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Yachting: Ban fears for Oracle team
If the America's Cup AC45s cheating scandal escalates, some Oracle team members could be ejected from the 34th America's Cup and maybe even banned from sailing.
If the America's Cup AC45s cheating scandal escalates, some Oracle team members could be ejected from the 34th America's Cup and maybe even banned from sailing.
Luna Rossa should sew up their place in the Louis Vuitton final against Emirates Team New Zealand tomorrow after another comfortable victory over Artemis this morning.
America's Cup defenders Oracle are being investigated for misconduct after it appears they deliberately broke the class rules during the AC45 World Series regattas.
Artemis Racing's participation in the Louis Vuitton Cup looks set to last less than a week after Luna Rossa again made light work of the Swedish team in race two of the semifinals.
Luna Rossa look set to make short work of the Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals after recording another convincing win over Artemis this morning.
Air New Zealand is a supplier to New Zealand's America's Cup arch-rivals Oracle.
Luna Rossa has taken the first point of the Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals but it was Artemis who impressed.
Emirates Team New Zealand went up against Artemis Racing today in some impromptu race practice on San Francisco Bay.
The sight of the hull of Emirates Team New Zealand's catamaran lifting out of the water in San Francisco Bay is not only a spectacle for sailing fans, it is worth millions of dollars to New Zealand's economy.
Tom Cruise's sail with Team NZ in San Francisco this week was the result of a joint effort by the Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osborne and Leon Grice.
No more solo sails; no more lashings of Luna Rossa - Emirates Team NZ are going directly to the Louis Vuitton Cup final and we will not see them race again until August 18 (NZT).
Artemis skipper Iain Percy kept a strong grip on the rudder of common sense and trimmed the sails of expectation yesterday.
Tom Cruise thought it was just going to be a journey back to the jetty.
You could say it was a cruise for Cruise - Hollywood movie star Tom Cruise was a guest on Team NZ's hospitality boat as Aotearoa crushed Luna Rossa.
Rotation was the order of the day on the water in the America's Cup as some emails reveal some of the political pressures at play on shore.
It had a serious undertone, but stand-in skipper Glenn Ashby and his Emirates Team New Zealand team-mates clearly enjoyed the change of routine.
It'll be a comparatively quiet day on San Francisco Bay today - Emirates Team NZ will have a race against themselves and Artemis will have their first day off after three days' of successful sailing.
Oracle Racing chief executive Sir Russell Coutts says the America's Cup racing will soon blossom into a compelling spectacle but believes the cup's current format - a four-yearly festival financed by billionaires - can't last.
The emergence of Artemis from the boat shed to start foiling their 72ft (22m) catamaran on San Francisco Bay means Emirates Team NZ may have a decision to make this week.
What caused Luna Rossa to come almost to a shuddering halt after their rudder hit something during a solo race today?
Jonathan 'Jono' MacBeth has seen a few America's Cup races. A two-time Cup winner and five-time competitor, the Oracle grinder won it with the "big boat" challenge against Alinghi in 2010 and with Team New Zealand in 2000.
There was a defeated edge to Giles Scott's voice: "It's almost unfortunate that we are the only team that has to race them [Emirates Team New Zealand] in this America's Cup.
Emirates Team New Zealand have advanced to the final series of the Louis Vuitton Cup after another crushing victory over Luna Rossa this morning (NZT).
A decision whether a court injunction will stop the America's Cup, and Emirates Team New Zealand's promising march towards a showdown with holders Oracle.
New Zealand America's Cup boss Grant Dalton isn't sure whether Artemis will be ready for racing in the Louis Vuitton semifinals.