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The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. [1] [2] [3] America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known as the defender) and the other from the yacht club that is challenging for the cup (the challenger).
The world's oldest international sports trophy, best yachtsmen and cutting-edge design and technology will come together in Barcelona when the 37th edition of the America’s Cup starts on Thursday.
The 2024 America's Cup was the 37th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. It was contested from 12 October 2024 as a first-to-seven-wins match-race series in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, between Taihoro, representing the defender, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron; [2] and Britannia, representing the Royal Yacht Squadron of the United Kingdom, which won the Louis Vuitton Challenger ...
Founded in 1851, the America's Cup sailing event returns on Thursday with a preliminary regatta off the coast of Barcelona that sets the stage for a one-on-one final in October.
Team New Zealand surged to a 5-3 lead over Luna Rossa in the America's Cup after a dramatic race eight on Monday as both boats splashed down and battled to stay on their foils in light winds off ...
Edit Year Defender Owner Designer Builder Skipper Defender-Club-Nation Score Challenger-Club-Nation Owner Designer Builder Skipper Challenger; Or. 1851 Cowes: Thomas Le Marchant
Team New Zealand skipper Peter Burling believes his boat has the edge in speed over America's Cup challengers Luna Rossa in "a lot of conditions" but conceded on Tuesday that he would not be ...
The AC45 are authorized to be taken out of measurement to serve as a testing platform for the America's Cup. Oracle Racing released photographs of an AC45 hydrofoiling with L-type appendages on June 18, 2012, a premonition of Team New Zealand's larger foiling AC72 Aotearoa test boat first spotted in Auckland on August 29, 2012. [2]