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Boaters Reminded To Stay Safe Near AC45s
With both Oracle Team USA and Artemis Racing now active on the Great Sound in their AC45 foiling catamarans, the fastest sailboats to fly above Bermuda waters have made their local debuts, with the America’s Cup Event Authority [ACEA], ACBDA and the Bermuda Water Safety Council reminding local boaters to stay safe. A statement released by the organizations... Read more of this article
Bremont: Official America’s Cup Timing Partner
Bremont has been announced as the Official Timing Partner of the America’s Cup and Oracle Team USA, and as the Official Timing Partner, Bremont will be present throughout the international television broadcasts as well as on the race course with the Bremont logo gracing the Oracle Team USA catamarans. “Bremont timekeeping will also embark on... Read more of this article
Video: Oracle Team’s AC45 Sails Great Sound
The defending champion of the America’s Cup recently launched its training boat for the first time, with the new craft seeing its first day on Bermuda’s Great Sound as the team captured video footage of the event. Tom Slingsby, Oracle Team’s sailing manager and tactician, said at the launch, “Today is the first day for our AC45 out on... Read more of this article
Photos & Video: Oracle Team Sail AC45 Boat
The defending champion of the America’s Cup launched its training boat today [May 4] for the first time and put in over two hours of testing on the future race course of the America’s Cup. “Today is the first day for our AC45 out on the Great Sound. We’ve been working towards this moment for nearly six months since Bermuda was announced as the... Read more of this article
Video: Team Oracle “Flying” On Great Sound
America’s Cup defending champions Oracle Team USA recently posted a video of them training on the waters of Bermuda’s Great Sound with everything starting out well, and ending with the sailors “flying” off the actual boat. Team Oracle posted the video with the caption, “Helmsman and sailing team manager Tom Slingsby and... Read more of this article
Photos & Video: Team Oracle Base Roof Wetting
The Oracle Team USA base was inaugurated in accordance with local custom during a roof wetting ceremony on Friday evening at Dockyard. Team General Manager Grant Simmer said, “This roof wetting ceremony is a great milestone for Oracle Team USA and all of our partners in Bermuda. It is a celebration of five months of very hard work by all of the contractors... Read more of this article
Oracle Team USA Takes First Sail In Bermuda
Oracle Team USA took its maiden sail on the waters of the Great Sound in Bermuda Wednesday with the team training on two foiling Phantom boats. Kyle Langford, Graeme Spence, Joey Newton and Andrew Campbell were the first sailors on the Defending champion to test the local conditions. “It was a great day,” said Kyle Langford following the... Read more of this article
“Unbelievable How Friendly, Helpful Everyone Is”
“It’s been unbelievable how friendly and helpful everyone is, we’re surrounded by crystal-clear waters, we have beautiful weather and we are very fortunate this will be our home for the next two years,” Oracle Team USA tactician/helmsman and sailing team manager Tom Slingsby said. “Pretty much all of the guys on the sailing team... Read more of this article
Oracle’s Workouts Now “Taking On Local Flavor”
Now that the Oracle Team USA sailing team has arrived in Bermuda, their morning workouts are “taking on local flavor”, the team said on their Twitter account, attaching a photo of the team training on a Bermuda beach. Oracle Team USA, the defending America’s Cup champion, has relocated their base to the island, and as the construction... Read more of this article
Video: Construction Progress For America’s Cup
Bermudian contractors and service providers are combining forces to complete Oracle Team USA’s [OTUSA] new home in Dockyard, which represents phase one, of the multi-phase project of what will become the America’s Cup Event Village. An ACBDA spokesperson said, “Site preparation in Dockyard began in January this year. To date, 19 sub-contractors... Read more of this article
Video: Work Continues On Oracle Team’s Base
[Updated with video] Work continues on Oracle Team USA‘s Dockyard base, with their equipment arriving aboard Bermuda Container Line’s vessel the MV Oleander last week, carrying a load from San Francisco to Dockyard to help the team prepare for the upcoming America’s Cup. As their base in Dockyard is not yet ready, Team Oracle will move... Read more of this article
Video: MV Oleander’s Special Delivery For Oracle
The ACBDA has produced a short video that highlights the MV Oleander’s special delivery for the Oracle Team USA base in Dockyard, saying that “as far as anyone can recall this is the first time the Oleander has offloaded in Dockyard and the first time in many years that the stevedores have worked off of the Hamilton docks. This is a great example... Read more of this article
Four America’s Cup Teams Respond To NZ Team
Four of the five remaining America’s Cup teams said they are “disappointed to see how Team New Zealand are characterizing the rule changes that reflect the collective will of the America’s Cup teams.” The statement — signed by Jimmy Spithill from Oracle Team USA, Iain Percy from Artemis Racing, Ben Ainslie from Ben Ainslie... Read more of this article
Aerial Video: Boat Delivers Oracle’s Equiment
Defending America’s Cup champions Oracle Team USA recently saw their equipment arrive on the island as they prepare for training, with a view of the Bermuda Container Line’s [BCL] Oleander being captured from above as it arrived at Dockyard to unload its cargo. Following the discharge of refrigerated and dry containers and roll on/roll off... Read more of this article
Photos: Team Oracle Start Arriving In Bermuda
[Updated with aerial photos] Defending America’s Cup champions Team Oracle have started to arrive in Bermuda, with containers carrying their equipment being unloaded earlier today [Mar 31] from the Oleander in Dockyard. Following the discharge of this week’s refrigerated and dry containers and roll on/roll off cargo in Hamilton, Bermuda Container... Read more of this article
America’s Cup Team Moving Into Grand Atlantic
Team Oracle — which is due to be housed in the Dockyard area which is presently under construction — will move into the Grand Atlantic development starting in April for approximately three months, the Government announced today [Mar 27]. A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Housing Corporation [BHC], in conjunction with the Bermudiana... Read more of this article
