Year: 2020

America's Cup

AC36 Practice Races, Day 1

December 8, 2020

Emirates Team New Zealand back on the start line Auckland, New Zealand – 12/8/2020 – Emirates Team New Zealand heard the gun of a race start today for the first time in 3.5 years since 26th June 2017 in Bermuda. It was the first of a series of practice races being run by the 36th America’s Cup (AC36) race management as an opportunity to test the entire network of systems needed to successfully run and broadcast an AC36 race. Emirates Team New Zealand was assigned a 30-minute period to practice 3 starts and each team had the ability to have […]

America's Cup

Emirates Team New Zealand launch their racing AC75 Te Rehutai

November 19, 2020

11/19/2020 – Emirates Team New Zealand, the Defender of the 36th America’s Cup presented by PRADA, launched their racing boat Te Rehutai. The name of the kiwis second AC75 ‘Te Rehutai’ means “where the essence of the ocean invigorates and energizes our strength and determination.” The America’s Cup, the oldest international sporting trophy, relentlessly reinvents itself.  The 36th America’s Cup, the next generation of the Cup, will see teams of eleven sailors compete in spectacular 25m carbon-fibre monohulls that will fly on foils above the water of the Hauraki Gulf in Auckland, New Zealand.

Boat Shows

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show – 2020 (OCTOBER 28 – NOVEMBER 1, 2020)

November 2, 2020

Forth Lauderdale, Florida – 11/2/2020 Representing the first major marine event to take place since April, the 61st Annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, (FLIBS) the largest in-water boat show in the world, gathered locals and visitors alike from Oct. 28 – Nov. 1 to attend the five-day outdoor show with hundreds of exhibitors and boats on display across nearly 90 acres and six city sites. With Informa’s comprehensive AllSecure health and safety standards in place, FLIBS showcased a safety-first boat show experience with a multitude of show enhancements and new guidelines enforced throughout the show.  These measures included mandatory face coverings and social […]