09/12/2013 20:53kruijs

http://americascup.virtualeye.tv/

   09/08/2013 19:39kruijs

Emirates Team New Zealand beat billionaire Larry Ellison's Oracle Team USA in the first race in the final series of the 34th America's Cup sailing regatta on Saturday on San Francisco Bay.

In the first of two races on Saturday, which kicked off a best-of-17 final series to win the Cup, the two teams' catamarans nearly collided on several occasions as they crisscrossed the bay. New Zealand was slightly ahead at the start and was passed by Oracle for a short time before regaining its lead and winning the race.

It was the first neck-and-neck race in the regatta after two months of relatively tame qualifying matches easily dominated by the Kiwis.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/07/us-sailing-americascup-idUSBRE9860FQ20130907

   08/26/2013 20:58kruijs

After years of preparation and countless controversies, software mogul Larry Ellison's Oracle Team USA is poised to defend the America's Cup against Emirates Team New Zealand beginning September 7.

But first it must beat back a cheating scandal that threatens to blacken the reputation of Oracle and several of the biggest names in yacht racing, and could make it harder for the American team to hang on to the 162-year-old trophy.

An international jury of five sailing experts has been trying to determine exactly how three Oracle catamarans competing in preliminary regattas known as the America's Cup World Series came to be altered with heavier fittings and illegal lead and resin hidden in their frames.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/26/sailing-americascup-cheating-idUSL2N0GQ0BJ20130826

   07/07/2013 21:11kruijs

With the Golden Gate Bridge looming to his right, Emirates Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker hit the starting line and immediately got his 72-foot catamaran speeding across the tops of the waves on hydrofoils.

The America’s Cup challenger trials were underway on San Francisco Bay and the Kiwis were clearly in control.

Of course, it helped that there was no opponent.

Emirates Team New Zealand sailed alone around the course Sunday — at one point hitting 42.8 knots, or 49 mph — to collect the first point of the regatta. Their scheduled opponent, Italy’s Luna Rossa, boycotted, saying it won’t race until an international jury hears protests regarding rules changes made after Andrew “Bart” Simpson of Artemis Racing was killed in a capsize May 9.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/while-italians-refuse-to-sail-artemis-races-to-get-boat-ready-for-americas-cup-trials/2013/07/06/bcd1c2a4-e699-11e2-97c2-eee7eab7397e_story.html