matt7346Mar 293 minBarcelona for the 37th America’s CupI talk to Grant Dalton about the decision The defence of the next America’s Cup will be in Barcelona in Sept-October 2024. Those that...
matt7346Mar 283 minTom Slingsby was lucky - Or was he?28-3-22 Viewed in isolation, Tom Slingsby’s Australia Team got lucky in the dash-for-cash final race of SailGP’s Season 2. Sitting at the...
matt7346Mar 273 minShake up for the SailGP Final?27-3-22 So, who would have thought the local rock star, Jimmy Spithill would be so deep in the fleet on his home waters? Who would have...
matt7346Mar 273 minThoughts ahead of the Sail Grand Prix final And why this week’s practice sessions have proved that it might not be as straightforward as we thought It might not be the biggest prize...
matt7346Sep 16, 20213 minWhere will the 37th America's Cup be?On the day we were due to find out....16 Sep, 2021 So now we know, or to put it more accurately….now we don’t. We had been told that the...
matt7346Jun 28, 20211 minMost Watched America'S Cup – Fact28 Jun, 2021 Nielsen report confirms huge numbers for the 36th America's Cup Great to have been a part of this and thoroughly enjoyed...
matt7346Mar 18, 20213 minDay 7 - The Big One - Video Feature18 March 2021 In the six America’s Cups that I’ve now be present at and covered it’s never been daylight when I’ve written the final race...
matt7346Mar 16, 20212 minNervesClosing in on the Cup 16 March 2021 I learned my lesson down here in New Zealand many years ago, the lack of any ozone layer means that...
matt7346Mar 16, 20213 minKiwi Breakthrough15 March 2021 Could this be it? Could the Cup stay in NZ? I’m off to buy a gum shield tomorrow. It’s bad enough grinding my teeth at...
matt7346Mar 14, 20213 minJust one mistake...14 March 2021 Day 3 - Blink and you've lost One mistake is all it takes and both teams made one apiece today to end the day three-all...
matt7346Mar 14, 20211 minPressure14 March 2021 How teams are coping with so much at stake - AC36 Day 4 America's Cup: Pressure & How Teams are Coping + Day 4 Round up No...
matt7346Mar 12, 20214 minAmerica's Cup Day 212 March 2021 Why day 2 made things exciting and confusing I am going to need therapy after this Cup. In 30 years of covering events as a...
matt7346Mar 10, 20214 minWhy it’s good to be wrong10 March 2021 America's Cup - Day 1 There are some days when you’re pleased to be wrong…today was one of them. After three months of...
matt7346Mar 9, 20212 minAmerica's Cup, here we go9 Mar, 2021 Why the opening seconds of any first Cup race are crucial It is impossible to overstate the importance of the opening seconds...
matt7346Mar 9, 20211 minAmerica's Cup Icon8 Mar, 2021 How a red boat shaped the Kiwi Cup future I've been itching to tell this story since I got here...how NZL20 formed the...
matt7346Mar 6, 20213 minStir Crazy6 Mar, 2021 On the day that the 36th America's Cup should have begun... Had it not been for the recent COVID restrictions, today would...
matt7346Mar 4, 20211 minPreparing for a Showdown4 Mar, 2021 How the two America's Cup teams are spending their final days After almost four years of planning the start of the 36th...
matt7346Mar 2, 20211 minThe Cup in Lockdown2 Mar, 2021 Covid may have put plans on hold, but there's plenty going on backstage The recent Covid lockdown in Auckland has forced the...
matt7346Feb 28, 20211 minThe INEOS debrief28 Feb, 2021 Exclusive video interview with Ben Ainslie & Grant Simmer I sat down with Ben & Grant for an exclusive interview where they...
matt7346Feb 21, 20215 minOh dear21 Feb, 2021 I so wanted this stage of the series to go down to the wire From the evidence of the Round Robin there was every reason to...