Posts Tagged ‘alinghi’

Alinghi Choose the Extreme Sailing Series Over the America’s Cup.

It’s perhaps not surprising that Alinghi, a two time winner of the America’s Cup will not compete in the 34th edition of the yacht race. Despite the Swiss team having ...

Grant Simmer Joins TEAMORIGIN as CEO.

Conspiracy theorists who argued that the removal of Kiwi Mike Sanderson from TEAMORIGIN was a result of some British pureblood campaign have been proved wrong by the appointment of Australian ...

America’s Cup Venue Bid Put RAK on the Map.

Back when Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) was announced as Alinghi’s prefferred venue for the 33rd America’s Cup, we suggested that even if the event never took place, the emirate would ...

New J-Class Regattas Announced for 2012.

Nobody knows what will happen to BMW ORACLE’s America’s Cup winning trimaran USA17 or Alinghi’s sleek catamaran Alinghi 5. Chances are they will never see another race. The boats were ...

BMW ORACLE America’s Cup Win Answers Some Questions and Asks More

Race two of the best of three America’s Cup ‘DOG’ match took place yesterday with minutes to spare. Fans spent hours waiting for racing to get underway in Valencia while ...