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America’s Cup
Final • D2 : 7 seconds for Alinghi and second consecutive win
Alinghi skipper Russell Coutts got the better of his young protégé, Kiwi skipper Dean Barker on Sunday in a thrilling race to go up 2 - 0 in the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup Match. Coutts made an incredible pass on the final run, breaking hearts across New Zealand as Alinghi slipped by just a few hundred metres from the (...) -
America’s Cup
Team New Zealand Withdraws From First Race of America’s Cup Match
All the elements were in place for a splendid opening to New Zealand’s second defence of the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup . Sunshine bathed the inner Hauraki Gulf in bright colours, a spectator fleet estimated at 2,500 boats was on hand and the weather conditions were challenging, 20 knots and a one-metre (...) -
Rolex Miami OCR
Victories Claimed on Final Day of
Warm sunshine and fresh breezes on Biscayne Bay made for a quick and delightful last day of the Rolex Miami OCR, where 526 athletes representing 34 countries have been competing in 11 Olympic and Paralympic classes since Wednesday. The regatta winners, most with goals of competing in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, will certainly be defined (...) -
Rolex Miami OCR
Lead Changes in Five Classes Mark Day Three
Today’s brilliant conditions brought out the best in 526 athletes from 32 countries competing in the Rolex Miami OCR. Temperatures, which have been unusually cool this week for southern Florida, rose into the mid 70s, while the 7-10 knot breezes remained relatively constant compared to yesterday’s dramatic shifts. "If you could (...) -
Team Alinghi
Russell Coutts speaks on Team New Zealand departure
Alinghi skipper Russell Coutts revealed today the circumstances of his and Brad Butterworth’s decision to leave Team New Zealand in May 2000. -
Rolex Miami OCR
Sailors Play Fluky Winds at Rolex Miami OCR
Though a two-hour delay in racing was frustrating to some, the light breezes that caused it were the "means to consolidate" for others on day two of the 2003 Rolex Miami OCR where 526 athletes are competing in 11 Olympic and Paralympic classes. In particular, Bermuda’s Peter Bromby widened his lead over the 68-boat Star fleet by winning (...) -
Rolex Miami OCR
American Olympic Hopefuls Flock to Biscayne Bay
Next week, the USA’s Olympic sailing hopefuls will have a chance to gauge themselves against the world’s best as they prepare for Athens 2004. In fact, more than 470 athletes representing over 30 countries will be competing on Biscayne Bay as the Rolex Miami OCR gets underway. In its 14th year, the Rolex Miami OCR has not seen a (...) -
Louis Vuitton Cup
Final • D6 : Alinghi Wins the Louis Vuitton Cup
For the second time in his sailing career, skipper Russell Coutts has won the Louis Vuitton Cup after his Alinghi Team defeated the Oracle BMW Racing crew on Sunday afternoon in the waters off Auckland. -
Louis Vuitton Cup
Final • D5 : Coutts and Butterworth one point left to the Challengers’s Cup
In another tension-wracked match, Alinghi and Oracle BMW Racing put up a sensational battle on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf today, with each team holding the lead at different stages of the race and the outcome never certain until the closing stages of the final (...) -
Louis Vuitton Cup
Final • D4 : Oracle BMW Racing Scores First Win in Streaky Conditions
The combination of Chris Dickson calling tactics, Peter Holmberg driving and a dash of luck gave Larry Ellison’s Oracle BMW Racing its first win of the Louis Vuitton Cup Final in a wacky day on the Hauraki Gulf.
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