Luna Rossa's perfect start + Umpire mistakes + INEOS precarious tactics

On-The-Ground Updates and Highlights from the North Sails team in Auckland

Fusing athleticism, teamwork, and technology, the monohulls competing for the 36th #AmericasCup are the fastest in the world.

Round Robin 1 & 2 of the Prada Cup had delivered an explosive start on the road to the America’s Cup.

INEOS Team UK have made huge improvements between the ACWS to the Prada Cup. Has Giles Scott's communication been part of this improvement?

Ken Read and Nathan Outterridge run through the American Magic Capsize second by second to understand exactly how it happened.

Matt Sheahan talks to multiple world champion Nathan Outteridge who has been studying these boats and the way they are thrown around the course...

One of the answers may lie in the rig and the double skinned ‘soft’ sails, the powerplant of an AC75...

Peter recounts his storied career including his America's Cup wins, his telling of the Rambler 100 incident, and a discussion on his new Marine Weather University...

Naively Neil Hunter in the heli answered Nathan Outteridge question by saying he preferred the right-hand side. Which didn’t look so smart when Italy came back ahead from the left at the first cross on the final beat. But when Nathan asked him again...

© ACE/ Studio Borlenghi: So far it's all been about the start

So it’s at 2-2 apiece after four tense starts between Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa. Note that I said ‘starts’, not ‘races’. Up until now it’s been ALL about the start. Both Blair Tuke and Jimmy Spithill commented after racing today on the power of being ahead on these boundaried race courses...

How often do we come away from Day 1 of an America’s Cup Match being none the wiser about who’s going to win?

After “There is no second place”, the oldest cliché of the America’s Cup is ‘Fastest Boat Wins’...