America’s Cup organizers on Friday announced the postponement of the decision on the location of the next edition, saying they needed more time to choose between Auckland or overseas. Team New Zealand (TNZ) retained the prestigious sailing trophy last March, beating Italian Luna Rossa 7-3 off New Zealand’s largest city. The location of the next … Read more
Team New Zealand won the 36th America’s Cup on Wednesday, retaining the legendary Silver Ewer with a decisive seventh victory over Italian challenge Luna Rossa in Auckland. Martin Couturié with AFP Mission accomplished but not without trembling. And far from the 7-0 announced by some New Zealanders … Originally led 3-2, Emirates Team New Zealand … Read more
Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa are tied for victory everywhere after the first two America’s Cup races, contested on Wednesday in Auckland Bay, under cloudy skies and a dozen knots of wind. The New Zealand sailor easily won the first with 31 seconds ahead of the Italian challenge, before the latter narrowly won in … Read more
The Italian ship is now leading 4 wins to zero against the Britons of Ineos Team. However, we will have to wait before seeing the rest due to confinement in Auckland. The Italians of Luna Rossa took to the sea on Sunday, winning two new rounds against the Britons now 4-0 down in the Prada … Read more
The organizers of the 36th America’s Cup have confirmed its maintenance in 2021 despite the context of Covid-19 “because it is one of the sporting events approved by the New Zealand government which is expected to take place in the country in 2021 ”. The oldest competition in the world will kick off on December … Read more
The American crew American Magic, victim of a spectacular capsize two weeks ago, failed unsurprisingly against their Italian opponent Luna Rossa twice in the semi-finals of the Prada Cup on Friday when they returned to the Bay of ‘Auckland. The Americans had since started a race against time in order to repair the structure of … Read more
Nice surprise at the start of the America’s Cup played this year in New Zealand. The British challenge Ineos Team UK won the first two regattas of the Prada Cup, the challengers competition contested on revolutionary monohulls without keel. He was 1 minute and 20 seconds ahead of the US American Magic team and then … Read more
The challenger continues to surprise in Auckland Bay against the favorite and defender team New Zealand. After the first six rounds, each challenge counts three wins. Luna Rossa hangs on. The Italian challenge is still tied (3-3) with the big favorite and America’s Cup title holder, Team New Zealand, after Saturday’s races under blue skies … Read more
The first America’s Cup World Series regattas, a prelude to the “real” America’s Cup to be held next March, took place this Thursday in Auckland Bay. And it was the Americans from American Magic who made the biggest impression in the flying monohull duels. At the helm, New Zealander Dean Barker played a nasty trick … Read more
This weekend in Auckland, the Prada Cup Final pits Ineos Team UK against Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. The winner will challenge New Zealanders to win the America’s Cup in March. Who British or Italians will have the honor to challenge New Zealanders to the oldest sports trophy in the world? Auckland will host the Prada … Read more