SAN DIEGO — With his stellar America’s Cup career behind him, Jimmy Spithill introduced his new Red Bull Italy SailGP Team on Thursday in Dubai just ahead of the opening regatta of the global league’s fifth season. We’re almost there.” Spithill left the U.S. SailGP team in November after 2 ½ seasons to focus on starting the Italian team and …
BARCELONA, Spain — Orient Express Racing became the first team eliminated from the America’s Cup after losing to Britain’s INEOS Britannia on Monday. Switzerland’s Alinghi Red Bull Racing, the other boat in danger of being eliminated on Monday, won its point against Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli to finish at 3-5 and make it to the playoffs. INEOS Britannia beat …
BARCELONA, Spain — Britain’s INEOS Britannia and NYYC American Magic both locked up spots in the America’s Cup playoffs along with the already qualified Italians after winning races on Saturday. The boat skippered by Olympic great Ben Ainslie then dealt Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli its first loss in competitive racing in the opening round robin. American Magic of the …
BARCELONA, Spain — Some fireworks between America’s Cup heavyweights from Italy and New Zealand were interrupted by the real thing Tuesday when a brilliant bolt of lightning struck the course a few hundred meters in front of the carbon-fiber boats during preliminary racing. Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team was sailing through a storm well ahead of two-time defending America’s …
Two-time defending champion Emirates Team New Zealand won the second preliminary regatta of the 37th America’s Cup cycle by using flawless tactics and getting a big assist from a spectacular nosedive by Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team in the match race final Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The experienced winning crew included Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, who have …
SAN DIEGO — Star skipper Jimmy Spithill said he plans to start a new Italian team following his departure from the United States SailGP team in tech titan Larry Ellison’s global league. Spithill, an Australian, is best known for twice winning the America’s Cup with Ellison’s Oracle Team USA, including leading an epic comeback in 2013 when the American-based crew …