of racing. Spithill also won the Match Racing Championship. Photos: ACEA
The multihulls of the America’s Cup have speed and excitement, but Tim Zimmermann finds the subtleties of match racing tactics and strategy to be lacking.
Emirates Team NZ took the fourth fleet race, breaking Oracle Team USA Spithill’s run on the third day of racing in Newport.
Oracle 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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