Jun 3, 2017: The 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda has now been underway for a week. America’s Cup Event Authority CEO Sir Russell Coutts shares his views on the thrilling and dramatic first seven days of action on the Great Sound in his latest vlog episode above.
Having finished the final races of the LVAC Qualifiers on Saturday, June 3, which eliminated Groupama Team France, the remaining 4 Cup Challenger teams move to the next round of races, the LVAC "Play Offs Semi-Finals"--
Team A: Emirates Team New Zealand
Team B: LandRoverBAR
Team C: Artemis Racing
Team D: SoftBank Team Japan
--which will determine the two Challenger finalists, from which the America's Cup Challenger will be selected to race against the America's Cup Defender Oracle Team USA.
Video above published May 19, 2017: He is the architect of the modern America’s Cup and in the second part of our exclusive interview, Sir Russell Coutts describes how sailing’s most prestigious event might influence sailing in the future.
By the time teams launch their race boats, some will have built five boats for this America’s Cup cycle.
In the second part of our exclusive interview, Coutts talks candidly to World Sailing about how the future America’s Cup may look.
Under the skin of an ACC cat
Video above published May 10, 2017: What's under the skin of an ACC cat? With the help of Groupama Team France we take a look at what lies within the modern America's Cup Class designs and what makes them tick.
35th America's Cup (AC35) will be raced in Bermuda in June, 2017, with the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers & Challenger Playoffs scheduled for 26th May – 12th June 2017.
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Video above published May 15, 2017: Sir Russell Coutts is one of sailing’s most decorated sailors. To add to the long list of World Championships he has an Olympic Gold medal and has won the America’s Cup five times, three as skipper. But his reputation hangs on more than simply pointing a boat in the right direction. In 2010 he swapped the wheel for the reins and announced a bold, ambitious and controversial vision for the next America’s Cup, the move to catamarans. And the Cup has never looked back. He talks candidly and exclusively to World Sailing.
Building an ACC boat
Video above published May 11, 2017: Take a look behind the scenes as teams build the race boats they will use in the 35th America's Cup and find out why these launches are a big deal
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Video above published May 3, 2017: The America's Cup has always been about pushing the limits of technology in sailing, particularly in recent years. One of the hallmarks of the modern America's Cup is the introduction of foiling, reaching speeds never seen before and allowing the boats to literally "fly" above the water.
The America's Cup Revolution: There has been a revolution in the America's Cup - a shift from monohulls racing far offshore to incredibly fast, foiling catamarans raced close to shore by high-performance athletes. Yet over 166 years the spirit of the America's Cup has remained the same, with sailing's best and brightest pushing the boundaries to win the oldest trophy in international sport.
Sir Russell Coutts' Vlog: Episode 4
Video above published May 12, 2017: In this episode, America's Cup CEO Russell Coutts discusses the amazing progress Bermuda has made thus far with the construction of the AC Village and the readiness of the 6 teams to compete. Over the course of the final practice races, the teams will need to refine their techniques and prepare for the qualifiers in 2 weeks.
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Russell Coutts on the preparations for the 35th America's Cup
Video above published Feb 28, 2017: Elaine Bunting talks to Sir Russell Coutts about Emirates Team New Zealand's pedal power and preparations for the America's Cup in Bermuda.
ACCs foiling
Published Mar 4, 2017: Watch the 2017 America's Cup Class boats practice in Bermuda's Great sound. more about sailing below (@ web version link below for mobile)
Frequently described as the most beautiful race in the world, we find out why so many get hooked on the Rolex Middle Sea Race.
The World Sailing Show talks exclusively with the architect of the modern America’s Cup, Sir Russell Coutts. Then follow the opening leg of the Vendée Globe and see how a 60 footer is built in 60 seconds.
Head to Barcelona for the glitz and glamour of the Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards, as well as reporting on some big news from World Sailing’s annual conference.
One Australia Sinking, America's Cup Challenger Series 1995:
Original Commentary - The dramatic moments on the 5th of March 1995, when during round four in the round robin stage of the Americas Cup challenger series, and in a match race between One Australia and Team New Zealand, the Australian boat split and sunk within two minutes.
In 1995, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron syndicate Team New Zealand, skippered by Russell Coutts, first won the challenger series in NZL 32, dubbed "Black Magic" because of her black hull and uncanny speed. Black Magic then easily defeated Dennis Connor's Stars & Stripes team, 5–0, to win the cup for New Zealand. Although team Young America's cup candidate yacht USA-36 was defeated in defender trials by Stars & Stripes' USA-34, the San Diego Yacht Club elected to defend the cup with USA-36 crewed by Stars & Stripes. The run-up to the 1995 Cup was notable for the televised sinking of one Australia during the fourth round robin of the Louis Vuitton challenger selection series, with all hands escaping uninjured. The 1995 defender selection series also had the first mostly female (with one man) crew sailing the yacht USA-43, nicknamed "Mighty Mary".--Wikipedia
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