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Auckland’s Sky Tower to be illuminated in red with the PRADA Cup logo

January 13, 2021

Auckland, New Zealand – 1/13/2021 – Starting on January 14, on the eve of each racing day of the PRADA Cup, Auckland’s Sky Tower will be illuminated in red with the PRADA Cup logo projected with a variety of animations, displayed day by day every 30 minutes at the hour and half hour, to mark the Challengers Selection Series of the 36th America’s Cup presented by PRADA. Auckland Sky Tower is 328 metres (1,076 ft) tall, this makes it the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere. Completed in 1997 it has become an iconic landmark in Auckland’s skyline due […]

PRADA CUP PAIRINGS UNVEILED

January 6, 2021

New Zealand – 1/7/2021 – After over three years of waiting, the wins, the losses, and the points will really start to count. The PRADA Cup is set to start on January 15 with the three Challengers competing to qualify to race against the America’s Cup Defender Emirates Team New Zealand in America’s Cup Match. The PRADA Cup consists of 17 racing days starting with a multiple Round Robin format where the three Challengers – Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, New York Yacht Club American Magic, and INEOS TEAM UK face off each other four times. The team with the most […]

U.S. Viewers: How to watch the next 36th America’s Cup event (January 15, 2021 NZST, The PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series):

January 3, 2021

LIVE: Per the broadcast agreement between the America’s Cup event authority and the U.S. rights holder NBC Sports, U.S. viewers will be able to watch all racing live with the NBC Sports Gold America’s Cup Pass. The NBC Sports Gold app and online portal not only show the America’s Cup “world feed” for all live racing, but have additional content such as on-demand access to onboard cameras, stats, and all race replays from the ACWS through the America’s Cup Match. TIME DELAY: NBC Sports Network and www.nbcsports.com will carry most of the racing either live or with a multi-hour time delay, and all races will […]

The US Coast Guard has released its National Recreational Boating Safety Survey

December 16, 2020

USA – 10/2020 – The US Coast Guard (USCG) has released its National Recreational Boating Safety Survey and its chock full of demographics of those who took to the water in recreational vessels in 2018, as well as profiles of boat ownership. According to the survey, an estimated 84.5 million Americans — more than 26% of the country’s total population — engaged in recreational boating at least once in 2018. Nearly 14.5 million U.S. households — or about 12% of total households — owned 25.4 million recreational boats. The National Recreational Boating Safety Survey (NRBSS) – The NRBSS Information collection […]