Wanted: Females for U.S. SailGP Team

by | Feb 12, 2021 | Daily News, Features

In an initiative by SailGP to support the advancement of gender equity, the global championship in F50 catamarans requires at least one female athlete to be trained and immersed within each team as they pursue the $1 million season prize. As SailGP Season 2 prepares...

Who will win the Prada Cup?

by | Feb 12, 2021 | Daily News, Features

Matthew Sheahan, who has been reporting on the America’s Cup in Auckland, shares his view of who will win the Prada Cup Challenger Selection Series: If you watched the press conference ahead of the Prada Cup final in the hope that you would get some...

The big money behind the America’s Cup

by | Feb 11, 2021 | Daily News, Features

The modern agenda surrounding the America’s Cup rarely has much to do with a boat race, but rather how this boat race can be used to serve a larger purpose. Here’s why governments take the gamble: Two hundred thousand people have poured into Auckland’s waterfront to...

Prada Cup: Change is the constant

by | Feb 10, 2021 | Daily News, Features

The PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series is now for all the marbles as INEOS Team UK face Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli for the right to face the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand in the America’s Cup. With American Magic eliminated in the semi finals, this final stage...

Tokyo 2020: Can’t look, Can’t look away

by | Feb 10, 2021 | Daily News, Features

Tracking the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics has been a “can’t look, can’t look away” series of incidents. Perhaps the only positive was when the sailing venue was moved out of Tokyo Bay, which now reports to have a high level of pollution. At least it wasn’t a repeat...