Cup Watch

Cup Watch: Foiled Again

by Kimball Livingston, Posted October 10, 2012

You’re not going to win America’s Cup 34 without sexy foils to keep the leeward bow floating, or flying, high. This is an area of development just as important as wings for the next generation of Cup-hopeful catamarans.

An Early Look at the AC72s

by Adam Cort, Posted September 13, 2012

The AC72s are here! Well, sort of… Challenger of Record Artemis and Defender Oracle Team USA have now both splashed their respective 72-foot cats on San Francisco Bay.

Guest Racer Reports: Racing with Team Energy

by Rob Rich, Posted August 28, 2012

Loïck Peyron is sitting on the windward hull, tiller in one hand, a cigarette of undetermined brand in the other. Though I can’t see what he’s looking at through his dark and closely raked sunglasses, it’s obvious he’s studying something very closely.

Cup Watch: One Year Out From The Cup

by Kimball Livingston, Posted August 14, 2012

We’ve now wrapped up the 2011-12 America’s Cup World Series, and the AC45 fleet is headed into the 2012-13 series with the first regattas set to take place on San Francisco Bay. So what have we learned so far?

Olympic Windsurfing: Not Dead Yet?

by Adam Cort, Posted August 3, 2012

Don’t write off Olympic windsurfing just yet. A firestorm of opposition to the International Sailing Federation’s decision to dump the event in favor of kiteboarding at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro makes it highly likely that there will be another vote.

Emirates Team New Zealand Launches AC72

by Lisa Gabrielson, Posted July 23, 2012

Emirates Team New Zealand unveiled and launched their AC72 on Saturday night in front of a crowd of more than 6,000 cold spectators (remember, its winter down there).

Cup Watch: Here Come the AC72s

by Kimball Livingston, Posted July 3, 2012

Hulls for Oracle Racing’s two AC72s, the second of which will launch next February, are being built in San Francisco. Wings for both are coming out of Core Builders Composites in New Zealand, where the team plans to move its first AC72 for winter training. T

America's Cup World Series: Spithill Wins...Mostly

by Adam Cort, Posted July 1, 2012

Oracle’s Jimmy Spithill has won both the fleet portion of the racing at the Newport America’s Cup World Series regatta and the overall title for the 2011-12 America’s Cup World Series. But teammate and Oracle CEO Russell Coutts denied him all the glory by winning the match racing portion of the Newport regatta.

AMERICA'S CUP CREW FOR A DAY BLOG

by Lindsey Silken, Posted June 29, 2012

Our Crew for a Day contest is over, but the fun is about to start! Meet our Guest Racer, and follow him through stories, video and photos throughout his experience racing in Newport, Rhode Island, on an AC45.

Cup Watch: Hydrofoils Flying With Ease

by Lisa Gabrielson, Posted June 26, 2012

Oracle Team USA practiced on AC45s last week, screaming through the water-and the air--on hydrofoils. The training session in San Francisco gave team members practice on the L-shaped dagger boards.