Threat of lawsuit for AC75 design

After witnessing radical changes for the America’s Cup during the Larry Ellison era, Team New Zealand’s victory in 2017 furthered that trend when the AC75 Class was revealed. However, was this foiling monohull concept legally conceived? Apparently not according to...

All systems go at Match Racing Worlds

After a year in which regattas were postponed or cancelled due to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, the specter of International One-Design (IOD) sloops thrashing about Hamilton Harbour begins for 16 teams tomorrow with the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match...

COVID-19 forces early end to Optimist Europeans

The 2020 Optimist European Championship, to be held October 20-24, had the final day cancelled due to COVID-19 development in the area surrounding Portorož, Slovenia. Thirty-four countries, including Brazil, Thailand, and Hong Kong, China, had travelled to compete,...

Defender vows to restore Cup courses

Team New Zealand say they will “move heaven and earth” to try to get the two axed America’s Cup courses back into play. However, that will take some delicate mediating with relations strained between the defenders and challengers. Team New Zealand and Auckland City...