Emirates Team New Zealand enjoying the luxury of taking a few laps on the America's Cup race course - so close you can almost touch it.. (CC Available)

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It's lighter, smaller, and easier to throw around. It's great to be back out on the small boat. Emirates Team New Zealand go for a blast in Auckland. (CC Available)

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Monday, 10th August was the first time there were two AC75's on the Waitematā Harbour which definitively steps up the intensity for everyone in the team. (CC Available)

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Up until the 1960’s only two countries, Canada and Great Britain could lay claim to having challenged for the America’s Cup. The unbeatable Americans and a winning streak which had passed ten decades entered the realm of legend drawing out the fighting spirit in sailing nations around the world. ...

ETNZL launched their second AC75 boat - Te Rehutai. Christened and tested within 24 hours - full speed ahead for their upgraded flying machine. Radically different from their first and strong similarities with INEOS Team UK's Britannia. Footage © Emirates Team New Zealand & INEOS Team UK

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America's Cup racing has changed a lot in 170 years. Emirates Team New Zealand host the 36th and the boats fly nowadays.. (CC Available)

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Te Rehutai, started in February, launched In November. Big team effort from everyone within the marine industry in New Zealand to make this happen. (CC Available)

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Take a tour of the AC36 race tracks with Emirates Team New Zealand's Ray Davies. The 36th America's Cup in January to February 2021 defended by New Zealand vs the challengers - Great Britain, Italy and United States of America. Preliminary races start later this month. (CC Available)

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Practice is over and racing has begun in Auckland. Brutal day for INEOS Team UK and American Magic tops the table skippered by local Kiwi Dean Barker. Footage © Emirates Team New Zealand, INEOS Team UK, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team

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The war on words is alive and kicking in Auckland - the infamous Ainslie comments on the Foil Cant system didn't go down well with the supplier… Racing was fast and furious with both American Magic and Emirates Team New Zealand topping the table. Footage © America's Cup - Challenger of Record - A...

Final day of the AC World Series - plenty of things to learn for all the teams and for some, plenty of head scratching. Emirates have won the skirmish but the battle is next year and then if you get through as the Challenger, its war! Footage © America's Cup - Challenger of Record - ACPI - ATEED ...

The Challengers have been busy since the World Series last December. The AC is about innovation and pushing the boundaries and plenty was learnt from their first skirmish on the water four weeks ago. As with any good general you review, regroup and retrain.. Footage © America's Cup - Challenger o...

The breeze was up and sea state bumpy - at the top of the range for the AC75's. But it looked similar to the UK's Solent where the Brits are best at home.. Let's not forget the America's Cup is about experimentation and pushing the boundaries - unfortunately the Americans found theirs today. Foot...

Well the hypothesising is over - the 36th America's Cup starts tomorrow. Emirates Team New Zealand , the Defender, versus Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, the Challenger. The team to win seven races will lift the Auld Mug - Kiwis in the driving seat but the Italians looking at revenge for 21 years ago.....

Day One and the teams face up! For sailing fans around the world, the expectations for the start of the 36th America's Cup, in Auckland, will certainly have given them a tingle in their fingers and feet - the rhythm of life has just begun.. Footage © America's Cup - Challenger of Record

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Second Day of the 36th America's Cup. The start is essential to get right and the coach's mantra hammers home the simple mantra.. 80% of the race is decided at the start. Get it wrong and it's catch up with little chance of getting in front. Get it right and control the race! Light breeze and all...

Third day and it looks like history is repeating itself on the water. Neck and neck, low riding for one foiling for the other, good and bad start - which team is going to break the deadlock? Plus it's Rock The Dock and specially recorded performance of Sailing by Rod Stewart - we did say that his...

Racing abandoned on Day 4 with little wind for the leviathans to come out and play - but it was a beautiful Sunday in Auckland so the fans did instead! Footage © America's Cup - Challenger of Record

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Deliverance - being set free! Up on your foils is essential - basically it's like being in a Formula One missile versus the school run car. The dueling teams obviously have experts but ETNZ have sailors that have lived on foils for most of their careers and know how to get their flying machines o...

High hopes for every Kiwi on the planet - four years of planning, training and implementing their race strategy to successfully defend the America's Cup. Talk is that Great Britain will be the next official Challenger for the 37th, press releases about prize giving and fireworks over the harbour....

Proud - that's what five million New Zealanders must feel now! This is the fourth time the Kiwi's have won the America's Cup - 1995, 2000, 2017 and now 2021. Even a global pandemic didn't stop Auckland hosting this festival of the most expensive boats racing. Congratulations to the people of New ...

So what's next for the America's Cup? Plenty of rumours and a few facts after the Notice of Challenge was accepted by Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, with the Royal Yacht Squadron Racing becoming the Challenger of Record for AC37. Throw in some billionaires and it's exciting times for some w...

The race to the Olympics is on for Josh Junior and Andy Maloney (both members of the Emirates Team New Zealand winning AC36), but with only one spot available in the New Zealand team, a good result at the Finn Gold Cup is key. Andy Maloney won... (CC Available)

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