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The 35th America’s Cup, set to take place on Bermuda’s Great Sound, officially kicks off May 26 with the start of the Louis Vuitton Qualifiers, comprised of a pair of elimination rounds that conclude June 12. The winner then takes on the Defender, Oracle Team USA, in a best of 13 ...read more

As evidence of just how far foiling has come in the America’s Cup, look no further than Oracle Team USA’s capsize this past Sunday. Time was that capsizing your boat could have signaled the end of your campaign, but not anymore. Remember when Oracle first dumped its AC72 while ...read more

Oracle USA and skipper Jim Spithill not only did the “impossible” in successfully defending the America’s Cup, but in the end they almost made it look easy —a feat that is all the more incredible given how far the team came in so little time. And make no mistake: this was a ...read more

Meanwhile, over in Falmouth, England, no less than 11 wing-sailed catamarans are taking to the air in the International C class Catamaran Championship regatta—or “Little America’s Cup,” as it’s more commonly known. ...read more

Wing sails? Check. Full foiling? Check. Crash helmets? Check and check. This year’s International C Class Catamaran Championship—aka, the Little America’s Cup—was once the test bed for many of the technologies that have come to define AC34. However, now the little guys are ...read more

Thursday will be “Judgment Day Two” on San Francisco Bay. The defenders of the America's Cup have to show us something, and show themselves something—or else. It's as big a deal as Day One, except we're no longer saying: “Nobody knows a thing until we have some races.” We've had ...read more

After months of waiting, Oracle USA and Emirates Team New Zealand are finally providing the kind of racing Larry Ellison promised so very long ago. On the downside, his defending team looks to be in some trouble, despite the fact they’ve made the Kiwis finally have to work for ...read more

What was already destined to be a difficult defense has become exponentially more difficult following a jury ruling on Oracle’s cheating during the AC45 World Series. Saying the “seriousness of the breaches [committed by Team Oracle] cannot be overstated,” the five-member jury ...read more

The Louis Vuitton Cup finals is beginning to look like a race of the pit crews as Luna Rossa and Emirates Team New Zealand have both been experiencing a spate of race-ending mechanical failures. In fact, thus far there has not been a single race in which both teams have made ...read more

The good news is that at least a bit of a real race took place on Tuesday, with a dramatic start and an actual lead change on the second leg. The bad news is that while their boat appears sound, team Artemis has a long way to go if it’s to defeat Luna Rossa in the Louis Vuitton ...read more

This past Sunday, Emirates Team New Zealand won its ninth consecutive race of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the America’s Cup Challenger Series, cementing its status as the top team in the challengers’ series. Later that same day ETNZ skipper Dean Barker announced that his team would ...read more

On the boat’s maiden sail, Artemis Racing got hull #2, “Big Blue,” up on its foils in winds as strong as 15 knots—a dramatic statement from the team that has been in crisis mode ever since the May 9 capsize of its first boat took the life of strategist Andrew “Bart” Simpson. ...read more

If there was ever any doubt that Emirates Team New Zealand was the team to beat, those doubts were put to rest this past weekend in the second matchup between the Kiwis and their erstwhile training partner, Luna Rossa. Not only did ETNZ once again lead from wire to wire, the ...read more

In the wake of the death of America’s Cup Team Artemis sailor Andrew Simpson, regatta director Iain Murray has issued a list of 37 recommendations to be incorporated into the safety plan for the Summer of Racing. Murray presented his suggestions in a meeting with the four ...read more

The final knockout round to select a challenger for America's Cup 32 is well under way, with Emirates Team New Zealand up 2-0 over Luna Rossa. First to win five races will advance to race the defender, Alinghi. For daily coverage, see our Got Live blog, linked from the home page. ...read more