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Andy Rice in Apocalypse Now

Opinion and observation from the Front Line of the sailing world. Sailjuice editor Andy Rice travels the world reporting at the biggest sailing events and interviewing the best known sailors. At least he was until a certain virus got in the way. Here's the inside line from Andy and other guest bloggers...

 

NEIL PICKS UP NATHAN’S HOSPITAL PASS

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Naively Neil Hunter in the heli answered Nathan Outteridge question by saying he preferred the right-hand side. Which didn’t look so smart when Italy came back ahead from the left at the first cross on the final beat. But when Nathan asked him again...

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Dirty Secrets being aired in Auckland

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The AC75s are rewriting the rules of match racing in the America’s Cup. In today’s second match, one of the most bizarre yet thrilling duels in the 170-year history of the event, the Kiwis were their usual relaxed, methodical selves as they chomped down on the Italians’ lead on the first downwind leg, but then...

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Inverted Mainsail costs Italy dear

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TV commentary guest David 'Freddie' Carr spots something from the chopper - an inverted mainsail that spelt doom for Luna Rossa's chances in the all important pre-start of Race 6...

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Who will Pull Off a Pass in Open Play?

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© ACE/ Studio Borlenghi: So far it's all been about the start

So it’s at 2-2 apiece after four tense starts between Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa. Note that I said ‘starts’, not ‘races’. Up until now it’s been ALL about the start. Both Blair Tuke and Jimmy Spithill commented after racing today on the power of being ahead on these boundaried race courses...

 

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There is No Fastest Boat

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How often do we come away from Day 1 of an America’s Cup Match being none the wiser about who’s going to win?

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Fastest Boat Wins

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After “There is no second place”, the oldest cliché of the America’s Cup is ‘Fastest Boat Wins’...

 

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(Luxury) handbags at dawn

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“When you’re not invited to the final press conference of the Prada Cup, which is run by, and funded by, and won by the Prada Team, I think that’s pretty disappointing.”

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The Un-Italian Job

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Although Italian to a man (except that man Jimmy Spithill), this is the least Italian team ever to have contested an America's Cup...

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The Drama of the Prada Cup

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On-The-Ground Updates and Highlights from the North Sails team in Auckland

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What can Ineos Team UK do to improve?

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One of the answers may lie in the rig and the double skinned ‘soft’ sails, the powerplant of an AC75...

 

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First Impressions from a Sail Designer

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JB Braun shares his thoughts on this edition of the Cup and the technology above the deck...

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INEOS flight problems

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Is Sir Ben Ainslie still able to recover? Yes, INEOS UK team can win the Prada Cup, once they adjust their existing foil package...

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