Emirates Team New Zealand, Luna Rossa, and Oracle Team USA practice in their AC72s on San Francisco Bay on May 23, shortly after the no-sailing recommendation from the Review Committee expired. Click here to read about the safety recommendations after the tragedy on Artemis Racing. Photos: © ACEA / PHOTO GILLES MARTIN-RAGET
America’s Cup Regatta Director Iain Murray shared his safety recommendations on May 22 at a meeting with the four competing teams and the America’s Cup Event Authority.
Luna Rossa skipper Chris Draper shares the Italian team’s progress headed into San Francisco.
Oracle Team USA launched its second AC72 in San Francisco.
Photos © ORACLE TEAM USA / Photo: Guilain GRENIER
The defender releases the first aerial images of its AC72 ripping across San Francisco Bay. Photos by Guilain Grenier/Oracle Team USA
Oracle Team USA was back on the San Francisco Bay on Feb. 4 with their new AC72. Photos: Guilain GRENIER / ORACLE TEAM USA
Planning a trip to San Francisco for the 34th America’s Cup? Check out the complete race schedule here.
It’s been a busy month thus far for the America’s Cup teams. Catch up on their sailing, training, and flugtag (yes, flugtag) here.
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.
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
Oracle Team USA’s AC72 _17 _capsized during training on San Francisco Bay on Oct. 16, the team’s eighth day of practice. Currents and big breeze pushed the capsized catamaran under the Golden Gate Bridge as the team worked to salvage the boat.
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 New Zealand, Luna Rossa, and Oracle Team USA practice in their AC72s on San Francisco Bay on May 23, shortly after the no-sailing recommendation from the Review Committee expired. Click here to read about the safety recommendations after the tragedy on Artemis Racing. Photos: © ACEA / PHOTO GILLES MARTIN-RAGET
America’s Cup Regatta Director Iain Murray shared his safety recommendations on May 22 at a meeting with the four competing teams and the America’s Cup Event Authority.
Luna Rossa skipper Chris Draper shares the Italian team’s progress headed into San Francisco.
Oracle Team USA launched its second AC72 in San Francisco.
Photos © ORACLE TEAM USA / Photo: Guilain GRENIER
The defender releases the first aerial images of its AC72 ripping across San Francisco Bay. Photos by Guilain Grenier/Oracle Team USA
Oracle Team USA was back on the San Francisco Bay on Feb. 4 with their new AC72. Photos: Guilain GRENIER / ORACLE TEAM USA
Planning a trip to San Francisco for the 34th America’s Cup? Check out the complete race schedule here.
It’s been a busy month thus far for the America’s Cup teams. Catch up on their sailing, training, and flugtag (yes, flugtag) here.
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.
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
Oracle Team USA’s AC72 _17 _capsized during training on San Francisco Bay on Oct. 16, the team’s eighth day of practice. Currents and big breeze pushed the capsized catamaran under the Golden Gate Bridge as the team worked to salvage the boat.
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.
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