America’s Cup Sailing News: Valencia and Wing Sail Testing

 
 
America’s Cup Sailing News: Valencia and Wing Sail
Both the Alinghi and BMW Oracle America’s Cup teams have stated they are ready to hold their best-of-three multihull showdown in February in Valencia, Spain, where the Swiss team won the last edition of the Cup in 2007. However, it was still uncertain whether the 33rd America’s Cup [...]

America’s Cup Skipper Says RAK Venue Doesn’t Comply

America’s Cup Skipper Says RAK Venue Doesn’t Comply
The proposed sailing venue in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, is no more of a legitimate America’s Cup venue than the Colorado River or Walden Pond would be, says the American challenger BMW Oralce in its latest court filing in a long, bitter legal battle with defending champion [...]

America’s Cup News – One Big Publicity Stunt?

America’s Cup News – One Big Publicity Stunt?
Alinghi says the 33rd America’s Cup, the challenge between the Alinghi and BMW Oracle sailing teams, will be held in the Kingdom of Ras Al-Khaimah, not in Spain as most expected. This decision struck us as strange, and we went diving for our atlas, and searching the Internet [...]

America’s Cup Sailing Back to Court and BOR 90

America’s Cup Back to Court and BMW Oracle Trimaran BOR 90 Sailing Again
BMW Oracle Racings America’s Cup team is starting sea trials of their newly modified trimaran BOR 90 in the waters off Point Loma this week. Helmsman James Spithill was seen with the America’s Cup trimaran on the dock, and the racing team will [...]

Alinghi Launches America’s Cup Catamaran

Alinghi Launches America’s Cup Catamaran
Villeneuve, Switzerland – The Alinghi sailing team has launched their new America’s Cup catamaran.  The 90 foot multihull sailboat was lifted out of the boat tent where it was built by a helicopter onto Lake Geneva, where eager boaters watched the boat hit the water for the first time.
The sailing team [...]