The America’s Cup World Series fleet raced on the Grand Canal of Venice Friday, the historic waters becoming a proving ground for some of the best sailors in the world. Each of the two Luna Rossa crews rose to the occasion, recording a race win, pleasing the local spectators who were out in force both [...]
HISTORIC DAY OF RACING IN VENICE – LOCAL HEROES LEAD http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4159
Youth and experience won on the opening day at the America’s Cup World Series in Venice, Italy. Team Korea’s Nathan Outteridge, at 26 years old one of the youngest skippers in the fleet, won the first fleet race. Then, Loick Peyron, 52, rallied his team for a come-from-behind win in race two to top the [...]
ENERGY TEAM at the top after DAY 1 IN VENICE (+3 Videos) http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4152
Terry Hutchinson’s Artemis Racing crew flew into St. Mark’s Square on Sunday afternoon to claim the invitational Arzanà City of Venice Trophy along with €30,000 in prize money. The two Luna Rossa crews, Piranha and Swordfish, took the other podium positions. “We faltered a little bit early on a gybe, but we did a good [...]
ARTEMIS RACING win the sprint to ST. MARK’S SQUARE http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4140
The Bora, a typical East-North-Easterly wind originating from the high Adriatic coasts, promptly reached Venice today. The strong gusts of wind took a toll on the racing schedule of this second and last day of the Trofeo Arzanà Città di Venezia. After an initial postponement, broadcasted by the Race Committee, the AC45 catamarans docked out [...]
VENICE TROPHY, VICTORY AND PODIUM FOR LUNA ROSSA http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4134
On the day the AC Village opened in the historic Arsenale in Venice, Luna Rossa Challenge thrilled the home crowd by winning all three races on the day to grab a commanding lead in the Arzanà City of Venice Trophy, a prologue, invitational regatta to the AC World Series next week. Chris Draper’s Luna Rossa [...]
Luna Rossa wins all three races of the day http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4128
Inaugural America’s Cup World Series Champion to be determined Tickets for Newport, R.I. event in June on sale now America’s Cup racing returns to the United States next month when the AC World Series brings nine of the top sailing crews in the world to Newport, R.I. The American team, ORACLE TEAM USA, currently leads [...]
America’s Cup racing returns to Newport next month http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4126
Four-time America’s Cup winner and ORACLE TEAM USA CEO Russell Coutts will be the guest of the fifth and final conference organized by the Venice yacht club Compagnia della Vela in the run up to the America’s Cup World Series May 15-20. Friday May 11 at 6.30pm at the Centro Sportivo d’Eccellenza on S. Giorgio [...]
ORACLE TEAM USA at the Compagnia della Vela http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4124
Invitational regatta will open nine-day celebration of America’s Cup World Series AC World Series crews have the opportunity to compete for €50,000 in prize money in the City of Venice Trophy on May 12-13. The invitational regatta, organized and announced today by the yacht club Venice Compagnia della Vela, marks the opening of a nine-day [...]
Venice Trophy with €50,000 at stake (+Video) http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4122
Chris Draper’s Luna Rossa Piranha win the final fleet race and collect 50 points to win the Naples Championship. Draper led his Luna Rossa crew to a thrilling win in the final fleet race in Naples, Italy, collecting 50 points for his efforts to vault up the leaderboard and win the AC World Series Naples [...]
ACWS Naples – Day 5 News (+ 3Videos) http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4010
Heavy seas pounding into the breakwaters along the Naples sea front on Saturday morning, along with a forecast for winds that could exceed 30 knots, meant racing was suspended on Saturday. The match race semi finals and finals will now be sailed on Sunday. Fleet races seven and eight have been abandoned and won’t be [...]
ACWS Naples – Day 4 News (+2 Videos) http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4008Naples offered a new challenge to the nine crews competing in the America’s Cup World Series on Friday as light, shifty offshore winds battled an onshore swell, resulting in a race course where gains and losses were often measured in the hundreds of yards. ORACLE Racing Spithill had the best day across the two fleet [...]
ACWS Naples – Day 3 News (+3 Videos) http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4004
The AC World Series – Naples opened in spectacular fashion on Wednesday as strong winds and big waves created thrilling racing conditions. The AC45 catamarans, powered by their powerful wing sails, were leaping out of the water, launched into the air by the heavy sea state. “It’s cool, the sailing is pretty awesome, you can’t [...]
ACWS Naples – Day 1 News http://en.nauticwebnews.com/4005
Artemis Racing is first out of the shed with a big AC72 component – the first wing we’ve seen – and it’s BIG. The wing was first spotted at the team’s training base just outside Valencia, Spain, when it was craned on to an ORMA 60-foot trimaran. On Thursday, the tri sailed with the wing [...]
Artemis Racing is first up http://en.nauticwebnews.com/3890
Venice’s Compagnia della Vela will pave the way to the America’s Cup World Series Venice in May. The yacht club has announced a program of four conferences, during which some major players in the international sailing will talk about their experience in the America’s Cup world. “It’s in the style of the Compagnia della Vela [...]
America’s Cup World Series Venice in May (+Video) http://en.nauticwebnews.com/3692
Ben Ainslie, among the most decorated Olympic sailors of all time, will be racing in the 2012-2013 America’s Cup World Series, with a view to developing his team into a full-fledged Cup challenger in the future. Ainslie, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, will field his own AC World Series team – Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) [...]
Ben Ainslie Racing to join America’s Cup http://en.nauticwebnews.com/3538
He quietly, politely introduces himself as James Spithill. At 19, he was the youngest helmsman ever in an America’s Cup campaign. At 30, the youngest helmsman to win the Cup. Now at 32, he is the man on whom software magnate Larry Ellison, the City of San Francisco and the US sailing community have pinned [...]
James Spithill – FIGHTING TALK http://en.nauticwebnews.com/3489
The HR Constitution – the cargo ship that has served as the main mode of transport between America’s Cup World Series venues – has arrived in Valencia where it will discharge its cargo. All of the ‘materiel’ on the ship will be offloaded in Valencia before the HR Constitution is returned to its owners in [...]
Cup Cargo Offloading in Valencia http://en.nauticwebnews.com/3403
Although racing doesn’t resume until April, that doesn’t mean the regatta organizers are on holiday. Reps from ACRM and ACEA have been on a reconnaissance trip through Italy to check out the Naples and Venice venues. Grant Davidson, Technical Area Manager for ACRM sent in this report: Arrived in Naples after a night flight from [...]
The Italian Job http://en.nauticwebnews.com/3344
Since the introduction of the AC45 to the America’s Cup World Series, there has been an influx of Olympic talent the like of which has never been seen before in the America’s Cup. When the Cup was contested in large keelboats, the prime recruiting ground was from the grand prix world of keelboat racing. Big [...]
America’s Cup World Series – OLYMPIC APPRENTICES http://en.nauticwebnews.com/3339
AC Uncovered Episode 20 resumes the story of the inaugural year of the America’s Cup World Series with a look back to Plymouth where we witnessed stadium sailing in all its glory from The Hoe overlooking Plymouth Sound. Extreme conditions bookended the week making stop two on the tour a regatta to remember with plenty [...]
The America’s Cup Uncovered Episode 20 (Video) http://en.nauticwebnews.com/3337
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