Thoughts on Emirates Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup victory
September 22, 2017
What to make of the 35th America’s Cup? After all the hype, it was darn close to a sweep. Not only that, but the fact
What to make of the 35th America’s Cup? After all the hype, it was darn close to a sweep. Not only that, but the fact
If the 2013 America’s Cup in San Francisco represented a cataclysmic moment for a new form of sailing, the 35th Cup not only took “foiling”
Despite the late arrival of a decent sailing breeze on the first official day of racing, organizers, fans and the sailors themselves had nothing but
It’s long been said that the fastest boat is the one that wins the America’s Cup, and the 35th regatta for the Auld Mug was
For a brief shining moment on Saturday, Cup fans had a glimpse of a hard-fought close battle for the America’s Cup, when the Defender Oracle
I’ll admit it, I was a skeptic, or at best ambivalent, about the whole America’s Cup thing. Then last Thursday Jimmy Spithill flew the Oracle
Following the first two days of racing in the America’s Cup finals—the actual “America’s Cup,” as it were—Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill all but
On a light-wind day that saw Race 1 thrown out when neither team made it to the finish within the 25-minute time limit, Emirates Team
For a brief moment on Sunday, Artemis had it tied up 2 – 2 with Emirates Team New Zealand on the second day of the
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