Defending champions Team Australia have made a fast start on the opening day of the SailGP global league winning all three races.
Bernie Wilson
Skipper Tom Slingsby and his champion Australian crew have capsized the US team's catamaran during their first training session for the SailGP season opener.
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A big increase in real-time data available will make the 2021 SailGP season different from the inaugural 2019 season, affecting race strategies.
Olympic dreams were already starting to form for aspiring Perth sailor Nia Jerwood as she penned a primary school poem to her heroes.
Steve Butler
Aussie sailor Jimmy Spithill is over his America's Cup loss and is now leading a revamped American team in the SailGP global league.
The long wait for star WA sailors Monique de Vries and Nia Jerwood to have their Olympic debut confirmed is over.
New US Olympic sailing chief Paul Cayard wants to build his team to compete with the likes of Great Britain and Australia again.
Luna Rossa's co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill has vowed to return for another America's Cup bid after going down to Team New Zealand on Wednesday.
Team New Zealand, with Bendigo sailor Glenn Ashby on board, have secured the America's Cup with a win over Italy's Luna Rossa co-led by Aussie Jimmy Spithill.
Team NZ is just one win away from successfully defending their America's Cup title with Luna Rossa's Australian helmsman Jimmy Spithill on the brink of defeat.
Steve McMorran
Team New Zealand have eased to a 6-3 lead and need one more race victory to retain the America's Cup against Italy's Luna Rossa in Auckland.
Team New Zealand have put clear water between themselves and their America's Cup rivals Luna Rossa, winning both races on day five to take a 5-3 lead.
Low winds have forced organisers to postpone racing in the America's Cup till Monday with holders Team New Zealand and challengers Luna Rossa locked at 3-3.
For the third time in as many day's racing, Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa have shared the wins to leave the 36th America's Cup level at 3-3.
The battle for the 36th America's Cup has started off Auckland with Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa sharing opening day honours.
Nick Mulvenney
Word around the docks in Auckland is that Team New Zealand have a faster boat than Italian challengers Luna Rossa in the 36th match for the America's Cup.
A relaxation of the New Zealand government's coronavirus lockdown of Auckland means the 36th America's Cup will begin with two races on March 10.
Gun Australian yachtsman Jimmy Spithill and Peter Burling will renew a long rivalry when they contest next week's America's Cup.
Team New Zealand and Italy's Luna Rossa will have to wait for their first weekend of America's Cup racing due to the latest COVID-19 lockdown in Auckland.
Jimmy Spithill says he has learned much from the 2017 America's Cup failure with Oracle Team USA.
Italy's Luna Rossa has won the Challenger series final and will contest the America's Cup against holders Team New Zealand next month.
Sir Ben Ainslie's Team UK has pulled off its first win of the challenger series final to retain faint hopes of battling Team New Zealand for the America's Cup.
America's Cup hopefuls Luna Rossa say the Challenger Series final should continue "behind closed doors" if Auckland remains under strict COVID-19 restrictions.
Italy's Luna Rossa has continued to dominate the America's Cup Challenger Series final, increasing a lead over INEOS Team UK to 4-0.
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