America’s Cup World Series: Plymouth
The second event of the America’s Cup World Series takes place on Plymouth Sound in the UK from September 10-18. Catch the action here with our live feed.
The second event of the America’s Cup World Series takes place on Plymouth Sound in the UK from September 10-18. Catch the action here with our live feed.
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.
The first day of this combined fleet and match-racing competition saw intense sparring between Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Racing. Photos by Gilles Martin-Raget / www.americascup.com
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.
Compared to modern racers, 12-Metres are heavy, slow, and a lot of work to sail. But no other class can match the 12s when it comes to sailing history, and that’s what makes the ride worthwhile.
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.”
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
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.
Two weeks of intensive test racing in Auckland, New Zealand, have given race organizers and television operatives a glimpse of what they’re in for when it comes to re-inventing the America’s Cup. The early returns are positive, but not universally so.
SW‘s collection of visuals on the new AC45
As the America’s Cup starts to jump through the many hoops required to host the event in San Francisco Bay, an early look at the race arena offers a bit of insight as to the future of the competition for sailing’s top trophy.
Following a quick build-up in Auckland and quick-start wing development program, Oracle Racing gives the AC45 it’s first workup.
The second event of the America’s Cup World Series takes place on Plymouth Sound in the UK from September 10-18. Catch the action here with our live feed.
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.
The first day of this combined fleet and match-racing competition saw intense sparring between Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Racing. Photos by Gilles Martin-Raget / www.americascup.com
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.
Compared to modern racers, 12-Metres are heavy, slow, and a lot of work to sail. But no other class can match the 12s when it comes to sailing history, and that’s what makes the ride worthwhile.
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.”
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
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.
Two weeks of intensive test racing in Auckland, New Zealand, have given race organizers and television operatives a glimpse of what they’re in for when it comes to re-inventing the America’s Cup. The early returns are positive, but not universally so.
SW‘s collection of visuals on the new AC45
As the America’s Cup starts to jump through the many hoops required to host the event in San Francisco Bay, an early look at the race arena offers a bit of insight as to the future of the competition for sailing’s top trophy.
Following a quick build-up in Auckland and quick-start wing development program, Oracle Racing gives the AC45 it’s first workup.
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