In preparation for its first
America's Cup race on May 26, 2017, Groupama Team France needed to design, build and test its catamaran within 18 months.
What would you equate the physicality of doing a current
America's Cup race to?
BRITISH Olympic hero Andrew 'Bart' Simpson died yesterday when his yacht capsized off the California coast during training for the
America's Cup race.
The report further mentioned that it is believed to be the second time a sailor has died during training for the
America's Cup race, which is due to run from July until September.
“We welcome our guests, not only for the finals of the Louis Vuitton Series and the
America's Cup Race, but to the many days of rigorous practice in between,” said Captain Sowash.
This was the first
America's Cup race since 1937 and the first with 12m yachts instead of the giant J class.
The dispute over the choice of Ras al-Khaimah as the venue for sailing's prestigious
America's Cup race shows no sign of being resolved.
The milestone was reached by an Italian engineering team investigating the aerodynamics of a yacht for the Luna Rossa Challenge entry in the
America's Cup race.
It was an
America's Cup race that even the most ardent landlubber had to love: land-locked Switzerland in a rematch with powerful arch rival Team New Zealand.
MOST sports often contain a decisive moment that you can look back on and say, "that was where the game was won" and today's
America's Cup Race Five could easily prove to have that dynamic shift in fortune.
For years sailors have debated what the deciding factor was in the spectacular win by the "Stars and Stripes" in the
America's Cup race some 20 years ago.
(Indeed, during his senior year in high school, while dating Jacqueline Kennedy's half sister, Kerry spent a memorable afternoon watching the
America's Cup race with the president aboard the Kennedy family yacht.) Swift boats bore more than a passing resemblance to the PT boats Kennedy had piloted in World War II.