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America's cup

This week in the Cup #22

18 February 2012

AC34 Sustainability Plan released

As sailors, we believe we have a responsibility to ensure that our world’s oceans remain protected for future generations to enjoy. And as the America’s Cup, we believe that we have an even greater responsibility.

Committing to be “more than a sport” means taking our respect for our oceans to another level. For our organization, it means fully embracing sustainability to enrich the communities we visit and protect natural ecosystems. It means optimizing the social, economic and environmental impacts of our activities in delivering the 34th America’s Cup.

Today, we are proud to share the AC34 Sustainability Plan. It is the cornerstone of our planning to deliver a sustainable 34th America’s Cup.

America’s Cup Uncovered – Episode 26

This week on America’s Cup Uncovered we’re in Auckland where Luna Rossa Challenge and Emirates Team New Zealand went head to head for the first time. We have reactions to the testing sessions for the wing extensions, designed to increase the speed of the AC45s in lighter breeze. Then, we are in San Francisco to uncover Save the Bay – partner of the America’s Cup Healthy Ocean Project. But first, some crew news from Team Korea: White Tiger Challenge announced the recruitment of two current world champion athletes. Australian Nathan Outteridge will replace outgoing skipper and helmsman Chris Draper, who has joined Luna Rossa Challenge. Also joining Team Korea is World and European Finn Champion, Giles Scott, from Great Britain.

Work progressing in Naples

15 February. Construction is well underway on the necessary infrastructure in Naples, ahead of the first America’s Cup World Series event in 2012, which begins on April 7.

The main project is the extension of breakwaters in front of the city center which will allow the teams to safely launch and hoist the AC45 catamarans from flat water behind the protective barrier.

Valentine’s Day 2010

14 February. Where were you two years ago today? Do you remember what you were doing?

I certainly do. My Valentine’s Day in 2010 was quite memorable, if not for the surroundings or the romantic company, at least for the occasion.

I was behind a computer screen, very similar to the one I’m looking at now, located in quite an ordinary office tucked up out of the way on the second floor, in an all but forgotten corner of the BMW ORACLE Racing team base in Valencia.

February 14, 2010, was the second and, as it would turn out, the final race day of the 33rd America’s Cup.

Directors’ chairs

13 February. Sailing Anarchy’s Alan Block speaks to Regatta Director Iain Murray and the Chairman of ACEA, Richard Worth about all things America’s Cup.

Envisioning a Waterfront Reborn

13 February. We’ve heard the promise that America’s Cup will pick up where other efforts leave off, to build a commercially viable San Francisco waterfront. A reasonable person could wonder, so let’s consider precedents.

Jury decision posted in case AC07

13 February. The Jury has posted its decision in case AC07, relating to questions asked about a cooperation agreement between Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa Challenge.

In the decision, the Jury writes: “The Jury has reviewed the Agreement together with an Amendment which was agreed between the two parties after the Jury published its Decision in Case AC06.

Jury decision posted in case AC10

10 February. The Jury has released a decision in Case AC10, regarding a question from China Team, who had asked whether competing in Extreme Sailing Series regattas would constitute obtaining a surrogate yacht under the Protocol.

The decision can be found on the Official Noticeboard under Jury Notice 31 (JN031).

Awaiting the Cup in Venice

9 February. Venice’s Compagnia della Vela will pave the way to the America’s Cup World Series Venice in May. The yacht club has announced a program of four conferences, during which some major players in the international sailing will talk about their experience in the America’s Cup world.

25 Years On

3 February. Esteemed America’s Cup historian and writer Bob Fisher looks back at the 1987 America’s Cup, and Dennis Conner’s historic win…

February 4th 1987 is a day printed firmly on the minds of everyone who enjoyed the great Australian summer of fun, sun and America’s Cup racing in Fremantle. It concluded what many believe was the most enjoyably memorable Cup summer of all-time. It was the day that Dennis Conner and his crew proved that they were invincible.

Breaking New Ground

1 February. With a ceremonial mechanized punch through the roof of Pier 27, City, Port and Event Authority officials today broke ground on the Port of San Francisco’s James R. Herman Cruise Terminal at Pier 27. The cruise terminal and its surrounding area will serve as part of the America’s Cup Race Village in 2013, which will be the hub of activity, along with Pier 29, for the Louis Vuitton Cup and America’s Cup Finals.

Format and function

1 February. Organizers and race crews are considering the way America’s Cup racing will be conducted in 2013, once teams switch from the AC45 catamarans currently being raced in the America’s Cup World Series to the enormous AC72 cats that will be screaming around San Francisco Bay in the summer of 2013.

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