There are some days when you’re pleased to be wrong…today – the first day of the America’s Cup – was one of them. After three months of speculation and deliberation…
Everything you need to know about the 37th America’s Cup
America’s Cup day one: This could be closer than many thought
The first day of racing in the America’s Cup is always a hotly anticipated moment. Finally, after years of working towards one goal, we get to see who has developed…
America’s Cup: The key figures for Luna Rossa and New Zealand
As racing gets underway in this 36th America’s Cup, most people’s eyes will be squarely on only a few key players on each boat, the three helmsmen: Peter Burling; Jimmy…
America’s Cup clothing: What each team wears and why
Watching the AC75s cracking along on a foil, it’s easy to forget that innovation pervades every element of elite racing, particularly America’s Cup racing and goes well beyond simply boat…
America’s Cup: Analysis of both teams with racing to begin Wednesday
It has been just shy of four years since Emirates Team New Zealand won the America’s Cup in Bermuda in the summer of 2017. The wait will soon be over…
America’s Cup: Opening weekend postponed due to lockdown
An announcement by the organisers of the America’s Cup (America’s Cup Event Ltd) on Sunday 28th February has officially postponed the opening weekend of racing for the America’s Cup Match…
America’s Cup: Our analysis of INEOS’ development
Mere days before the Prada Cup Final to select one of either INEOS Team UK or Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli as the team to take on Emirates Team New Zealand…
Sense of inevitability about Italian America’s Cup qualification
From the evidence of the Prada Cup Round Robin, there was every reason to expect that the Prada Cup Final between INEOS Team UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli would…
Prada Cup Final: Luna Rossa wins in impressive style
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli have earned the right to race Emirates Team New Zealand for the America’s Cup as they sailed through the Prada Cup Final to win seven races…
Prada Cup Final: Italy edges closer to victory
INEOS Team UK started the third day of Prada Cup Final racing trailing Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli by four wins as both teams fight for the right to be the…
Prada Cup Final to continue on Saturday
The Prada Cup Final, to select the challenger for the America’s Cup, between INEOS Team UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli will restart on Saturday 20th February, following a brief…
Prada Cup: How new lockdown could affect the outcome
After the opening four races of the Prada Cup Final over the weekend, racing was set to continue between INEOS Team UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli on Wednesday 17th…
Prada Cup Final: two wins for Italy as Covid-19 delays further racing
“It was a tough day. We can sail a hell of a lot better than that, and we need to. We just gave two races to them off the startline,”…
Prada Cup Final: Italians look quick on day one
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli won both opening races against INEOS Team UK on the first day of racing in the Prada Cup Final on the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, as…
Ben Ainslie: we can out-sail Luna Rossa in Prada Cup
“I think it will be a very, very closely fought final, that’s my expectation,” Ben Ainslie said speaking to Yachting World just days before Prada Cup Final between his British America’s…
Prada Cup Final: Stage set for epic showdown
It has only been two weeks since we last saw racing in the Prada Cup, precursor to the America’s Cup, but for those who have been following closely, it has…
America’s Cup boats: How they work and why they’re unique
The AC75s, the America’s Cup boats currently racing in the Prada Cup and that will be used for next month’s Cup match showdown, are arguably the most radical boat the…
America’s Cup Challengers: The view from Auckland
Reversing the odds over the space of four weeks where the worst performing America’s Cup team became the best and vice versa, was on nobody’s radar down here in Auckland…
America’s Cup: Schedule and how to follow the racing
The teams are there, the boats are there, and finally after two months of AC75 racing in Auckland, for the Prada Cup, we know the two teams who will race…
Prada Cup: Luna Rossa win Semis with straight victories
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli today, Saturday 30th January, won the Prada Cup Semi-Final and will now progress to the Final where they will race INEOS Team UK. American Magic, however,…