America's Cup

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