Go, New Zealand
You're going down, dudeImagine if Larry Ellison lost the America's Cup.Imagine if the third-richest American -- the guy who made the race so expensive that only billionaires (and poor Team New Zealand)...
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America's Cup, seen by many here as a billionaire's boat race, looks very different Down Under, with its culture of sailing and maritime innovationEmirates Team New Zealand sails in San Francisco...
View ArticleIs Larry Ellison cheating?
If you’re wondering why the hell there was only one boat was out there “racing” in the first match of the America’s Cup on Sunday, here’s the rundown on “Ruddergate,” yet another contentious chapter in...
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America's Cup -- or America's flop?EDITORIAL After years of hype, the 34th America's Cup finally got underway on the San Francisco Bay this past week — with a single boat formally winning in a match...
View ArticleDailies miss the backstory on the America's Cup ruling
Larry Ellison may be racing against his own ambitions, but he's not the only boat in this race, and rules are rules.www.boatingbusiness.comYesterday’s ruling against a last minute rule change in the...
View ArticleKiwis win first real America's Cup race as Oracle adapts to rejected rule change
New Zealand gets out of the water and into another point in the win column.After a week of one-boat “races,” an argument over rules, and an angry sponsor making waves in international media, it would...
View ArticleAmerica's Cup organizers sell small-scale naming rights at Pier 27 to pay...
Once America's Cup is done with Pier 27 in October, it will become a public park and cruise ship terminal.The Port Commission has approved a proposal by the America’s Cup Organizing Committee (ACOC) to...
View ArticleFrom America's Flop to America's Blowout -- and we couldn't be happier
New Zealand's Emirates team smokes the American Oracle team, yet again, on Sept. 12. Races could wrap up Sunday.New Zealand’s sailing team could win the America’s Cup this weekend after taking a 6-0...
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