Emirates Team NZ’s Headsail Takes a Plunge
Watch as Emirates Team New Zealand faces a potentially crippling breakdown in their race against Luna Rossa Challenge
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Watch as Emirates Team New Zealand faces a potentially crippling breakdown in their race against Luna Rossa Challenge
Watch the Emirates Team New Zealand suffer their first shocking breakdown of the Louis Vuitton Cup as they battle the Italian Luna Rossa Challenge.
For the first time, two AC72s competed on the racecourse. Watch the replay of Emirates Team NZ versus Luna Rossa Challenge from July 13.
Photos from the first race of the second round robin of the Louis Vuitton Cup on July 13: Emirates Team NZ versus Luna Rossa. Emirates Team NZ executed a successful hook in the prestart and led the entire way around the racecourse. Photos: LUNA ROSSA/Studio Borlenghi/Butto
In what can only been seen as a poke in the eye of the folks in charge of the America’s Cup, Luna Rossa went out for a sail just two days after the review panel asked all teams to refrain from sailing for about a week while it convened to look into the death of Artemis crewmember Andrew Simpson. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi/Luna Rossa Challenge
Luna Rossa skipper Chris Draper shares the Italian team’s progress headed into San Francisco.
Even though they’re latecomers to the game, Luna Rossa has been quietly working away in Auckland to prepare for the America’s Cup. Team manager Max Sirena gives us the scoop.
The 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.
The Italian syndicate is in the America’s Cup thanks largely to a design partnership with Emirates Team New Zealand. But its style remains its own.
Luna Rossa’s AC72 was launched on Oct. 26, 2012, in Waitemata Harbor in Auckland, New Zealand. The hulls of the Italian challenger were built at the Persico Marine facility in Northern Italy. Most of the components, including the 130-foot tall wing sail, were built in New Zealand. Skipper Max Sirena commented in an article on americascup.com: “We will not go out sailing in 25 knots on day one,” he said. “In the
Watch as Emirates Team New Zealand faces a potentially crippling breakdown in their race against Luna Rossa Challenge
Watch the Emirates Team New Zealand suffer their first shocking breakdown of the Louis Vuitton Cup as they battle the Italian Luna Rossa Challenge.
For the first time, two AC72s competed on the racecourse. Watch the replay of Emirates Team NZ versus Luna Rossa Challenge from July 13.
Photos from the first race of the second round robin of the Louis Vuitton Cup on July 13: Emirates Team NZ versus Luna Rossa. Emirates Team NZ executed a successful hook in the prestart and led the entire way around the racecourse. Photos: LUNA ROSSA/Studio Borlenghi/Butto
In what can only been seen as a poke in the eye of the folks in charge of the America’s Cup, Luna Rossa went out for a sail just two days after the review panel asked all teams to refrain from sailing for about a week while it convened to look into the death of Artemis crewmember Andrew Simpson. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi/Luna Rossa Challenge
Luna Rossa skipper Chris Draper shares the Italian team’s progress headed into San Francisco.
Even though they’re latecomers to the game, Luna Rossa has been quietly working away in Auckland to prepare for the America’s Cup. Team manager Max Sirena gives us the scoop.
The 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.
The Italian syndicate is in the America’s Cup thanks largely to a design partnership with Emirates Team New Zealand. But its style remains its own.
Luna Rossa’s AC72 was launched on Oct. 26, 2012, in Waitemata Harbor in Auckland, New Zealand. The hulls of the Italian challenger were built at the Persico Marine facility in Northern Italy. Most of the components, including the 130-foot tall wing sail, were built in New Zealand. Skipper Max Sirena commented in an article on americascup.com: “We will not go out sailing in 25 knots on day one,” he said. “In the
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