The Story So Far - The Road to the 37th America's Cup
As the dust settles following an extraordinary event in Saudi Arabia it is clear that the 37th America's Cup cycle is well underway. It's...
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Dec 3, 20231 min
AC37 - Jeddah - On Another Level - Day 3
The third and final day of the Neom Americas Cup Preliminary Regatta took the event and high performance onto another level. The breeze...
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matt7346
Dec 2, 20231 min
AC37 - Jeddah - Day 2 - Incredible
Today was the day! OMG I have not seen anything like that in this Cup cycle. In fact, I'm struggling to think of any other day where I've...
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matt7346
Nov 30, 20231 min
AC37 - Jeddah - The Good and the Bad
This morning it looked touch and go here in Jeddah with barely any breeze, but by start time there was 6-7 knots, enough for teams to...
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matt7346
Nov 28, 20232 min
Jeddah - First Impressions
Anyone who came to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the America's Cup's 2nd Preliminary event thinking that conditions would be much like the...
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matt7346
Sep 19, 20233 min
37th America's Cup Vilanova - What We Now Know
Matthew Sheahan - Closing thoughts on Vilanova AC Preliminary Regatta. Before the preliminary America’s Cup regatta at Vilanova started...
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matt7346
Sep 19, 20235 min
The Road to 37th America's Cup Starts Here
Matthew Sheahan - On Location - 37th America's Cup Preliminary Regatta - Vilanova The weather Gods seem to have it in for the America’s...
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matt7346
Mar 30, 20223 min
Barcelona for the 37th America’s Cup
I 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...
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matt7346
Mar 28, 20223 min
Tom 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...
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matt7346
Mar 27, 20223 min
Shake 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...
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matt7346
Mar 27, 20223 min
Thoughts 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...
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matt7346
Sep 16, 20213 min
Where 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...
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matt7346
Jun 28, 20211 min
Most Watched America'S Cup – Fact
28 Jun, 2021 Nielsen report confirms huge numbers for the 36th America's Cup Great to have been a part of this and thoroughly enjoyed...
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matt7346
Mar 18, 20213 min
Day 7 - The Big One - Video Feature
18 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...
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matt7346
Mar 16, 20213 min
Kiwi Breakthrough
15 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...
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matt7346
Mar 16, 20212 min
Nerves
Closing 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...
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matt7346
Mar 14, 20213 min
Just 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...
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matt7346
Mar 14, 20211 min
Pressure
14 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...
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matt7346
Mar 12, 20214 min
America's Cup Day 2
12 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...
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matt7346
Mar 10, 20214 min
Why it’s good to be wrong
10 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...
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