SailGP looks beyond wind power to hit climate positive goal
SailGP aims to be climate positive when its "foiling" F50 catamarans begin their second season next year, in a move it hopes will speed up the electrification of the marine industry.
SailGP aims to be climate positive when its "foiling" F50 catamarans begin their second season next year, in a move it hopes will speed up the electrification of the marine industry.
Gazing out over Auckland's historic harbour from the hotel where he is in quarantine, Ben Ainslie felt waves of envy and excitement watching the New Zealand and U.S. crews practising.
The next America's Cup has come firmly into focus with all of the challenging syndicates' second generation hulls of the AC75 foiling monohulls expected to be in New Zealand on Sunday.
America's Cup holders Team New Zealand (TNZ) have been cleared of any financial impropriety following an independent audit, the government department in charge of the event said on Wednesday.
Britain's Ben Ainslie has described Team New Zealand (TNZ) as the "All Blacks of the sailing world" in a nod to their dominant rugby team, as he highlighted the challenge of dethroning the America's Cup holders next year.
New Zealand will join the $1 million prize SailGP championship next season with a team led by defending America's Cup champions and Olympic gold medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke.
New Zealand's government said on Thursday it would halt public funding for the body organising next year's America's Cup pending the outcome of an investigation into "financial and structural matters".
America's Cup holders Team New Zealand (TNZ) said on Wednesday they had asked police to investigate an alleged email scam after transferring money to a fraudulent Hungarian bank account.
Team New Zealand have blamed "informants" for spreading "highly defamatory and inaccurate" allegations about the body organising their America's Cup defence, triggering government questions over "financial and structural matters".
Two syndicates challenging for sailing's America's Cup have been granted exemptions to enter New Zealand and begin their preparations for the event that will be held in Auckland early next year.