The Return Of Ineos Team UK

Ineos Team UK return to the Solent with reduced crew Sir Ben Ainslie’s Ineos Team UK are getting back to training on the Solent this week. Since returning from the cancelled ACWS event in Cagliari, Sardinia, the team HQ in Old Portsmouth has been in coronavirus lockdown. Ainslie told local Portsmouth newspaper ‘The News‘ that a ‘backlog’ of testing has built up – but he was determined to plough through it. With professional athletes now allowed to start training together fr...

FOCUS ON Challengers for Now: trailer for the web series dedicated to the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team challenge now online The trailer for the first season of the web series “Challengers for Now”, dedicated to the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team challenge for the 36th America's Cup, is online from today, 25 May. The trailer previews the four episodes that will be available on our website starting from 4 June and describing, through interviews with team members and exclusive content,...

Pensacola, Fla. - DEFIANT, the groundbreaking AC75 racing yacht built for New York Yacht Club American Magic, departed the team’s winter base at the Port of Pensacola late in the evening on Wednesday, May 27th, 2020. Stored onboard a commercial cargo ship, the AC75 and a significant volume of additional equipment are headed for Auckland, New Zealand, venue of the upcoming America’s Cup World Series Auckland (December 17-20), the Prada Cup (January 15 - February 22, 2021) and the 36th Am...

The Government has admitted that the coronavirus pandemic could affect plans for next year's America's Cup. Travel restrictions in New Zealand has created uncertainty over the preparation for the race, scheduled for March next year. Cup challengers American Magic and INEOS Team UK have pleaded for more information from the Government about entering the country and beginning training. Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford admitted that there was uncertainty over how the pandemi...

Auckland, New Zealand - 26th May 2020 It is not so much a triumphant homecoming from Europe for the Emirates Team New Zealand AC75 ‘Te Aihe’- rather a low key but very welcome return in the dark hours of Tuesday morning having been in a state of transit since leaving the teams viaduct base on Sunday February 2nd. Its last sailing day on the Auckland harbour was January 15th. How the world has changed since that day due to COVID19. Since then Te Aihe, and 16 containers s...

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has done a magnificent job since taking office Two of Team New Zealand's rivals have expressed a growing frustration at the lack of information from the Government on an issue which could put New Zealand's hosting of the 2021 America's Cup in jeopardy. D-day is fast looming for America's Cup syndicates wanting to get their foreign nationals into New Zealand ahead of the 36th battle for the Auld Mug next March. For now, only New Zealand cit...

ETNZ have gotten back on track and have the wheels of production and training steaming along after
a lengthy Covid 19 lockdown!...

Black Magic (NZL 32) and Young America (USA 36) battle for position in the pre-start of the 1995 America's Cup As unbelievable as it may seem to those who took part or witnessed it, 13 May 2020 (14 May 2020 - New Zealand Time) will mark a quarter of a century since Team New Zealand in Black Magic (NZL 32) completed one of the most comprehensive victories in the history of the America’s Cup, winning all five races of the 1995 Cup match with margins as much as 4:14. It is one of thos...

In September 2019, American Magic’s DEFIANT became the first AC75 to both sail and foil on the waters of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Since then, the first of two AC75’s to be built for the U.S. America’s Cup Challenger has been in a “shakedown” phase, where the complex and cutting-edge systems have been tested and refined. Also part of this groundbreaking period has been the shakedown of the human element; the training of some of the world’s first AC75 sailors. American ...

Renowned international yachtsman and regatta official Iain Murray will once again take the reins as the independent Regatta Director for the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada, including the Prada Cup challenger selection series and the ACWS Auckland event including the Christmas Race. He has been jointly appointed by the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record (COR36) and is taking over from John Craig, who stepped down from the position late last year. The ...