act12060625sg_3862 Valencia, 25 06 2006Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 12United Internet Team Germany.
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New Zealand and the America’s Cup: Kiwis claim the Cup New Zealand and the America’s Cup: Kiwis claim the Cup
Nobody will ever know if the Briton James Ashbury, the first to challenge for the America’s Cup in 1870 with Cambria, and who had later immigrated in the 1880s to New Zealand to raise sheep, would have been the one to pass along to his adopted countrymen a passion for the Cup.
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A day in the life The tactician A day in the life The tactician
One of the strangest roles on an America’s Cup boat - or any large racing boat for that matter - is that of tactician. The tactician doesn’t steer the boat, or navigate it. He doesn’t trim the sails, and he’s not in charge as the skipper is. But the tactician has an enormous influence on the outcome any America’s Cup race.
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Designed to win Designed to win
“People say the gains are going to be less in this cycle, but I don’t think that’s true. We’re making the same type of gains as in the last cycle. It’s just the way it is…”
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Red ships arrive Red ships arrive
Across the harbour from the +39 Challenge installation, the South bases now also have an Italian flavour: a dedicated but relaxed spirit that one could already feel in the air around ITA 66 and ITA 77.
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Team Capitalia is the third Italian team to challenge for the 32nd America’s Cup Team Capitalia is the third Italian team to challenge for the 32nd America’s Cup
Team Capitalia becomes the third Italian Challenger for the 32nd America’s Cup, presenting its team in a public ceremony in Naples today. Distinguished by an ‘all-Italian’ sailing team, and with the support of its main partner Capitalia, an Italian banking group, the team formerly known as Mascalzone Latino has high expectations for its campaign.
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Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team christen ITA 90 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team christen ITA 90
The Italian Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team christened its first new boat on Wednesday in a ceremony that linked the team base in the Port America’s Cup with a press conference for Italian media in Milan.
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act12060701cb_1835 Valencia, 01 07 2006Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 12United Internet Team Germany.
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act12060624cb_7319w Valencia, 24 06 2006Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 12Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team vs United Internet Team Germany.
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