July 5 was a fast-moving day at Port America’s Cup. From the sound of things, Valencia’s chances of hosting the next America’s Cup just dimmed, and Alinghi’s chances of successfully defending just jumped. Here is a link to the just-released Protocol for the next America’s Cup, the one to be sailed in a yet-to-be defined/designed class of 90-foot sloop:
The Race 7 report from America’s Cup Media:Valencia, 3 July, 2007 – Alinghi won the 32nd America’s Cup on Tuesday afternoon on the waters off Valencia. The Swiss Defender won its fourth consecutive race in dramatic fashion, to win the Match 5-2. “I love this team,” Alinghi President and afterguard member Ernesto Bertarelli moments after the finish.This final race of
Despite statistics indicating a 9.8-knot average around the course for Emirates Team New Zealand, versus a 9.9-knot average for Alinghi, the Kiwi team on Sunday took Race 2 and tied the America’s Cup 1-1. Here’s the report from America’s Cup Media.Valencia, 24 June, 2007 – Emirates Team New Zealand came from behind to beat Alinghi on Sunday afternoon, squaring the score in the 32nd
THE 32ND DEFENSE OF THE AMERICA’S CUPAlinghi The DefenderLa Socit Nautique de GenveEmirates Team New Zealand The ChallengerRoyal New Zealand Yacht SquadronBest of nine: First to win five races takes the CupRace One: Saturday, June 23First gun: 1450 local time; enter the box at 1455By
By David SchmidtWith a little work and some practice, most cruising sailboats can become potent PHRF performers (See the June issue of SAIL). The following 15 boats are cruisers that are commonly raced in PHRF fleets, but that can also be raced as one-designs, provided there are other interested owners living near your home port. Please note that there are
The final knockout round to select a challenger for America’s Cup 32 is well under way, with Emirates Team New Zealand up 2-0 over Luna Rossa. First to win five races will advance to race the defender, Alinghi. For daily coverage, see our Got Live blog, linked from the home page. Since the America’s Cup first left the shores of the USA in 1983, there have been four contests in foreign
By Kimball Livingston Malin Burnham is a man I trust, and not only because he wears his Top Siders without socks, proper-like. If he’s willing to talk about changes at the America’s Cup (Cup in Dubai?) or about the good reasons for retaining the America’s Cup Class, or the prospects for and meaning of a US win in America’s Cup 32, I’m ready to listen. No
You don’t have to be sitting in the back room to know that the challengers are at odds with event management over how to “fix” the series to compensate for weather delays that have thoroughly destroyed the schedule. In a Saturday night meeting of 10 of the 11 America’s Cup challengers—+39 was absent, whatever that means—some of the rescheduling decisions of event management were
By Kimball Livingston, in ValenciaIt was Ken MacAlpine day in Valencia, with the chief measurer of the AC class taking questions that grew out of the “deflecting keel” buzz. There’s a lot of smoke, but not much heat.The speculation has been that Alinghi (and/or others not excluding BMW Oracle) might be trying to use any of various means to control what I’ll call keel
By Kimball Livingston You heard me. In a match race there is no obligation to take a penalty if you foul. But you’re doubledog obligated to perform your penance if the umpires nail you. Hit a mark unseen? Keep going, mate. And this is not about cheating. It’s a function of having umpires on the course. In a meeting that included jury chairman
After last week’s dramatic rescue, Kevin Escoffier returned to dry land yesterday in good spirits. “I have no regrets about my race… The boat was
Famed bluewater cruiser Jimmy Cornell has been forced to abandon his latest circumnavigation due to power-generation problems aboard his carbon-neutral catamaran. “In my long life
Quiet. That’s what you hear as you back away from the mooring. No chug, chug, chug from the diesel as water cascades out of the
On Thursday, December 10, at 7:30EST, US Sailing’s Leadership Forum is hosting a town hall-style conversation with the Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s TIDE panel. TIDE (the
In the early afternoon of November 30, Kevin Escoffier was dashing through the Southern Ocean aboard his IMOCA 60, PRB, one of 33 skippers competing
To activate English subtitles in the above video, click the button “CC After this week’s dramatic rescue, French President Emmanuel Macron called Jean Le Cam
Around 1345 UTC on Monday afternoon, Vendee Globe competitor Kevin Escoffier (PRB) activated his EPIRB 840 miles southeast of The Cape of Good Hope, in
Never chartered? No worries. A vacation under sail can be the most memorable time of your life. That said, it also pays to be prepared
It’s been a rocky road of late for the charter industry, especially here in the Western Hemisphere. First came hurricanes Irma and Maria in the
In recent months, US Sailing, like many organizations, has been taking a closer look at diversity to ensure it’s doing the best job it can
