Writing the Rule
Gino Morrelli, with business partner Pete Melvin, participated in writing the AC72 Class Rule and now works on Emirates Team New Zealand’s design team. He shares his thoughts on AC34 here.
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Gino Morrelli, with business partner Pete Melvin, participated in writing the AC72 Class Rule and now works on Emirates Team New Zealand’s design team. He shares his thoughts on AC34 here.
Aaron Perry, a design engineer at Oracle Team USA, explains the development of his team’s current AC72 wheel design.
Lighter conditions on San Francisco Bay may suit Oracle Team USA just fine in the 34th America’s Cup, says tactician John Kostecki.
Emirates Team New Zealand will face the Defender of the America’s Cup, Oracle Team USA, in September. ETNZ emerged victorious from the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals, where they bested Luna Rossa with a 7-1 record. Photos: © ACEA / GILLES MARTIN-RAGET
Oracle Team USA tests the water with two days of Defender practice racing on San Francisco Bay ahead of the America’s Cup.
It’s hard to say if Iain Murray, America’s Cup Race Management’s quietly spoken head honcho, will be pleased to see the end of AC34, or whether he almost wishes he could have it over again to make serious amends to a sailing event that has proven to be unpredictable.
Emirates Team NZ popped up onto its hydrofoils rounding the mark and then a gust of wind hit. The port bow of Aotearoa buried up to the main crossbeam, reducing the boatspeed from 40 knots to 13 and flicking two crewmembers, Rob Waddell and Chris Ward, overboard. The two grinders were recovered unharmed by the team’s chase boat, but the rush of tons of water tore the port side fairing off the main crossbeam and left the crew shaken.
Emirates Team New Zealand went bow down around the windward mark in the first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup final, throwing two crew overboard and causing damage to the AC72.
Larry Ellison, AC34’s architect and defender talks with CBS’s Charlie Rose about the current status of the Cup. “Even when he’s winning, he doesn’t want to lose.”
In the first race of the Louis Vuitton Semifinals, Luna Rossa overcame a late start to pass Artemis Racing and take the first point. Photos: LUNA ROSSA/Studio Borlenghi/Borlenghi–Butto
Check out the schedule for TV coverage of the America’s Cup on NBC.
At the 34th America’s Cup, the dynamic conditions of the San Francisco Bay–combined with the breakneck speed of the AC72s–leave only enough time for well-informed instinct.
Gino Morrelli, with business partner Pete Melvin, participated in writing the AC72 Class Rule and now works on Emirates Team New Zealand’s design team. He shares his thoughts on AC34 here.
Aaron Perry, a design engineer at Oracle Team USA, explains the development of his team’s current AC72 wheel design.
Lighter conditions on San Francisco Bay may suit Oracle Team USA just fine in the 34th America’s Cup, says tactician John Kostecki.
Emirates Team New Zealand will face the Defender of the America’s Cup, Oracle Team USA, in September. ETNZ emerged victorious from the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals, where they bested Luna Rossa with a 7-1 record. Photos: © ACEA / GILLES MARTIN-RAGET
Oracle Team USA tests the water with two days of Defender practice racing on San Francisco Bay ahead of the America’s Cup.
It’s hard to say if Iain Murray, America’s Cup Race Management’s quietly spoken head honcho, will be pleased to see the end of AC34, or whether he almost wishes he could have it over again to make serious amends to a sailing event that has proven to be unpredictable.
Emirates Team NZ popped up onto its hydrofoils rounding the mark and then a gust of wind hit. The port bow of Aotearoa buried up to the main crossbeam, reducing the boatspeed from 40 knots to 13 and flicking two crewmembers, Rob Waddell and Chris Ward, overboard. The two grinders were recovered unharmed by the team’s chase boat, but the rush of tons of water tore the port side fairing off the main crossbeam and left the crew shaken.
Emirates Team New Zealand went bow down around the windward mark in the first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup final, throwing two crew overboard and causing damage to the AC72.
Larry Ellison, AC34’s architect and defender talks with CBS’s Charlie Rose about the current status of the Cup. “Even when he’s winning, he doesn’t want to lose.”
In the first race of the Louis Vuitton Semifinals, Luna Rossa overcame a late start to pass Artemis Racing and take the first point. Photos: LUNA ROSSA/Studio Borlenghi/Borlenghi–Butto
Check out the schedule for TV coverage of the America’s Cup on NBC.
At the 34th America’s Cup, the dynamic conditions of the San Francisco Bay–combined with the breakneck speed of the AC72s–leave only enough time for well-informed instinct.
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