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Rerun Start For AC Challenger Playoffs Today
The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs are set to commence today [Monday] with the rerun of yesterday’s [Sunday, June 4] four postponed races due to take place on the Great Sound. In the day’s first race Peter Burling and Emirates Team New Zealand take on Sir Ben Ainslie’s Land Rover BAR, then Dean Barker’s SoftBank Team Japan... Read more of this article
Sailing’s Next Superstars Fly In First Training
After months of anticipation, the next generation of sailing superstars hit the waves on Bermuda’s Great Sound this week for the first Official Training session ahead of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. On the same waters sailed by the senior teams, the six national teams aged 18-24 who form Pool A are training on AC45F catamarans from May 28 through... Read more of this article
Meet Japan’s Youth America’s Cup Team
The only Asian team in the 2017 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, Kaijin Team Japan was formed in late November 2015 with the support of America’s Cup contender SoftBank Team Japan. Members of the team traveled to Italy, Spain, France, and Bermuda to sail the GC32 before having the opportunity to become the first Red Bull Youth America’s Cup team... Read more of this article
Today’s AC Challenger Playoffs Races Postponed
[Updated with video] The beautiful Bermudian sunshine was out for today’s [June 4] scheduled first set of races in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs, but unfortunately the required winds for racing were not. America’s Cup Race Management [ACRM] confirmed just after 4.00pm AST that the four scheduled Louis Vuitton America’s... Read more of this article
America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs Are Here
With the conclusion of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers barely behind us, the action and drama resumes all over again today [Sunday] with the start of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs. At the conclusion of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers yesterday [Saturday], Peter Burling’s Emirates Team New Zealand finished... Read more of this article
J Class The History & Connections To The AC
On Tuesday, June 13, The St. George’s Foundation is set to host a talk on the J Class yachts and their connection to the America’s Cup and Bermuda, in anticipation of the Regatta held in Murray’s Anchorage on June 16, 19, and 20. The J Class fleet competed for the America’s Cup in the 1930s and are still considered some of... Read more of this article
Photos, Videos, Results: Oracle Win AC Qualifiers
The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers concluded today [Saturday, 3rd June] with the Defenders of the ‘Auld Mug’ Oracle Team USA beating Emirates Team New Zealand and clinching the crucial top spot in the final leaderboard. That gives the US team a point in the America’s Cup Match, presented by Louis Vuitton, the final round of the events... Read more of this article
Photos, Videos, Results: America’s Cup Day 7
Perfect winds and blue skies were the backdrop to the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers today. In the first race of the day [Round Robin 2 race 8], Emirates Team New Zealand again showed their pedigree with a near perfect performance, easily overcoming SoftBank Team Japan. The Kiwis, who came into the day sitting second in the standings, just... Read more of this article
Photos, Videos, Results: America’s Cup Day Six
The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers burst back into action on the first day of June with all the America’s Cup teams, bar Artemis Racing, in action on the Great Sound. Catching up with the previous day’s race schedule, postponed due to light winds, in the first race of the afternoon [Round Robin 2, Race 4], SoftBank Team Japan gained a... Read more of this article
Photos, Videos: Tall Ships Welcome To Bermuda
Hundreds of people turned out to see the magnificent tall ships in St. George’s last night. And there will be another opportunity to see them close up tonight, as they berth alongside Front Street which will host a Welcome Street Festival from 7pm to 11pm. Last night, the waterfront at St George’s was packed as people came to see the ships and enjoy... Read more of this article
Photos: Endeavor Day At America’s Cup Village
Today [May 28] marked the second day of the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda, with six races held on the water, and the America’s Cup Endeavour Day held on land. The America’s Cup Endeavour is a youth sailing and educational program, dedicated to inspiring everybody who engages with the initiative and to leaving a sporting legacy in Bermuda,... Read more of this article
‘Despite Small Size, We Can Achieve Greatness’
“Bermuda and Bermudians have shown that despite our small geographic size, we can achieve greatness,” America’s Cup Bermuda CEO Mike Winfield said following the opening of the America’s Cup yesterday. Mr Winfield said, “Bermuda has celebrated the day we’ve all worked so hard toward, the first day of hosting the largest international... Read more of this article
