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Oracle Comeback Win Was Brilliant – and Legit

September 30, 2013
All the clamor — mostly from New Zealand, but also from the United States — that Oracle Team USA  ‘must have’ cheated in its spectacular comeback from 8 to 1 to retain the Cup is rapidly dying down. More »

What Did You Think of the Cup?

Kiwi Zoe (left), her American boyfriend Scott and their friend Marina were totally psyched up about the Cup. How about you? © Lynn Ringseis You’ve seen it, had time to process it, so what do you think? More »

Australia to be AC35 Challenger

September 27, 2013
Love him or hate him, Larry Ellison put on a spectacular show on the Bay. © Gilles Martin-Raget / ACEA Having won the Cup two times in four attempts, a champagne-splashed Ellison told the press that he had already received a challenge for the next America’s Cup. More »

The Little America’s Cup

September 25, 2013
As the 34th America’s Cup winds down to a thrilling finish, there’s another America’s Cup going on that is likely off your radar: the International C Class Catamaran Championship, also known as the ‘Little America’s Cup’ which is taking place right now in Falmouth, England. More »

Spectacular America’s Cup Final Race Today

No one thought it would ever come down to the 19th race! © Gilles Martin-Raget / ACEA Thanks to an improbably spectacular America’s Cup, Oracle’s improbably exciting comeback from an 8 to 1 defecit, and the improbably dazzling AC72s, today’s final showdown between Oracle Team USA and Emirates Team New Zealand is one for the ages of not just yacht racing, but all of sport. More »

America’s Cup Special Bulletin

September 24, 2013
Never before in yachting history has there been such drama surrounding a race as for the first race of today’s ongoing 34th America’s Cup battle between Oracle Team USA and Emirates Team New Zealand. More »

Kiwis Foiled Again

September 23, 2013
Oracle has taken the gun for the last four races of the America’s Cup. © Abner Kingman / ACEA The 34th America’s Cup, already by far the best in the 162-year history of the event, just keeps getting more thrilling. More »

Variation on a Theme

Since innovative multihulls are in the spotlight this summer, we thought we’d introduce you to another variation on the theme. While traveling in Russia a few months ago, reader Larry Radcliffe of El Cerrito came across this odd-looking trimaran as it was sailing into the docks at Petrozavodsk (on a northern lake, east of Finland). More »

Looking for Land Crew

"I’m going to be driving down to La Paz next month with Bernard and Becky Robinson who live there on their San Diego-based powerboat Worth Waiting 4," writes Ginger Clark. "I need to find two or three people who will drive back with me. More »