Year: 2022

37th America's Cup

INEOS Britannia reveal test boat, T6

October 27, 2022

United Kingdom – 10/27/2022 – The British America’s Cup team, INEOS Britannia, today launched their first test boat for the 37th America’s Cup code-named T6, designed and built-in collaboration with Mercedes-AMG F1 Applied Science, a division of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team. The 40-foot test boat will play a vital role in the team’s program through to the next America’s Cup, to be raced in Barcelona in summer 2024. T6’s work will commence with an extensive testing period, primarily aimed at validating the team’s design tools and testing key componentry ahead of the design deadline to start the build of […]

Boat US Tips

A month after landfall, TowBoatUS hurricane Ian recovery crews face challenges

October 27, 2022

Pine Island, Florida – 10/27/2022 – Nearly one month after making landfall September 28 as a Category 4 storm, Hurricane Ian is still challenging TowBoatUS cleanup crews tasked with salvaging thousands of recreational vessels damaged or destroyed by the historic storm – one of the deadliest in the state’s history. The TowBoatUS on-water towing fleet from Naples to Venice, which typically handles routine on-water assistance for recreational boaters, is now at the center of the recovery effort to remove vessels from waterways, backyards, parks, roads, docks and boat lifts. “Based on the destruction we are seeing, Hurricane Ian was ten […]

37th America's Cup

Tomorrow’s World – The women’s and youth America’s Cup Notice Of Race released

September 29, 2022

9/29/2022 – Clear your diary. Set the date. The countdown has commenced for what promises to be one of the most exciting, innovative and ultimately consequential series of events of the 37th America’s Cup. The Notice of Race for the 2024 Women’s America’s Cup and Youth America’s Cup has been posted and firm plans can now be laid by prospective teams from around the world to compete in the glorious surrounds of Barcelona in 2024. The rapidly re-vamping Port Olímpic, a short and pleasant stroll down the palm-lined promenade that stretches the length of Barcelona’s waterfront, is set to be […]

Boat US Tips

Boaters on inland waters need to prepare for Ian, too

September 29, 2022

Springfield, Virginia – 9/29/2022 – As Hurricane Ian roared ashore in Florida yesterday, boaters on the coast made preparations to protect their boats from harm. The nation’s largest recreational boating advocacy, services, and safety group for boaters, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), now urges owners of recreational boats on inland waters to prepare. “Hurricane preparation is no longer an issue just for coastal boaters,” said BoatUS vice president of Public Affairs Scott Croft. “2011’s Hurricane Irene showed us that storms can damage boats on freshwater lakes and rivers, or when stored in backyards, far from the coast.” […]

37th America's Cup

Iain Murray and Richard Slater in key roles for the 37th America’s Cup In Barcelona

September 27, 2022

9/27/2022 – In a double announcement by it is confirmed today that Iain Murray has been appointed as Independent Regatta Director for the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona alongside Richard Slater who continues in the role as Chief Umpire, positions they both occupied for the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland. Murray’s role will see him take charge of all aspects on the water of the 37th America’s Cup and all AC World Series Events in the lead up to the regatta’s start in September 2024. Richard Slater, one of the architects of many of the rules governing high-performance foiling, will […]

Rolex Big Boat Series

Sensational Rolex Swan Cup concludes the 2022 ClubSwan Racing season

September 18, 2022

San Francisco, California – 9/18/2022 – The 2022 Rolex Swan Cup signed-off in style on Sunday with deciding races across all the classes settling the final positions after a week of intense but friendly racing. Teams competing in the four ClubSwan One-Design classes settled matters with two closely fought windward-leeward races, while the varied and diverse 56-strong fleet of Swans taking part in the Rating classes took on a long coastal race around the La Maddalena archipelago, taking in the islands of Santo Stefano, Caprera and La Maddalena itself. The level of competition across all classes was self-evident, from the […]

Rolex Big Boat Series at St. Francis Yacht Club

Consolidation at the Top at Day 3 of the 2022 Rolex Big Boat Series at St. Francis Yacht Club

September 17, 2022

San Francisco, California – 9/17/2022 – San Francisco Bay presented a morning ebb tide that ran smack-dab into an escalating westerly breeze, stirring up square-faced chop for the first race of Day 3 at Rolex Big Boat Series in San Francisco, California. Breeze continued to build as the afternoon progressed, but a flooding tide dulled the whitecaps during the day’s second race, with all 76 competing boats finishing within cheering distance of the Race Deck of St. Francis Yacht Club. Racing has been competitive across all eight classes, especially as today’s wind freshened, but with only one race to go […]

SailGP

What Does it take to go pro with SailGP?

September 13, 2022

USA – 9/13/2022 – At the Range Rover France Sail Grand Prix last week, the United States SailGP Team participated in SailGP’s Inspire Program by hosting youth athlete Lu Vivaldi as the team’s intern in Saint-Tropez. In addition to keeping the team’s F50 in top flight shape, Lu also found time to spend reviewing performance data with U.S. SailGP Team Coach Philippe Presti and grabbed the opportunity to ask him several questions about what it takes to make it on a SailGP team. What sailing background do most SailGP athletes come from? Most of our athletes come from Olympic campaigns, […]

SailGP Season 3

France set new SailGP speed record of 99.94 km/hour on crazy day in Saint-Tropez

September 11, 2022

Saint-Tropez, France – 9/11/2022 – The France SailGP Team has broken the SailGP racing speed record, hitting 99.94 km/hour during the third Fleet Race of the Range Rover France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez. Incredibly strong wind speeds – surpassing 40 km/h during racing – resulted in the record-breaking performance by the French at their home event. Great Britain had earlier set a new speed record of 99 km/h in the opening race of the day, before Quentin Delapierre’s team’s record-setting showing just a short while later. Remarkably, due to the conditions, every single team surpassed the 90 km/h mark […]

SailGP Season 3

New Zealand dominate packed day of racing in Copenhagen

August 20, 2022

Peter Burling’s team wins second event in a row, winning every race of the day at ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix and defeating France and Denmark in final | Copenhagen, Denmark – 8/20/2022 – The New Zealand SailGP Team has comprehensively established itself as the new form team of SailGP Season 3, winning three fleet races and dominating the event final at the ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix | Copenhagen. On a bumper day of racing in front of packed grandstands, Peter Burling sailed to victory in front of an impressive France team led by Quentin Delapierre and Nicolai Sehested’s […]