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Yachting: Races now one boat farces
The opening week of the hyped America's Cup summer of racing is shaping to be a fizzer, with all three scheduled races set to be, at best, a one-boat procession round the course.
The opening week of the hyped America's Cup summer of racing is shaping to be a fizzer, with all three scheduled races set to be, at best, a one-boat procession round the course.
Once the dust had settled after May's horrific training accident, the Artemis team came together to make some decisions about the future.
It's doubtful that there has ever been a more ludicrous run-in to the America's Cup.
America's Cup organisers have been dealt another blow with the much-hyped opening day of racing set to become a non-event after Luna Rossa skipper Max Sirena confirmed his team are unlikely to be on the startline.
One part of the ceremony that did hit the right note was the moving video tribute to Artemis sailor and British Olympian Andrew Simpson, who died on San Francisco Bay two months ago in a training accident.
It seems to be the unspoken mystery hovering over the America's Cup: where is Artemis Racing's boat?
The America's Cup has been officially opened, with a glamorous and at times comically over-the-top ceremony at the event village in San Francisco today.
Team New Zealand management are being careful to keep the sailing team insulated from the "ruddergate" drama, writes Dana Johannsen.
The scene is set for a fascinating opening week of the America's Cup, where the limited action on the water will be secondary to the duelling in the jury room.
Team New Zealand has confirmed its intention to file a protest with the America's Cup Jury seeking a ruling that the regatta director has exceeded his jurisdiction in seeking to unilaterally introduce changes to the AC72 class rule.
Two weeks before America's Cup racing is due to start, the action looks set to move back into the courtroom. Will you watch the America's Cup? Send us Your Views.
Team New Zealand are challenging the legality of moves from America's Cup organisers to push through changes that would effectively alter the design rule.
Many of us would be happy if Emirates Team New Zealand won this year's America's Cup.
Like an out-of-control catamaran, the America's Cup continues to cartwheel towards ever-mounting disaster.
When the Government announced they'd be chipping in $36 million to get Dean Barker and his crew on the startline, there were howls of protest across the country.
While the nation's love affair with the ultimate all-or-nothing contest ended a decade ago, 2013 offers the chance of reconciliation.
In the wilds of Milford Sound, where cellphone reception can be sketchy, it didn't take long for the news to reach Grant Dalton.
Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton is concerned rivals are using the recent tragedy involving Artemis as an opportunity to push their own agendas for the America's Cup.
A panel of investigators has asked America's Cup teams to hold off sailing following the death of Artemis sailor Andrew Simpson.
There was a sentence from America's Cup Racing Management boss Iain Murray that will have raised the heart rates of the challengers - particularly that of Team NZ.
The America's Cup regatta may begin in just over seven weeks - but the possibility of civil legal action after the death of Artemis sailor Andrew Simpson remains.
With the competitors having invested upwards of half a billion dollars in the event, America's Cup organisers have declared the show must go on, writes Dana Johannsen.
America's Cup organisers have confirmed this year's event will go ahead following the death of British sailor Andrew Simpson last week.
Team New Zealand will be represented by Kevin Shoebridge at tomorrow's competitors' meeting in San Francisco as America's Cup organisers try to plot the way forward for the event.