| Police fine Alinghi $10,000 for invading Team New Zealand space |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(23-1-2003) America`s Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - The Auckland Maritime Police Unit today imposed an instant $NZ10,000 fine on the Alinghi team after one of its chase boats entered the Team New Zealand practice area. |
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| Alinghi wins Race Six to become the Challenger in America`s Cup XXXI |
| AUCKLAND, NZ-(19-1-2003) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZ - Having defeated the Oracle BMW Racing Team 5 – 1 to secure the Louis Vuitton Cup, the Swiss Alinghi Team will now meet Team New Zealand in the America’s Cup starting on February 15th. |
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| Electrifying battle sees Alinghi go 3-0 up in Louis Vuitton Cup final |
| AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND-(15-1-2003) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, New Zealand - In the most dramatic race of the Louis Vuitton Cup finals, Oracle BMW Racing took the battle right to the Swiss Alinghi team and showed that in moderate breezes and flat water the San Francisco boat is very competitive. |
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| Alinghi Too Powerful Upwind |
| AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND-(14-1-2003) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, New Zealand - Ernesto Bertarelli’s Swiss Alinghi Team has continued its domination of Larry Ellison’s American Oracle BMW Racing through the first two races of the Louis Vuitton Cup Final. |
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| Alinghi puts on clinical display to go 2-0 up in Louis Vuitton final |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(13-1-2003) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| The Swiss Alinghi team put on a clinical display of match racing skill to sweep to 2-0 over the US Oracle BMW Race team in the Louis Vuitton Cup final on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf today. |
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| Courtesy of Bob Grieser / Louis Vuitton |
| The splint used to repair USA-76`s spinnaker pole |
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| A Shift in Fortunes |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(12-1-2003) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - The first 15 minutes of Race 1 between Alinghi and Oracle BMW Racing determined the outcome of the first contest in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final. |
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| Swedish Match Tour`s Champion sets table for Oracle BMW Racing in Louis Vuitton Cup Finals |
| STAMFORD, CT, USA-(12-1-2003) Swedish Match Tour-Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Stamford, CT, USA - It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who follows match racing that Oracle BMW Racing starting helmsman Peter Holmberg has advanced to the cusp of the sport’s brightest stage in Auckland. |
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| Oracle BMW Racing will have to blow through the brick wall |
| AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND-(10-1-2003) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, New Zealand - History shows that you’re not supposed to win the America’s Cup with your first challenge. Usually, two, three, or sometimes five campaigns are required to gain the proper experience and knowledge required to lift the Auld Mug. If even then. |
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| International Jury bows to Measurement Committee on Hula disputes |
| AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND-(9-1-2003) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, New Zealand - The International Jury has determined the procedures for any team wanting to protest Team New Zealand’s controversial hula appendage and says clear and compelling evidence that it touched the hull outside of the permitted attachment zone during racing would be required. |
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| Alinghi and Oracle BMW Racing Stay the Course |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(6-1-2003) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - The two remaining Challengers in the Louis Vuitton Cup, the Swiss Alinghi Team and the American Oracle BMW Racing team, have elected to sail the same boats they’ve used all along when the best-of-nine challenger Final begins on the 11th of January. |
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| Police Investigating Threats against Alinghi |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(3-1-2003) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - Switzerland’s Alinghi Team and the America’s Cup Division of the New Zealand Police said today that the police are investigating threats made against Alinghi Team property, its team members and their children. |
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| A lack of time |
| AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND-(30-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, New Zealand - According to Bill Trenkle, the post mortem on Team Dennis Conner’s campaign at Louis Vuitton Cup 2003 is easy to assess. |
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| OneWorld Classy on Way Out |
| AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND-(24-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, New Zealand - Throughout the Louis Vuitton Cup there was no closer match-up than Oracle BMW Racing versus OneWorld Challenge. |
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| Happy Christmas from GBR Challenge!! |
| AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND-(22-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, New Zealand - Well, amazingly enough, Christmas is nearly upon us and seems to have crept up from nowhere. I guess we`ve all had our heads down focusing on America`s Cup business and with the sun shining down here, it`s easy to forget about Christmas trees, Santa Claus and snowy scenes!! |
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| A Pre-Start Gone Awry |
| AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND-(22-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, New Zealand - Facing a three-point deficit at the beginning of the day (two losses and a one point penalty), OneWorld Challenge desperately needed a victory in today’s third race of the Louis Vuitton Cup Semi Final Repechage Round. |
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| BMW Racing and OneWorld are set to race after a slight postponement. |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(20-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - Oracle BMW Racing takes on OneWorld Challenge in the best-of-seven series. The first team to reach four wins will advance to the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals where Alinghi awaits. |
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| Old Rivals Renew Acquaintances at Louis Vuitton Cup |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(19-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - The Louis Vuitton Cup Semi Final Repechage Round begins tomorrow with two well-known competitors knocking heads: Oracle BMW Racing against OneWorld Challenge. |
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| OneWorld Overcomes Prada`s Advantage |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(18-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - The first run in the semi final match between OneWorld and Prada opened people’s eyes. After a fairly even initial beat, OneWorld led around the windward mark by 10 seconds. |
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| Alinghi Hitting Stride at Louis Vuitton Cup |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(17-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - Despite suffering the effects of a celebration-induced headache, Russell Coutts is in a good mood today. Coutts’s Team Alinghi mates are also suffering the day-after affect of too much celebrating, but they deserve to be a little dusty today. |
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| OneWorld Challenge- OneWorld earns second win of semi-finals |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(12-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup - OneWorld Challenge |
| Auckland, NZL - Race three of the Louis Vuitton Cup Semi-Finals got underway on time today with winds ranging from 14-16 knots and rough seas. |
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| Alinghi on Match Point - Prada in Penalty Trouble |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(12-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - A Northerly 14 – 17 knot breeze brought heavier sea conditions to the Gulf, and provided plenty of challenges for the sailors, who revelled in the harsh conditions and provided one of the most exciting race days of the Louis Vuitton Cup with close-action starts, lead changes, and penalty calls featuring front and centre in the racing. |
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| Semi Finals Underway |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(10-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - The first start of the Louis Vuitton Cup Semi Final Round was one of the most active and aggressive since the regatta started more than two months ago. Alinghi’s Russell Coutts had the better of Oracle BMW’s Peter Holmberg in the first minute and a half of the five-minute pre-start sequence. |
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| Too much wind blows racing off Hauraki Gulf |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(9-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - Maintaining a pattern established from Round Robin Two, the first day of racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup semi-final was cancelled today because of the weather. |
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| OneWorld Disappointed |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(9-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - The America’s Cup Arbitration Panel (ACAP) has docked the Seattle Yacht Club’s OneWorld Challenge one point in the Semi Finals and Finals of the Louis Vuitton and in the America’s Cup, if it advances that far. In addition it has been ordered to pay costs to the Panel of US$65000. |
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| The OneWorld Timeline |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(6-12-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup 2002 |
| Auckland, NZL - The case title is simple enough, ACAP 02/11. The parties to the case are easily identified, Yacht Club Punta Ala/Prada Challenge, New York Yacht Club/Team Dennis Conner and Seattle Yacht Club/OneWorld Challenge. |
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| Team New Zealand willing to testify in the OneWorld case |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(3-12-2002) Luis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - In the case against OneWorld Challenge re-opened jointly by Prada and Team Dennis Conner, Team New Zealand’s role in the whole saga has been a matter of some curiosity. |
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| Scanning for Success |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(2-12-2002) Luis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - Deciding what to wear on the day might look like a taxing decision when you have 150 sails to choose from. But for ACC teams, knowing their wardrobe inside out is essential. |
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| GBR Challenge - Goodbye Victory and Stars & Stripes |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(2-12-2002) Luis Vuitton Cup - GBR Challenge |
| Auckland, NZL - Nobody likes to lose by 4-0 in any sport but today both Victory challenge from Sweden and Team Dennis Conner are swallowing the bitterest of pills in being eliminated from the America’s Cup competition. |
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| What is the theory behind double knuckle bows? |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(1-12-2002) Louis Vuitoon Cup 2002 |
| Auckland, NZL - Chopping and changing bows appears to have been common practice in the Louis Vuitton Cup so far. Among those considering a change, Prada were the first to go public while Team Dennis Conner chose to alter the shape of USA-77 Stars & Stripes’ bow during the rebuilding of the boat after its sinking earlier in the year. |
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| Prada and OneWorld Sweep Into Semi Finals |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(30-11-2002) Louis Vuitoon Cup 2002 |
| Auckland, NZL - The Italian Prada Challenge and OneWorld, a Seattle based team, swept their opponents 4 – 0 in the Quarter Final Repechage to advance to the Louis Vuitton Cup Semi Finals. |
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| The End of the Road for Team DC and Victory Challenge? |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(29-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - Racing started on time today, hastening the demise of ‘Mr. America’s Cup’, Dennis Conner’s Stars & Stripes squad, and the tenacious Victory Challenge, from Sweden. |
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| Prada and OneWorld Take it to Match Point |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(28-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - After nearly a three-hour delay, waiting for the wind to fill in on the Hauraki Gulf, OneWorld and Prada advanced to match point, taking 3 – 0 leads in the Quarter Final Repechage of the Louis Vuitton Cup. |
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| Monday is third in a row lost to weather. |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(25-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - Early this morning a wind speed of 10 -15 knots over the course area raised hopes that the Quarter Final Repechage may at last get under way. But by midday there were ominous signs as the breeze started to die away. |
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| Team Dennis Conner and Prada Launch Attack |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(24-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| In a joint submission, Team Dennis Conner and the Prada Challenge have asked the America’s Cup Arbitration Panel to take another look at the OneWorld case, alleging “multiple contraventions of Article 15.3(c) of the Protocol.”
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| Victory, Team Dennis Conner March On |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(18-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - Sweden’s Victory Challenge and Team Dennis Conner of the U.S. have advanced to the Quarterfinal Repechage Round of Louis Vuitton Cup 2003. |
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| GBR Challenge Exits Louis Vuitton Cup Quarter Final |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(18-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup - GBR Challenge |
| Auckland, NZL - GBR Challenge today lost the Louis Vuitton Cup
Quarter-Final against Stars & Stripes, exiting the competition for the
31st America’s Cup. |
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| Strong winds mean no racing on the Hauraki Gulf... |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(17-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - At 12:40 on Sunday afternoon, the Race Committee hoisted the AP flag over the A flag, postponing racing to another day. |
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| GBR Challenge - Team Dennis Conner Takes 2-1 Lead |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(15-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup - GBR Challenge |
| Auckland, NZL - Stars & Stripes today won the third race of the
Quarter-final series, to take a 2-1 lead in the best of seven series. |
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| Prada pulls out |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(15-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup |
| Auckland, NZL - In a strategic move, Italy’s Prada Challenge has pulled out of the remaining matches left in its Louis Vuitton Cup Quarter Final match-up against the Alinghi Swiss Challenge. |
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| GBR Challenge - Team Dennis Conner Takes 2-1 Lead |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(15-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup - GBR Challenge |
| Auckland, NZL - Stars & Stripes today won the third race of the
Quarter-final series, to take a 2-1 lead in the best of seven series. |
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| GBR Challenge - Stars & Stripes Level Series |
| AUCKLAND, NZL-(14-11-2002) Louis Vuitton Cup - GBR Challenge |
| Auckland, NZL - Stars & Stripes today levelled the quarter-final with GBR
Challenge at 1-1. In the second race of the best of seven series, the
Americans established an early lead up the first beat and then protected
their advantage throughout the race to record a 77 second victory. |
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