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Oracle Racing
Photos : ORACLE TEAM USA 17 sailing and flying
On Monday, ORACLE TEAM USA 17 spent Day 4 sailing on a sunny San Francisco day. here are Guilain Grenier’s last images. -
Foilers
Rob Douglas, Paul Cayard, James Spithill and Paul Campbell James sailed aboard l’Hydroptère
l’Hydroptère DCNS arrived in San Francisco Bay a month ago, when the America’s World Series regattas resumed between the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. During several weeks, the flying sailors shared the technology of their "flying carpet" with the American public and their training sessions with guests on board. A few (...) -
ASP World Tour
Kelly Slater : "It’s cool to win the 50th here"
Kelly Slater (USA), 40, reigning 11-time ASP World Champion has claimed the Hurley Pro at Trestles over Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Lower Trestles, marking the iconic Floridian’s 50th elite ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) win of his (...) -
Sport Cats
Olivier Backes and Matthieu Vandame took 2012 Formula 18 World Championship
France’s Olivier Backes and crew Matthieu Vandame figured they needed to sail only two of the last three races to pocket first place in the GLOBALTECH Formula 18 World Championship Saturday. -
Rolex Big Boat Series
Fourth Quarter Rally: Class Winners and IRC North American Champion Determined
On the fourth and final day of the 48th annual Rolex Big Boat Series, a majority of the eight classes competing had bristling showdowns to determine winners, while others held the line to establish early leaders as class victors, including IRC A’s Jim Swartz (Park City, Utah) and his team aboard the TP52 Vesper, which also were named the (...) -
Speed Classic
L’Hydroptère DCNS has set the nautical mile speed sailing record in San Francisco
The french giant foiler, l’Hydroptère, which arrived in California in July in a bid to secure the Transpacific Record Record #sailingrecord (Los Angeles - Honolulu), set the record Record #sailingrecord around the legendary San Francisco Bay yesterday, 31 August (...) -
ORACLE TEAM USA
Video : American AC72 first sails on San Francisco Bay
ORACLE TEAM USA became the second America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup team to launch and sail an AC72 AC72 #AC72 on Friday, taking its new boat, ’17′, out on San Francisco Bay in the morning. “We got the boat in the water and got sailing. We slowly brought it up and everything was looking good,” said (...) -
ORACLE TEAM USA
Video : American first AC72 launched in San Francisco
ORACLE TEAM USA’s first AC72 AC72 #AC72 is wheeled from the build shed into the light. After a day of testing and a brief but all-important christening, she touches San Francisco Bay for her very first journey. -
America’s Cup World Series
First America’s Cup World Series in San Francisco won by local team
ORACLE TEAM USA today captured the two championships of AC World Series San Francisco, thrilling the capacity crowds who had front row seats to close-quarter, fast-paced racing on San Francisco Bay. -
America’s Cup World Series
Video : Russell Coutts crashes in the race committee boat
Fleet Race 3 ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS crash into the Race Committee boat in the start. Russell and the boys were not able to race as their AC45 AC45 #AC45 full sustained damage.