by Natalie | Mar 18, 2020 | Daily News, Features, Industry Insider 1
The concept of organized test events began prior to the 2007 America’s Cup to keep teams and sponsors active from 2004 through 13 events. Branded as the Louis Vuitton Acts, the concept continued as the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) for the 2013 and 2017 America’s...
by Natalie | Mar 18, 2020 | Daily News, Features
The crew for the 11 teams competing in the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race, which had been quarantined upon finish of Race 9, have been released and able to travel home. The Clipper 2019-20 Race has been postponed for approximately ten months due to the...
by Natalie | Mar 18, 2020 | Daily News, Features
“Due to the COVID-19 outbreak” and “in the abundance of caution” have become phrases that now apply to everything we knew, know, and hope to know again. As guidelines are made, and made again, to thwart the progress of this virus, the shadow of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics...
by Natalie | Mar 17, 2020 | Daily News, Features, Industry Insider 1
When a massive collision occurred between two J Class yachts competing in the 2020 Superyacht Challenge Antigua, this frightening moment for these 130-foot monsters was captured on video. Here is the Protest Decision: Involved parties: TOPAZ – Peter Holmberg SVEA –...
by Natalie | Mar 17, 2020 | Daily News, Features, Regattas News
Ever since the 11 teams of the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race had been on course from Australia to China, the Clipper Race Organizing Committee has been dodging bullets. Expected to arrive by mid-February, the coronavirus outbreak has since required a...
by Natalie | Mar 16, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Considering Great Britain’s unkind winter weather, it looked brilliant for America’s Cup challenger Ineos Team UK to set up a temporary base in Sardinia in advance of the scheduled America’s Cup World Series event on April 23-26. But with that event now postponed and...
