America’s Cup:Kiwis keep climbing Everest

America’s Cup:Kiwis keep climbing Everest

In 1983,the America’s Cup was front- and back-page and everywhere in between. Now,you’d hardly know it was on. But John Bertrand is still watching keenly.

  • byGreg Baum

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A tale of two starts,America’s Cup all square after day one

A tale of two starts,America’s Cup all square after day one

Team New Zealand won the first race by 31 seconds but Jimmy Spithill’s Italian challengers Luna Rossa charged back to take the second by seven seconds.

  • byNick Mulvenney
‘They have changed the rule’:Ainslie slams ‘Machiavellian’ Italians

‘They have changed the rule’:Ainslie slams ‘Machiavellian’ Italians

Ineos Team UK skipper Ben Ainslie has hit out at the crew of America’s Cup rival Luna Rossa for refusing to delay racing until crowds could return in Auckland.

  • byTom Cary
Australia absent from calendar as SailGP unveils season schedule

Australia absent from calendar as SailGP unveils season schedule

Sydney's leg of the lucrative SailGP series will head across the Tasman to Auckland after the schedule for an expanded Season 2 was revealed.

'A scar on our waterway':Anger over $10 million Sydney marina expansion

'A scar on our waterway':Anger over $10 million Sydney marina expansion

Plans to redevelop the Gladesville Bridge Marina have attracted the ire of residents,local councils,waterway users and a senior NSW government minister.

  • byAndrew Taylor
'Until you're dead,you're not':US team to continue Cup prep after capsize

'Until you're dead,you're not':US team to continue Cup prep after capsize

Skipper Terry Hutchinson said American Magic are confident of making repairs and being able to continue in the America's Cup lead-up,which resumes on Friday.

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US boat takes flight and almost sinks in chaotic America's Cup preliminaries

US boat takes flight and almost sinks in chaotic America's Cup preliminaries

In a spectacular Prada Cup challenger race off Auckland,American boat Patriot flew through the air,tipped over and had to be saved from sinking.

  • byDuncan Johnstone
'If it all goes wrong,I'd rather be on the water':COVID-19 sparks boating boom
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'If it all goes wrong,I'd rather be on the water':COVID-19 sparks boating boom

NSW Maritime figures show a 40 per cent rise in secondhand boats and a 26 per cent rise in new boat registrations during the pandemic.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Is it a boat,is it a plane? How the America's Cup is turning into an air race

Is it a boat,is it a plane? How the America's Cup is turning into an air race

Forget winged keels. In the modern America's Cup,high-tech yachts worth tens of millions of dollars can complete an entire race without touching the water.

  • bySarah Keoghan
Superyacht crew cleared of COVID-19 after Cairns scare

Superyacht crew cleared of COVID-19 after Cairns scare

Two cases of COVID-19 detected among the superyacht's crew have been deemed no longer active,but all 20 members will continue their 14-day quarantine.

  • byMatt Dennien
Quarantined luxury superyacht disputes Qld co-operation claims

Quarantined luxury superyacht disputes Qld co-operation claims

The Lady E has sailed into the centre of Queensland's COVID-19 focus from a month in the Maldives,with authorities now trying to trace the source of infection on the 75-metre vessel.

  • byMatt Dennien