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
Who’s David Liebenberg? Good question. American Youth Sailing Force’s David Liebenberg, isn’t quite sure either. But he’s about to find out.
If you’re taking a stroll through Crissy Field, you might just run into Emirates Team New Zealand’s Dee Smith on the radio, sending in his observations from the top of the America’s Cup racecourse.
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.
Sam Greenfield checks in from the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup base, where the American Youth Sailing Force is gearing up for the early September event.
Who will win the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup in early September? Will the victor continue on the America’s Cup path from there? Hans Peter Steinacher, gold medalist in the Tornado class and now one of the sports directors for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, shares his thoughts.
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup teams get in gear for their September races. Photos: ACEA/Gilles Martin-Raget and Abner Kingman
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.”
Luna Rossa advances to the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals after sweeping the Semifinals and posting a 4-0 record over Artemis Racing.
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
Who’s David Liebenberg? Good question. American Youth Sailing Force’s David Liebenberg, isn’t quite sure either. But he’s about to find out.
If you’re taking a stroll through Crissy Field, you might just run into Emirates Team New Zealand’s Dee Smith on the radio, sending in his observations from the top of the America’s Cup racecourse.
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.
Sam Greenfield checks in from the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup base, where the American Youth Sailing Force is gearing up for the early September event.
Who will win the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup in early September? Will the victor continue on the America’s Cup path from there? Hans Peter Steinacher, gold medalist in the Tornado class and now one of the sports directors for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, shares his thoughts.
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup teams get in gear for their September races. Photos: ACEA/Gilles Martin-Raget and Abner Kingman
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.”
Luna Rossa advances to the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals after sweeping the Semifinals and posting a 4-0 record over Artemis Racing.
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