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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...

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The AC75s are rewriting the rules of match racing in the America’s Cup. In today’s second match, one of the most bizarre yet thrilling duels in the 170-year history of the event, the Kiwis were their usual relaxed, methodical selves as they chomped down on the Italians’ lead on the first downwind leg, but then...

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TV commentary guest David 'Freddie' Carr spots something from the chopper - an inverted mainsail that spelt doom for Luna Rossa's chances in the all important pre-start of Race 6...

© 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’...

“When you’re not invited to the final press conference of the Prada Cup, which is run by, and funded by, and won by the Prada Team, I think that’s pretty disappointing.”

Although Italian to a man (except that man Jimmy Spithill), this is the least Italian team ever to have contested an America's Cup...

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

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