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Boy did the Spanish turn out to watch the racing today.
The race course was packed with spectators boats and it wasn’t even the weekend. Well Emirates Team New Zealand are just two wins away from making the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup. In their match...
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Good start more crucial than ever to America’s Cup success
The objective of the challenger series is to prepare a challenger to go up against the defender and beat them. Although we have seen challenger series in the past where one team has been completely...
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Dickson Sacked
BMW ORACLE Racing skipper and CEO Chris Dickson has stepped off USA 98 for its race today against Luna Rossa Challenge. The Italian team has jumped out to a 4-1 lead in its first-to-five Semi Final...
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No racing
Racing has just been postponed for the day, too much wind – 24kts and a large seaway in the AC harbour channel. I biked down to the end of the breakwater to check it out, it does look a bit nasty. ETNZ...
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Alinghi racing Emirates Team NZ
The word round the dock this morning is Alinghi and Emirates Team New Zealand will be having some practice races today on the Romeo course. This will again cause a few ripples with the challengers...
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A near flawless performance
Team New Zealand crossed the start line a second ahead of Luna Rossa and were never headed in race one. Peter Lester struggled to fault Team New Zealand’s performance in race one yesterday. But the...
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5 Things Team New Zealand must do to win the Cup
Julie Ash and Peter Lester look at the areas Dean Barker & Co need to maintain, if not improve on, going into the America’s Cup races. 1. Starting Dean Barker’s starting percentages have improved....
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Who will drive Alinghi?
Ed Baird, likely to get the nod for Alinghi, is not a risk-taker. They have rotated Ed Baird and Peter Holmberg since Russell Coutts left the syndicate in 2004. The feeling is that if Alinghi believe...
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Tough bit’s done, now for the Cup
Team New Zealand will take plenty from their dominant performance in the challenger series final to the America’s Cup match. I never expected them to beat Luna Rossa 5-0. I did think the Kiwis would...
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Positioning, not speed the key in race one
Well race one is done and dusted in the America’s Cup and it wasn’t exactly the result Kiwi fans were looking for. The way Alinghi won race one was intriguing. Going into this many thought Alinghi...
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Team NZ pounced at right moment
Team New Zealand will take a lot of heart from their win in race two. What impressed me was how patient they were when they were behind and how they were happy to make small gains. If Alinghi had not...
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Protest
Following today’s loss to Alinghi, Team New Zealand have lodged a protest with the Jury, regarding rule 31.6: “Mainsails shall be able to be lowered to the deck without the necessity of a crew member...
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Start crucial as Alinghi levels
Well another day, another race completed in the America’s Cup. Alinghi bounced back and levelled the score at 2-all in the best of nine race series. Alinghi got a slight edge at the start and kept it...
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Weathermen put pressure on Cup holders
Team New Zealand now have belief, they know they can compete and they know they are fast enough. Alinghi went into the America’s Cup believing they were going to blow away the challenger. It is not the...
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Protest procedure leaves Alinghi fuming
When a layday occurs in yachting it generally means a nice quiet, non stress full day. Well that wasn’t the case in Valencia overnight. There was a huge media scrum outside the America’s Cup Management...
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Alinghi pull out all the stops
The pendulum has swung back the other way a bit. Alinghi had a hot day yesterday – they looked fast. Even though the winning margin was 30 seconds it was a comfortable 30 seconds and Alinghi never...
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Forget the heartbreak and move forward
Well Emirates got their money’s worth out of Team New Zealand today. There were red spinnakers galore branding the airlines name. For Team New Zealand fans today’s loss was heartbreaking. The wool shed...
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Spain Challenger of Record for the next Cup
I got the word last night that if Alinghi win today Desafio Español will be the Challenger of Record for the 33rd Americas Cup in two years time. Look out for Augustin Zulueta from Desafio Español to...
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Farewell from Valencia
Well what a race to end the America’s Cup. One second – one measly second. Off the line it was a good start from Dean Barker but Alinghi, in a compromised position, hung on. The race was a classic day...
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Team NZ have the ability to be competitive in new multihulls
Russell Coutts is such an innovative bloke, you knew his plans for the next America’s Cup were going to be different – and he didn’t disappoint. There is a lot to get our heads around, but obviously...
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