America's Cup

The decision to host the next America’s Cup in Barcelona ruffled the feathers of some fans, but the Defender is happy with how the venue is shaping up. The process of allocating team bases, spectator zones and the race village is underway. “I cannot speak highly enough of the ...read more

The America’s Cup’s attempt to expand access and training opportunities for future Cup sailors is taking shape in the form of the Women’s America’s Cup and the Youth America’s Cup, to be sailed in conjunction with the main event. Both the Women’s and Youth events will feature 12 ...read more

It’s official. Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are ditching their fans in Auckland for the port city of Barcelona, Spain. No word yet on how many pieces of silver will be changing hands as part of the deal that will see Barcelona play ...read more

After more than a decade’s hiatus, Alinghi is returning to the America’s Cup with Red Bull as a partner, representing the Société Nautique de Genève yacht club. “While keeping the winning spirit that has always animated Alinghi, we want for this challenge to do something totally ...read more

The Defender, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, and Challenger of the Record, INEOS Britannia, have announced the protocol and class rules for the 37th America’s Cup. According to team CEO Grant Dalton, “As the oldest trophy in international sport, the America’s Cup maintains ...read more

The Kiwis have long had a reputation as friendly people. However, things are getting a bit testy following Emirates Team New Zealand’s decision to possibly stage its next America’s Defense someplace other than Auckland.  The trouble began this past spring when the team announced ...read more

A couple of months after Emirates Team New Zealand announced it would begin offering up hosting rights for its defense of the America’s Cup to the highest bidder, it’s looking less and less likely the 37th Cup will be staged in the Kiwi team’s home waters of Auckland, New ...read more

Remember when the Kiwis were the young, underfunded upstarts of the America’s Cup world, with right on their side as they took on the Big Bad Americans? Remember the withering criticism leveled at Larry Ellison when, in the wake of “The Comeback” on San Francisco Bay, arguably ...read more

The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) has submitted a challenge for the 37th America’s Cup to the current Defender, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) in Auckland, New Zealand. The challenge was accompanied by a draft protocol for the regatta, which would see the Cup take ...read more

Less than 48 hours after the final race of the 36th America's Cup, the Brits have challenged Emirates Team New Zealand to another go. “The 37th America’s Cup effectively starts the moment the team crossed the finish line on Wednesday afternoon,” said Emirates Team New Zealand ...read more

The Kiwis have successfully defended their title in the 36th America's Cup, defeating Team Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli seven to three. Though the Italians had an impressive run, Emirates Team New Zealand proved impossible to beat once they got their stride. The event began with ...read more

After several days of racing and several abandoned races due to wind conditions, Emirates Team New Zealand is just one victory away from keeping the America's Cup for another cycle. They're leading six to three in a first-to-seven series. Though down three points, Luna Rossa ...read more

Last night Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli faced off for the second day of America's Cup racing. Following one win apiece on the first day, each team was hoping to pull ahead during last night's racing. Despite little opportunity to face off before the ...read more

Day one of the America's Cup brought all the excitement fans have been hoping for for the past four years. The Defender of the Record, Emirates Team New Zealand, took the first race handily and immediately visions of 2017's blowout victory for the Kiwis came to mind. However, ...read more

The Cup is finally here. The first races of the 2021 America's Cup will begin at 10pm EST tonight. Last month's hard-won victory by the Italians in the Prada Cup earned them a spot in the America's Cup. Emirates Team New Zealand, on the other hand, has not raced their boat since ...read more

The show has gone on despite last week's Covid panic in Auckland, and the "underdog" Italians are victorious. After being bested by INEOS Team UK in the round robin section, they seemed to have an uphill battle ahead of them going into the finals. However, the Italians have been ...read more

New covid cases in New Zealand have slammed the brakes on the selection series for the America’s Cup, forcing the postponement of Prada Cup racing and calling into question the remainder of the series. The America’s Cup Event (ACE) has put out a statement on their position as ...read more

After a dramatic first weekend of Prada Cup racing, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli leads INEOS Team UK four wins to none. The magic number here seven: two more good days for the Italians or four nearly perfect days for the Brits. The Italians went into this series as the underdogs ...read more

The Prada Cup finals kick off this weekend as Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and INEOS Team UK face off for a chance at the America's Cup. Racing is scheduled for Feb 13-22. Whichever team wins the final will go on to race Emirates Team New Zealand in the America's Cup, beginning in ...read more

After years of boatbuilding, engineering and, of course, training, the 36th America’s Cup is finally here, the latest in a series stretching back to the 1850s. As fans gather to watch the racing down in Auckland, New Zealand, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of the ...read more

Italian team Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli has beaten American Magic in the Prada Cup Semi-Final. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli will move on to face INEOS Team UK in the finals, while American Magic has been eliminated. American Magic’s defeat comes after an early departure from the ...read more

On Saturday, in what was surely the most exciting race of the series, INEOS Team UK beat Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli to earn a spot in the Prada Cup finals. The race was extraordinarily close, seeing shifty breezes, nine lead changes in just under 30 minutes and boatspeeds topping ...read more

American Magic's Patriot capsized during day three of the Prada Cup. If you haven't yet watched the catastrophe unfold with your own eyes, check out the above video or any number of others that are circulating on social media. It's truly a tip that has to be seen to be believed. ...read more

Who saw that coming? After getting skunked in December, INEOS Team UK has swept the first two races in the Prada Cup elimination series of the 36th America’s Cup  Racing took place on racecourse “C,” sheltered between Auckland’s North Head and Bastion Point to take advantage of ...read more

The schedule for the PRADA Cup has been revealed as a multitiered extravaganza featuring over a month of racing, stretching from January 15 through February 22. First, the three teams—American Magic, INEOS Team UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli—will face off in a 12-race, six-day ...read more

A Superbowl is a Superbowl, and a World Series is a World Series. Sure, the names of the players and the teams change from year-to-year, but otherwise, the game pretty much remains the same. Not so the America’s Cup. Still, in many ways a hot mess left over from the days of Queen ...read more

Over the next few weeks, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team, the New York Yacht Club’s American Magic effort and INEOS Team UK will all battle in the Prada Cup Challenger Selection Series in Auckland to determine who will face the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ), in the ...read more

Emirates Team New Zealand Defender, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Though pulling off an event like the America’s Cup during a global pandemic was never going to be easy, the Kiwis also (inevitably?) found themselves having to contend with the latest in the long line of ...read more

Highlights from the AC36 World Series and Christmas Race Initial thoughts on the state of the 36th America’s Cup in the wake of the World Series regatta and “Christmas” race down in Auckland all pretty much come down to one thing: pray for wind. On the plus side, following a ...read more

Day two of the America’s Cup World Series brought more outstanding racing with two matches between the Americans and the Italians and two between the Brits and the Kiwis. By day’s end, the scores stood at three wins apiece for American Magic and Emirates Team New Zealand, two ...read more

The scores are in for the first day of racing in Auckland’s America’s Cup World Series: American Magic leads with two victories, followed by one win apiece for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and Emirates Team New Zealand, and in fourth, INEOS Team UK who have yet to put a point on the ...read more

At 9 pm ET tonight, the brand new AC75’s will go head-to-head for the first time in the pre-America’s Cup Prada America’s Cup World Series Auckland. U.S. viewers will be able to watch live on NBC Sports Gold or as a replay online. The event will run from December 16-18, U.S. ...read more

Emirates Team New Zealand unveiled its second-generation AC75 yesterday, joining the other three America's Cup teams with boats in the water. In just over 100 days, this boat will attempt to defend the Cup for the Kiwis, but there's plenty of racing between now and then, with ...read more

In a year full of drama, the America’s Cup has been matching the news cycle step for step, supplying their own fair share of scandal. After Covid cancellations and a spying controversy, the latest news is that the Challenger of the Record, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli of Italy, has ...read more

Hot on the heels of the UK’s Britannia and the United States’ Patriot, Italy’s new AC75 Luna Rossa, formerly known as Boat 2, was christened in Auckland, New Zealand, this morning. As the moniker suggests, it was Team Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s second design. In his christening ...read more