Is it not deliciously ironic that the Little America’s Cup should emerge as the coolest act of the summer of ‘10 and a likely precursor to announcements now promised for September 13 regarding boat type (bet on multihulls), year (bet on 2014) and protocol—everything except the venue of America’s Cup 34. Anyone who [...]
Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi
An item placed today on the Alinghi website advises that Alinghi’s America’s Cup sails are being shipped to Haiti to be recut for use as tents by the victims of the January earthquake. The fabric could produce as many as 1,000 tents.
According to the Spanish daily, El Mundo, an air shipment that also [...]
USA steaming along © KL
The advantage shifted twice in the prestart, then the Defender got away first by more than a minute, which in these boats is a huge distance. But. USA passed Alinghi 5 less than 15 minutes into the first race of America’s Cup 33, and from there the challenger never looked [...]
Justice Kornreich of the New York Supreme Court informed the America’s Cup defending yacht club, Société Nautique de Genève, and the challenging Golden Gate Yacht Club today via telephone conference that she will not hear the American challenger’s complaint regarding the ‘constructed in country’ requirement of the Deed of Gift before the 33rd America’s Cup [...]
Stiff northeasteries and waves are pounding Valencia, and sailing is on hold until the winter of 2010 calms down. Meanwhile, one degree of uncertainty has been removed from the prospects for America’s Cup 33, and it launched my morning with a laugh.
Photo by Jose Delgado/Alinghi
Today americascup.com announced plans to broadcast the catamaran-trimaran match on [...]
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If you have an extra nine minutes for watching foiler-Moths crash at the Columbia River Gorge, this will make your day.
Crashes at the Gorge
PartThree of a series of conversations with people who are driving profound changes in the way that we are able to sail. Once the opportunities are clear, how will people choose to sail?
“You start on these projects,” says Dirk Kramers, “and you never know where you’ll end up.”
Meaning the Alinghi catamaran.
The man was in an [...]
I guess we all have our favorite forums. One of mine belongs to BAMA, the Bay Area Multihull Association, the folks who bring us the annual—and I think it’s reasonable to call it a classic—Doublehanded Farallones Race. With the Coast Guard applying new pressure regarding safety procedures and safety equipment for local ocean racing, there’s [...]
There is no entry in the CIA Factbook for Ras Al Khaimah, the maybe-yes maybe-no site of the alleged next America’s Cup. The Defender is on-site. The Challenger says he ain’t goin’. But what is this little-known spot in the United Arab Emirates? Obviously, they ponied up for some action to generate publicity, [...]
© Dan Nerney
At the New York Yacht Club Invitational –
When they read the entries alphabetically, it takes a long time to get through the R’s.
Royal this, Royal that.
Which speaks to the ambition to stage the premiere regatta for amateur competition, in a manner that can be called, without apology, yachting. The New York [...]