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Artemis Says Goodbye,

…….but not for good. Having overcome such a great tragedy as the Swedish team has endured, the mere participation of the team’s New AC72 and its crew is remarkable. Artemis Racing Chairman Torbjorn Tornqvist says “I certainly see this was the first campaign, but not the last one”. Check out the Semi-final Race 4 Highlights….

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Keeping Up with the Cup – San Francisco

After winning his fifth Olympic gold medal and just a short month of preparation under his belt, Ben Ainslie and the J.P. Morgan BAR crew, have taken to the race course. An early lead in the first race led to a 17 second victory, with a third place finish in the second race, making them the series’ overall…

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Check Out The New Hydroptère…….

……. doing some practice in the San Francisco Bay to prepare for the crossing of the Pacific. The freshly painted, newly sponsored DCNS Hydroptère, the boat that flies, has recently been delivered from France to the west coast of America to attempt to beat the Trans-Pacific World Record. This record should get smashed considering the boat’s speed. I am…

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The Oldest Trophy In Sports

Newport Rhode Island is no stranger to the Americas Cup. Annapolis local, Terry Hutchinson and Team Artemis seem to be the big match racing threat.  While James Spithill and Team Oracle maintain a 4 point lead in the overall standings just ahead of Emirates Team New Zealand. The standings atop the leaderboard are tight to…

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Americas Cup Comes to the East Coast!

The Americas Cup World Series will make its final stop Newport, Rhode Island. The venue will feature both fleet and match racing. Make sure you are there. The event will take place June 23 – July 1, 2012 with AC World Series Championship racing taking place June 28 – July 1. Racing inside the Narragansett…

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Catamaran’s Without Wings

Although everyone is awestruck with mystique of the now famous winged AC 45’s, one shouldn’t forget what might have started all of this stadium sailing obsession, and that is the Extreme 40. Take a few minutes and catch up on what has been happening with these high speed catamarans. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZtqyJJlU88&w=560&h=315] Brought to you by http://www.extremesailingseries.com/