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US photographer Abner Kingman wins Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2013
A jury composed of specialists from the yacht racing and photographic industries chose Abner Kingman’s photograph taken during the 34th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup for the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award 2013. The delegates from the World Yacht Racing Forum chose Rick Tomlinson’s photograph for the «Public (...) -
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9 - 8 : ORACLE TEAM USA stages massive comeback to win 34th America’s Cup
ORACLE TEAM USA won the 34th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup in a winner-take-all 19th race, defeating challenger Emirates Team New Zealand by 44 seconds in today’s clincher. Led by 35-year-old skipper Jimmy Spithill, ORACLE TEAM USA won by the score of (...) -
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8 - 8 : ORACLE TEAM USA, Emirates Team New Zealand in winner-take-all race for the 34th America’s Cup
After staging an improbable comeback from 7 points behind and with no margin for error, ORACLE TEAM USA has forced a winner-take-all race tomorrow for the 34th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup after sweeping both races today. -
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8 - 6 : ORACLE TEAM USA takes another step towards defending the America’s Cup
ORACLE TEAM USA’s improbable comeback is alive and well in the 34th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup . Skipper Jimmy Spithill led the defender to another wire-to-wire victory in Race 16 and now needs just three more victories to successfully defend the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup (...) -
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8 - 5 : ORACLE TEAM USA extends 34th America’s Cup with a pair of victories today over Emirates Team New Zealand
The defender won Race 14 by 23 seconds and Race 15 by 37 seconds in two wire-to-wire victories. ORACLE TEAM USA trails Emirates Team New Zealand 8-5 on the scoreboard and 8-7 in victories (the team’s first two victories weren’t counted due to a penalty imposed by the International Jury), but has won four straight since Emirates (...) -
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8 - 3 : Oracle Team USA gets lucky in race 13
Emirates Team New Zealand came within one nautical mile of winning the 34th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup today, but then fell afoul of the 40-minute time limit. When Race 13 was re-sailed, the Kiwis were thwarted by a penalty and good speed Speed #speedsailing from defender ORACLE TEAM (...) -
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8 - 2 : ORACLE TEAM USA kept alive its hope of retaining the America’s Cup with a wire-to-wire win in Race 12
Skipper Jimmy Spithill and crew defeated challenger Emirates Team New Zealand by 31 seconds, aided by a 6-second jump off the start line. Spithill did a great job in the prestart, gaining a leeward hook with 20 seconds to the start that forced Emirates Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker to tack away to avoid the risk of a (...) -
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8 - 1 : Emirates Team New Zealand on precipice of winning 34th America’s Cup
About 38 minutes later, as the two crews were jockeying for position on the start line of Race 12, the race committee postponed the sequence because the wind strength had exceeded the prescribed 20-knot limit, forcing the Kiwis to wait until tomorrow for a chance to close out the (...) -
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7 - 1 : Races 9 & 10 provide great spectacle in San Francisco
In what ranks as one of the most enthralling races from start to finish in America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup history, Emirates Team New Zealand scored a 16-second victory in Race 10 of the 34th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup . The win came after ORACLE TEAM USA scored a 47-second victory in Race 9 to gain its (...) -
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Dean Barker avoids capsize in race 8 but let James Spithill win a second point
Only one race was held today, but tonight fans of the defender see a chance for a comeback after a 52-second victory in Race 8. Fans of the challenger are thankful their AC72 is still upright and in one piece, safely tucked back in the team base after a near capsize on the upwind (...)
Wing sailed 72’ catamaran for the 34th America’s Cup
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