America’s Cup Defender Relaunches Its AC75
Emirates Team New Zealand officially relaunched AC75, Taihoro over the weekend in Auckland. The occasion marked the next big step forward in the team’s Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup campaign.
Emirates Team New Zealand officially relaunched AC75, Taihoro over the weekend in Auckland. The occasion marked the next big step forward in the team’s Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup campaign.
The fans were happy, Barcelona tourism was happy, and teams and families enjoyed the long-term stay. So where to next if the Catalonian capital’s port is too small for more?
For fans of Emirates Team New Zealand there was never any doubt they had the supreme package and sailing team. Together, they nailed their third defense in convincing fashion.
Sailors can relate: when the shifts are big, the boats are fast and the course is short, nailing the first shift is big. Team New Zealand showed how on Day 5 to bring the series to match point.
A day of mistakes for Emirates Team New Zealand opens the door for INEOS Britannia to put two points on the board and force a momentum shift.
Emirates Team New Zealand’s Taihoro is proving to be the faster boat after four races, leaving INEOS scratching for solutions.
Emirates Team New Zealand got a piece of INEOS Britannia in the pre-start of Race 3, and then went for the kill to take the series to 3-0.
Emirates Team New Zealand fires off two race wins to put the first-to-seven America’s Cup into motion, leaving INEOS Britannia looking hard at the data.
With a Haka, a runaway coin toss and niceties exchanged, the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup show begins.
Grant Dalton, the great puppeteer of the modern America’s Cup, sees the Italians and the British as enemies best kept close.
As the ultimate yacht design challenge, these new-generation AC75s must be fast in the water and in the air.
Emirates Team New Zealand launched the AC75 with which it will defend the America’s Cup in October. Hours later, it was flying.
Emirates Team New Zealand officially relaunched AC75, Taihoro over the weekend in Auckland. The occasion marked the next big step forward in the team’s Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup campaign.
The fans were happy, Barcelona tourism was happy, and teams and families enjoyed the long-term stay. So where to next if the Catalonian capital’s port is too small for more?
For fans of Emirates Team New Zealand there was never any doubt they had the supreme package and sailing team. Together, they nailed their third defense in convincing fashion.
Sailors can relate: when the shifts are big, the boats are fast and the course is short, nailing the first shift is big. Team New Zealand showed how on Day 5 to bring the series to match point.
A day of mistakes for Emirates Team New Zealand opens the door for INEOS Britannia to put two points on the board and force a momentum shift.
Emirates Team New Zealand’s Taihoro is proving to be the faster boat after four races, leaving INEOS scratching for solutions.
Emirates Team New Zealand got a piece of INEOS Britannia in the pre-start of Race 3, and then went for the kill to take the series to 3-0.
Emirates Team New Zealand fires off two race wins to put the first-to-seven America’s Cup into motion, leaving INEOS Britannia looking hard at the data.
With a Haka, a runaway coin toss and niceties exchanged, the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup show begins.
Grant Dalton, the great puppeteer of the modern America’s Cup, sees the Italians and the British as enemies best kept close.
As the ultimate yacht design challenge, these new-generation AC75s must be fast in the water and in the air.
Emirates Team New Zealand launched the AC75 with which it will defend the America’s Cup in October. Hours later, it was flying.
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