Americas Cup Media Centre - Latest News [Page 2]
Emirates Team New Zealand claims the Louis Vuitton
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 9:02 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
The entire Emirates Team New Zealand squad climbed up on the prize giving stage to receive the Louis Vuitton Cup on Wednesday evening, after winning the fifth race of the Final, to sweep their way into the America's Cup Match. More >>
Emirates Team New Zealand sweeps the Louis Vuitton
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 9:00 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Valencia, 6 June, 2007 - Emirates Team New Zealand won its fifth consecutive race of the Final to sweep the Louis Vuitton Cup 5-0 and advance to the America's Cup Match. Italy's Luna Rossa Challenge put up a brave fight in this final contest on ... More >>
Emirates Team NZ One Win Away From Contending Cup
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 7:19 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Valencia, 5 June, 2007 - The Emirates Team New Zealand squad won its fourth consecutive race of the Louis Vuitton Cup Final and now sits one win away from a trip to the America's Cup Match. The Kiwis trailed early in Tuesday's race, but soon recovered ... More >>
The 32nd America's Cup in numbers
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 10:21 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Here are some interesting numbers and statistics about life around Port America's Cup: Visitors * 1 818 740 is the number of visitors to Port America's Cup for the 2007 season (since April 1) * 68 254 is the record number of visitors for one day ... More >>
Team NZ wins a tight one at the Louis Vuitton Cup
Saturday, 2 June 2007, 4:29 pm | Americas Cup Media Centre
Valencia, 1 June, 2007 - Emirates Team New Zealand won an incredibly close match over Luna Rossa Challenge on Friday to take a 1-0 lead in the Final of the Louis Vuitton Cup. The Kiwis never led by more than 12-seconds around the race course. More >>
Emirates Team NZ joins ORACLE, Luna Rosa in Semis
Monday, 7 May 2007, 9:42 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Three teams are now secure in their position on the leaderboard at the Louis Vuitton Cup. On Saturday, BMW ORACLE Racing and Luna Rossa Challenge earned enough points to ensure the fifth place team couldn't overhaul them. With its win on Sunday, Emirates ... More >>
Spanish rising, Kiwis falling at the Louis Vuitton
Friday, 27 April 2007, 10:21 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Racing conditions were excellent with an Easterly wind of 10 knots blowing across the race areas. The conditions were gusty and shifty, leaving plenty of passing lanes for the tacticians to discover. And the Umpires were busy on Thursday as well, with ... More >>
'32nd America's Cup - The Game' is released
Friday, 27 April 2007, 10:07 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Valencia, 26 April, 2007 - '32nd America's Cup - The Game, Virtual Skipper 5' has been released to the gaming community worldwide. The video game is a remarkably life-like simulation of America's Cup racing in Valencia and includes a campaign based on the ... More >>
+39 Challenge wins protest, is awarded redress
Friday, 6 April 2007, 2:57 pm | Americas Cup Media Centre
Valencia, 05 April, 2007 - The Jury has ruled in the protest between +39 Challenge and United Internet Team Germany and awarded redress to the Italian team. More >>
K-Challenge is re-born
Thursday, 6 April 2006, 9:55 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Valencia, 5 April 2006 - The French K-Challenge team has found a title sponsor and has been re-born with a new name: 'AREVA Challenge'. Areva is an international power company with over half of its 58 000 employees based in France. The team made the ... More >>
China Sails Into The America's Cup - A Success
Tuesday, 4 April 2006, 9:12 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Valencia, 3 April 2006 - The 'China Sails into the America's Cup' promotional evening in Beijing was a roaring success on Saturday night. The show at the Tian Qiao Theatre, produced by the organisers of the 32nd America's Cup and Louis Vuitton, was attended ... More >>
NZL-81 Arrives Safely In Valencia
Saturday, 25 September 2004, 4:43 pm | Americas Cup Media Centre
Valencia, Spain, 24th September - The second Emirates Team New Zealand race boat, NZL-81, landed safely in Valencia early in the afternoon on Friday after a long trip from Auckland, New Zealand. The boat is a replacement for NZL-82, which was seriously ... More >>
Americas Cup Gets Underway
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 12:39 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
7th September, 2004 – Marseille is proving to be an excellent venue for the opening Act of the 32nd America’s Cup. Strong winds, a spectacular backdrop, and close action on the Rade Sud is showing that America’s Cup racing in Europe is every bit as exciting ... More >>
They're the Champions
Friday, 3 March 2000, 9:33 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Team New Zealand's staggering 5-0 defeat of Italy's Luna Rossa must have had divine approval. As the black boat entered the stadium-like Viaduct Basin to a heroes' welcome this afternoon, the sun broke through clouds that had darkened Auckland's skies for ... More >>
Sweet As!
Friday, 3 March 2000, 9:18 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
You can take the aggressive, defending America's Cup helmsman off the boat, but you can't take the fight out of the crew. More >>
Americas Cup Press Conference Quotes
Friday, 3 March 2000, 8:37 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Russell Coutts, skipper of Team New Zealand, on watching the last race from the chase boat: “It was a fantastic race today. The boat looked even more impressive of the boat than it did on the boat. When you are on the boat you worry about little things ... More >>
Youthful Dean Barker Wins His First Race
Friday, 3 March 2000, 8:35 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
Team New Zealand won its fifth race in this America’s Cup to become the first nation outside the USA to successfully defend the America’s Cup. Kiwi skipper Russell Coutts, who had won nine races in a row going back to 1995, relinquished the helm to the ... More >>
Barker to Skipper Kiwis' Quest for Repeat
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 4:34 pm | Americas Cup Media Centre
Russell Coutts always said this would happen, but no one believed it would happen on the day Team New Zealand, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, can wrap up its second straight 5-0 America's Cup victory. More >>
Rookie in line to seal Kiwi Cup triumph
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 1:28 pm | Americas Cup Media Centre
Team New Zealand may use a new skipper today as they seek a 5-0 triumph over a Prada crew beaten on the water and browbeaten by their tycoon boss. More >>
Bertelli Rocks Prada
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 9:41 am | Americas Cup Media Centre
You have just come home after another tough day at the office. Before you can even kick off your shoes, your wife says your boss has just distributed this statement to the press: More >>