Americas Cup

© Chris Cameron

With so much riding on this weekend it is not surprising that all eyes have been on the weather forecast. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli need just three more wins to take the Prada Cup.

If they continue their winning streak and deliver two victories today, their path ...

PRADA Cup Final Race 4 summary

With four wins on the scoreboard Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli comes away of the first PRADA Cup Final weekend having stamped their authority and with the first to seven going to the Match, INEOS TEAM UK path gets steeper and steeper.

A first tight races with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and INEOS TEAM UK displaying perfect one-on-one duels of tacks and tactics, was followed by a race in which the British team made one pre start mistake and were left chasing the Italians for the remained of the race.

With the boats performance looking pretty even, the start becomes a defining moment. The Italians simply sailed better and dictated both races to the British.

The races have been held today on ‘the back paddock’ - as the Race Course E is commonly called – with a north-easterly ...

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and INEOS TEAM UK squared off today to determine the winner of the PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series and the right to face the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand.

The first day of the PRADA Cup Final was a double for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, with the Italian team taking the lead of the provisional ranking clearly leading both races and appearing just a click faster than the British team.

Still a long way to go to the end being a 13-races series, with the Italians in need of five more wins to go through ...

AMERICAN MAGIC CONCLUDES CAMPAIGN FOR 36th AMERICA'S CUP

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli defeats New York Yacht Club American Magic 4-0 to earn a spot in the Prada Cup finals against INEOS Team UK.
Auckland, New Zealand - New York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the America's Cup, was eliminated from the Prada Cup Semifinal following a loss in the fourth race of the series against the Challenger of Record, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli of Italy.

American Magic's participation ...

AC75 PATRIOT BACK IN ACTION AS PRADA CUP SEMIFINALS NEAR
Auckland, New Zealand - New York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the 36th America's Cup, on Wednesday re-launched its racing yacht, PATRIOT, for the first time since a damaging capsize and near-sinking suffered by the team during ...

INEOS TEAM UK jump to the PRADA CUP Final




INEOS TEAM UK stays unbeaten after what was probably the closest race seen so far on the AC75s, with 9 lead changes throughout the nail biting race against Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli.

With that result, Sir Ben Ainslie’s team won their the fifth race in a row in the Round Robins. Upon finishing the ‘ghost race’ start successfully it took them to 6 points, enough to qualify directly to the PRADA Cup final.

The Italian Challenger of Record fought until the last jibe of the last leg of a race that was the perfect definition of match race which saw the top speeds exceeding the 50 knot mark for the first time in racing. ...

Auckland, New Zealand - After racing into a squall, crashing, capsizing, incurring significant damage and coming close to sinking, American Magic’s AC75 racing yacht, PATRIOT, made it back to shore at 10:45 PM NZDT after a herculean effort to save the boat.

“First and foremost, we are incredibly grateful and thankful that everybody is safe,” said Terry Hutchinson, Skipper and Executive Director of American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the America’s Cup. “The team did an incredible job getting ...

PRADA CUP RR1 – Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli vs American Magic



Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli win Race 3 of Round Robin 1.


Start: 1515
Port: ITA
Stbd: USA
Course: combination between C &D
Axis: 204
Length: 1.8nm
Current: 1.1 knots @ 336
Wind
8-14 knots / 225 degrees
Winner: Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli ...

When the 75ft monohulls took to the air, travelling at speeds that would get you a ticket ashore, it was inevitable that the focus would be on the foils. The ability to lift a 7tonne vessel using a platform barely any bigger than a surf board is an incredible feat in itself.

So, it was perhaps inevitable that commentators and observers would start focusing their attention on whether a particular set of foils were fast or slow, whether they were more efficient at lifting the boat out of the water or providing low drag at high speed. Their shape and their configurations has been debated at length, as has the issue of whether a particular teams foils are flat or have anhedral, where the foils are angled down to the water. There have also been discussions as to the pros and cons of foils that are straight along their ...