Emirates Team New Zealand has responded at length to a variety of allegations apparently brought to the attention of New Zealand authorities by what ETNZ describes as “informants” who were recently fired from the team. The allegations include misuse of public funds, ...read more
Emirates Team New Zealand announced this morning that security breaches have resulted in leaked information and defamatory accusations against their 2021 America's Cup campaign. The campaign has suspected a leak for six months, sweeping their base for bugs and testing firewalls ...read more
It’s hard to be sure when things started to change, but I am pretty sure it was the evening of April 20, 1993. As the sunset, spluttering and sizzling into the Atlantic, the 86ft catamaran Commodore Explorer crossed an imaginary finish line near Île d’Ouessant off the northwest ...read more
After this season’s sailing calendar was dismantled by myriad COVID cancellations, many race organizers have gotten creative about how to keep the spirit alive. The 2020 Newport Bermuda is no exception, having announced an online version of their classic biennial race, a ...read more
I was born in 1955, and although I was a tad young to actually follow the first Observer Single-Handed Transatlantic Race, I grew up in the age of the pioneers of solo offshore sailing—Francis Chichester, Robin Knox-Johnson, Alec Rose, all Knighted for their singlehanded ...read more
