By kimball | Published:
January 30, 2011
With 12 of 14 entries still racing the doublehanded Barcelona World Race and crossing their 30th day at sea on Monday, Ryan Breymaier joined a videoconference from sixth placed Neutrogena and expressed shock at all the plastic in the sea. “What really sets me off,” Breymaier said, “is that everywhere we sail we pass plastic [...]
By kimball | Published:
January 28, 2011
The Norwegian-flagged Star Islefjord departed Valencia, Spain in the darkness of a Spanish Friday night, a few minutes before 2 pm Friday, California time, carrying the America’s Cup winning trimaran, USA 17. The ship is on its way to San Francisco via the Panama Canal on a schedule to arrive on March 1. The Oracle [...]
By kimball | Published:
January 25, 2011
Thanks to my friends at Oracle Racing for calling this to my attention. Lisa Blackaller, daughter of the inimitable Tom, writes: “I just had to share this clip with old friends in the America’s Cup world. This video clips and interview were done with my dad prior to his untimely death in 1989. He would [...]
By kimball | Published:
January 22, 2011
Will it create a buzz when that whopping big trimaran that won the America’s Cup sets sail on San Francisco Bay? The boat with a wing too tall to fit under the Golden Gate Bridge? Believe it. Photo by GuilainGrenier/Oracle Racing Is it sure to happen? Likely to happen is closer to the case. Oracle [...]
By kimball | Published:
January 20, 2011
We all know the top sailors carve things a bit finer, push things a bit harder. In that league, it’s taken for granted that you leave no half-inch uncontested. If you’re not born to compete, you’re not there. So— I got a kick out of talking to Ross Halcrow (Roscoe to the sailing world) about [...]
By kimball | Published:
January 18, 2011
The last time I went to Key West Race Week, I needed all my woolies, and now I’m not there and, through the lens of Leighton O’Connor . . .
By kimball | Published:
January 16, 2011
A sunny day in Auckland, New Zealand, but with a forecast of big winds to come. The first AC45 catamaran was rigged and launched and sailed ahead of a tropical cyclone that threatens to shut down the show temporarily . . . Photo by Billes Martin-Raget/Oracle Racing Photo by Gilles Martin-Raget/Oracle Racing Photo by Gilles [...]
By kimball | Published:
January 15, 2011
The first AC45 on its way to salt water. Photo by Gilles Martin-Raget/Oracle Racing America’s Cup Race Management just made one brilliant move. They’ve hired John Craig to join them as Principal Race Officer for the America’s Cup World Series, Louis Vuitton Cup, and the 34th America’s Cup. For eleven years, John has been the [...]
By kimball | Published:
January 12, 2011
All the pieces of the first AC45 catamaran will soon be finished, painted, and transported from Warkworth, New Zealand to Auckland and assembled on Friday at the former base of Team New Zealand. And soon after that, sailing. Additions to the fleet are already in-build at multiple facilities, because these puppies are supposed to be [...]
By kimball | Published:
January 10, 2011
My friends at Latitude 38 today called me out for sowing confusion regarding a possible date slip for the next America’s Cup, from 2013 to 2014. It’s stuff that I’ve been hearing that wouldn’t go away, but the fact is, in this game, there’s always talk talk talk. So I emailed a reliable source at [...]