This week on America’s Cup Discovered we talk all things AC72. We are onboard with Emirates Team New Zealand as their impressive preparations are making news headlines. We have an exclusive interview with Oracle Team USA’s CEO Russell Coutts for an update after last months catastrophic capsize. We then catch up with Artemis Racing in […]
Gott att se att Artemis äntligen seglar med sin stora katta. Inte så spektakulärt kanske, men nu är man i alla fall igång. Kul! Foton: Sander van der Borch / Artemis Racing.
Catsailingnews.com har jämfört de tre olika koncepten på AC72. Intressant. With some additional pics I could add Artemis to the comparison. As a reference it gives an idea of the different concepts used. Needless to say ETNZ-Luna Rossa is the best hull-platform in my view. Artemis is not a flying AC72, it is only assisted […]
Nu verkar Artemis har fått ordning på sina problem med 72:an så nu är den ordentligt döpt av Barbro Osher, Sveriges generalkonsul i San Fransisco. Nu vill vi se dem segla också. Foto: Sander van der Borch / Artemis Racing. Det är också kul att man tagit ombord Loïck Peyron för att hjälpa till att […]
AC72 Luna Rossa sjösatt i Auckland. The AC 72 Luna Rossa catamaran, challenging in the 34th America’s Cup, was launched today in Auckland, New Zealand. At 6,40 pm local time, Miuccia Prada, with her husband Patrizio Bertelli at her side – the Team Principal of Luna Rossa Challenge 2013 – broke the champagne bottle, thus […]
Ett gäng dämpade killar. Tydligen fick man problem vid bogsering i lätt väder. Undrar vad detta innebär när man skall ladda på lite grann… Artemis Racing had hoped to launch and christen its AC72 in San Francisco on Thursday, but pushed the planned ceremony back after the team ‘heard noises’ when loading up the boat. […]
Epic rescue required to save catamaran ORACLE TEAM USA, the defender of the 34th America’s Cup, has capsized its giant AC72 catamaran on San Francisco Bay during a training session. No one on the crew was injured. The capsize took place during the team’s eighth day on the water. Conditions were fresh, with building winds […]