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Louis Vuitton Americas Cup Fukuoka Day 1 – Full report, interviews and photos

What a great day for the America’s Cup to make its official racing debut in Japan. Challenging conditions, but at least there was wind, enough at times for foiling, and it stayed in for the duration of racing. As always with America’s Cup World Series racing, the set course was very short with tight boundaries, and with the cross over conditions, handling and sail choice between the jib and…
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America’s Cup in Fukuoka brings sailing into the limelight in Japan

The sport of sailing is pulling out rock star status right now in Japan; the Japanese people are seriously lapping up having America’s Cup racing in their country for the first time in its long and prestigious history. Today (as well as one on one’s and a report on the practice racing which you will find below), I have a video from the press conference, with all of the team skippers, except…
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LVACWS Portsmouth final day - fast and furious

While Oracle Team USA did all but everything they could to take the win with a 2, 1, 1 scorecard today, it wasn’t enough to topple the fast and furious tenacity of a Ben Ainslie led Land Rover BAR on the final day of racing at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Portsmouth. “We really want to try and do you proud” said Sir Ben Ainslie to the crowd before racing…
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LVACWS Portsmouth 2016 day 1: "Bumper" action

The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series racing today in Portsmouth, with light winds across the course in a slowly building south-easterly sea breeze was far more exciting than any of us were expecting. Feedback from all of the teams put this down to a tight start line, tidal influence and the constantly shifting breeze to the right resulting in “bumper car” action that kept…
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LVACWS Portsmouth 2016 practice: home team advantage?

I feel like I should buy a lottery ticket. No offence locals of England, but I believe we have had five sunny summer days in a row, which meant for a little sea breeze this afternoon, and four practice races ahead of official racing tomorrow and Sunday. Could this be the first Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event where we see a full program of racing? Here’s hoping! Land…
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A new adventure with NC Sports

I have joined the Nautical Channel (NC) Sports team as of the beginning of June as their new sailing correspondent to an audience of over 22 million people on televisions globally (mainly in the northern hemisphere at present). Check out my segment on the YANMAR Moth Worlds, the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in New York, and what is up next for me and make sure you watch the full…
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Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series - New York Press Conference

Check out the discussion with the skippers of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Brookfield Place New York. Topics include the expected America’s Cup being back in NY, and who are the biggest “threats”, to the unexpected wine and cheese, how the skippers might celebrate a win in NYC, and comparison between the pollution in the Hudson to the pollution in…
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Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series 2016 - Oman Final Day!

The full wrap of the final day of racing at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event in Oman, the fourth leading towards Bermuda 2017. Interviews with Glenn Ashby of Emirates Team New Zealand on their third in Oman and still being on top of the leader board overall, Dean Barker on SoftBank Japan’s continual improvements, Adam Minoprio on Groupama Team France’s first…
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