by Natalie | Oct 20, 2020 | Daily News, Features
With the multihull dogfight between MOD70s Maserati and Mana finally concluded last night at just after 2030 CEST, the 41st Rolex Middle Sea Race finds the multihull chapter nearing its end today while the monohull story gets interesting. The overview sees three...
by Natalie | Oct 20, 2020 | Daily News, Features
The commercialization of the America’s Cup has not been easy on host cities as they assess the value of the event versus the investment to host. And in fairness to New Zealand, anticipating a pandemic likely wasn’t in their calculations, but it might not have mattered...
by Natalie | Oct 19, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Ineos Team UK has named the boat it’ll race in the America’s Cup Britannia. Helmed by Sir Ben Ainslie with fellow Olympic Gold medallist Giles Scott as tactician, the boat christening is the culmination of 46,000 construction hours and >90,000 design hours. The...
by Natalie | Oct 19, 2020 | Daily News, Features
We picked up again sailing our 38-foot test boat, the MULE, on December 1st in Pensacola and then the week before Christmas, we put DEFIANT back in the water, gave her another shakedown, and began sailing her January through the end of February 2020. During that time,...
by Natalie | Oct 19, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Luna Rossa (ITA), Challenger of Record for the 36th America’s Cup, will be christening their second AC75 at a ceremony on October 20 at 10:15 NZDT in Auckland, New Zealand. The event will be broadcast live on Instagram. The Italian team will be joining the USA and...
by Natalie | Oct 19, 2020 | Daily News, Features, Industry Insider 1
The 2020 Rolex Middle Sea Race got underway for the 50 boats registered to take on the 606 nm clockwise circumnavigation of Sicily. Divided into seven start groups, the smallest yachts cross first with the final two starts reserved for the fastest monohulls and...
