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The Americas Cup rematch between holders Alinghi of Switzerland and U.S. rivals Oracle will be held next March after a New York judge dismissed an Oracle appeal against Alinghi.
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court refused to stay a lower court's ruling that San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club is the Challenger of Record in the America's Cup, according to the U.S. syndicate.
Defending America's Cup champions Alinghi of Switzerland have revealed they are to start building a multihull yacht for their duel against American challengers Oracle.
Alinghi's sailors proved they can handle a multi-hull yacht in their first regatta of the 2008 season.
Maxi-catamaran Gitana 13 has set the fastest time for a North Pacific crossing, adding to its growing list of records.
British sailor Dee Caffari is gearing up for her bid to earn a place in the record books for the second time.
Two sailors from Alinghi's America's Cup crew were airlifted to a hospital on Saturday after their boat capsized during a training session.
America's Cup holders Alinghi want a US court to name the date for their multihull clash with American challengers Oracle, which will decide the 33rd edition of the contest.
Alinghi is prepared to return to court the settle a dispute over the date of the next America's Cup race.
Swiss holders Alinghi face U.S. challengers BMW Oracle Racing in Geneva on Wednesday in a bid to thrash out the date and venue of the 33rd America's Cup.
The Americas Cup rematch between holders Alinghi of Switzerland and U.S. rivals Oracle will be held next March after a New York judge dismissed an Oracle appeal against Alinghi.
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court refused to stay a lower court's ruling that San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club is the Challenger of Record in the America's Cup, according to the U.S. syndicate.
Defending America's Cup champions Alinghi of Switzerland have revealed they are to start building a multihull yacht for their duel against American challengers Oracle.
Alinghi's sailors proved they can handle a multi-hull yacht in their first regatta of the 2008 season.
Maxi-catamaran Gitana 13 has set the fastest time for a North Pacific crossing, adding to its growing list of records.
British sailor Dee Caffari is gearing up for her bid to earn a place in the record books for the second time.
Two sailors from Alinghi's America's Cup crew were airlifted to a hospital on Saturday after their boat capsized during a training session.
America's Cup holders Alinghi want a US court to name the date for their multihull clash with American challengers Oracle, which will decide the 33rd edition of the contest.
Alinghi is prepared to return to court the settle a dispute over the date of the next America's Cup race.
Swiss holders Alinghi face U.S. challengers BMW Oracle Racing in Geneva on Wednesday in a bid to thrash out the date and venue of the 33rd America's Cup.
Swiss holders Alinghi meet U.S. challengers BMW Oracle Racing in Geneva on Wednesday in a bid to agree on the date and venue of the 33rd America's Cup.
BMW Oracle Racing announced its team for the next America's Cup on Wednesday, a day after a judge ruled Alinghi must race the American syndicate in 2009.
The America's Cup is headed for a rare one-on-one showdown after a New York State Supreme Court judge sided with a U.S. yacht club Tuesday in a legal battle between billionaires.
Team New Zealand has seen two key members of its team defect to rival America's Cup syndicate Oracle.
Team New Zealand has seen two key members of its team defect to rival America's Cup syndicate Oracle.
Team New Zealand is suing defending champion Alinghi in two U.S. courts to seek compensation for the delay in staging the next America's Cup.
The New Zealand syndicate for the next America's Cup has revealed they are seeking "tens of millions of euros" in compensation from Swiss champions Alinghi over the event's postponement.
The French maxi-trimaran Groupama 3's round the world attempt came to an abrupt end when the vessel capsized, around 80 miles off Dunedin, New Zealand.
Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall have won the Barcelona World Race after just over 92 days at sea.
Maxi trimaran Groupama, skippered by Franck Cammas, remains well on course to break the round the world record
British pair Nic Asher and Elliott Willis scored a superb victory in the 470 world championship but will not be able to complete a golden double at the Beijing Olympics later this year.
The Swedish capital of Stockholm will be the final stopover for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 before its finish in the Russian Baltic port of St Petersburg in July 2009.
Francis Joyon has regained the title of fastest round-the-world sailor by arriving in Brest at the end of a 57 days 13 hours 34 minutes and 6 seconds journey.
The fate of the America's Cup could be decided next week after New York State Supreme Court justice Herman Cahn scheduled a hearing for January 23.
French sailor Francis Joyon has crossed the equator as he remains on course to smash Ellen MacArthur's record for a solo, non-stop circumnavigation.
Double gold medalist Ben Ainslie headed the first nine names -- all from the sport of sailing -- officially selected for Britain's line-up at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Pete Goss has announced a new epic project that is centuries apart from his previous voyages.
The legal skirmish over the America's Cup shows no sign of ending, with the champion Swiss syndicate asking a judge to reconsider his decision to declare the Golden Gate Yacht Club the main challenger for the next race.
Closely challenged at the end but never caught, Wild Oats XI became the first yacht in nearly 60 years to win the Sydney to Hobart race three times in a row.
Sydney yacht Wild Oats XI increased its lead over the fleet on Thursday, edging toward a third straight win in the Sydney to Hobart race.
Two-time defending champion Wild Oats X1 led the 82-yacht fleet out of Sydney harbor on Wednesday at the start of the Sydney to Hobart race.
British yachtswoman Dee Caffari has been rescued by the Royal Navy after her Open 60 vessel Aviva was dismasted off the coast of Spain before dawn on Thursday morning.
New Zealand yacht Maximus has suffered a "catastrophic failure" and will miss the Sydney to Hobart race, said owner Bill Buckley.
Frenchman Francis Joyon has broken the 24-hour distance record as he bids to beat Ellen MacArthur's record for going solo around the world.
Francis Joyon is comfortably ahead of schedule in his attempt to regain the record for a solo circumnavigation of the world from British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur.
The America's Cup appears headed toward a "Deed of Gift" race, a best-of-three duel between champion Alinghi and challenger BMW Oracle Racing next summer.
British yachtswoman Dee Caffari is finding the experience of sailing an Open 60 solo a tough learning curve as she takes part in the Transat EcoverB2B race.
Alinghi have been unwilling to hold talks regarding the organization of the next America's Cup, BMW Oracle Racing's home yacht club have said.
Team New Zealand have demanded compensation from Alinghi following the America's Cup holders' decision to postpone the yachting showpiece.
BMW Oracle Racing have won their long-running court case against America's Cup champions Alinghi.
The head of Britain`s America`s Cup team has slammed the Alinghi and Oracle syndicates for their failure to reach an agreement in a dispute which has led to the postponement of the next America's Cup.
The 2009 America's Cup has been postponed because of an ongoing legal dispute between Golden Gate Yacht Club and two-time defending champion Alinghi's Societe Nautique de Geneve, over the rules for the next race.
Italian team Mascalzone Latino and Spanish syndicate Ayre Challenge will sail in the next America's Cup after announcing their participation on Tuesday.
Champions Alinghi have rejected a compromise aimed at ending a legal dispute over the rules for the next America's Cup that threatens to delay the event -- US syndicate Oracle has confirmed.
Americas Cup holders Alinghi have confirmed they have ended negotiations with the US syndicate Oracle over the rules for the 2009 event, and will wait for a New York court to decide the outcome.
Vincent Riou and Sebastien Josse have taken the early lead in their PRB yacht, in the Barcelona World Race -- a three-month sprint around the globe.
The next America's Cup will begin on July 18, 2009, with the defending champions participating in the round-robin stages for the first time.
The row over the rules for the next Americas Cup series, in 2009, may soon be resolved after the release of the design regulations for a new 90-foot boat to be used in the event in Spain.
A crew competing in the Rolex Middle Sea Race had a lucky escape as their yacht was hit by a tornado off the coast of Sicily.
Larry Ellison, head of the BMW Oracle syndicate has said that they are ready to accept compromises discussed with America's Cup holders Alinghi as long as the defender will disclose the boats' design regulations..
France's Yves Le Blevec has claimed victory in the Mini Transat classic as he arrived in Bahia, Brazil to a hero's welcome after a storming performance in the second leg.
Judge Herman Cahn has promised an early decision on the Americas Cup dispute between syndicates Oracle and Alinghi but he also urged them to continue their negotiations.
John Dane III won the biggest race of his life Sunday when he sailed his Star to victory in the U.S. Olympic trials.
Desafio Espanyol have appointed Paul Cayard as the team's sports director for the 33rd America's Cup in 2009.
The next America's Cup scheduled for Valencia in 2009 could be postponed because of the ongoing legal dispute over the rules to be adopted for the competition, the Spanish organizers warned on Wednesday.
Four-time America's Cup-winning crew member Simon Daubney failed a doping test in June and quit his Alinghi team on Thursday.
Defending champions Alinghi have made concessions over future rules changes for the next America's Cup in 2009 in an attempt to fend off criticism by challenging syndicates.
Two-time Olympic champion Shirley Robertson has been denied a chance to make it a hat-trick of golds at the Beijing Games next year.
Defending champion Alinghi is still hopeful that American syndicate BMW Oracle Racing will drop its lawsuit against the Swiss team and participate in the next America's Cup.
The world's top sailors are rethinking their preparations for next year's Olympics after drifting in the Yellow Sea currents with barely a gust of wind during a pre-Games test event here.
French sailor Michel Desjoyeaux added to his long list of single-handed exploits by winning La Solitiare Afflelou Le Figaro race for the third time.
British skipper Mike Slade and his crew have completed this year's Fastnet Race in record time.
Gale force winds and huge seas have forced more than half the Fastnet Race fleet to retire to port, the organizers of the British event said on Tuesday.
U.S. syndicate BMW Oracle's new Kiwi skipper Russell Coutts on Sunday called on America's Cup champions Alinghi to row back on rule changes the Swiss syndicate plans to introduce for the next event, scheduled for 2009 in Valencia.
German syndicate United Internet Team Germany confirmed on Sunday that it intends to compete in the 2009 America's Cup race and hopes to recruit the services of Olympic gold-medallist Jochen Schuemann.
Italian team Luna Rossa will not challenge for the 33rd America's Cup bringing to an end one of the most successful and stylish challenges for sailing's most glamorous prize.
The World Sailing League (WSL) has unveiled the innovative design for their futuristic 70 ft catamarans that will be raced in the new global Grand Prix series, the premier annual sailing competition.
The 33rd America's Cup will be raced in Valencia in 2009, organizers said on Wednesday, bringing sailing's most glittering event back to the Spanish city that held this year's regatta.
BMW Oracle have signed three-time America's Cup winner Russell Coutts to lead their next challenge.
BMW Oracle have backing from various other America's Cup teams in their case against holders Alinghi, syndicate owner Larry Ellison said on Tuesday.
New British syndicate TeamOrigin challenged Alinghi for the 33rd America's Cup on Monday, the third team to join the field aiming to wrest the "Auld Mug" away from the Swiss.
BMW Oracle's yacht club has taken Alinghi's club to court, claiming the Swiss syndicate have accepted an ineligible challenger for the next America's Cup and are seeking an unfair advantage over their rivals.
The America's Cup faced a fresh volley of US criticism Thursday from the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) in San Francisco, base of the BMW Oracle team, blasting proposed rule changes which they said would disadvantage challengers.
BMW Oracle's Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) has contested the way Alinghi has set up the next America's Cup, arguing that it unfairly favors the Swiss defender.
Alinghi skipper Brad Butterworth, who won his fourth America's Cup in a row this week, has pledged his future to the Swiss syndicate.
Alinghi won the 32nd America's Cup on Tuesday, beating Team New Zealand by one second in a thrilling seventh race to take the series 5-2.
The name Alinghi comes from the childhood imagination of Ernesto Bertarelli and on Tuesday the billionaire businessman celebrated a second America's Cup win with his Swiss boat.
United Internet Team Germany took another big step in its campaign for the next America's Cup on Thursday, signing Karol Jablonski as their new skipper.
Alinghi had everything lined up to win the America's Cup on Sunday but the crunch race was postponed because the vital ingredient was missing -- wind.
Alinghi fought back from behind to beat Team New Zealand and take their lead in the America's Cup to 4-2 on Saturday, putting them just one win away from defending sailing's most coveted prize.
Alinghi beat Team New Zealand by 19 seconds in the one of the most dramatic races of the America's Cup on Friday to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-nine series.
America's Cup racing between Alinghi and Team New Zealand will resume on Friday with everything still to play for after the race jury dismissed a protest by the Kiwis over the rig on Alinghi's SUI100.
Holders Alinghi bounced back in the America's Cup on Wednesday and levelled the best-of-nine series 2-2, beating New Zealand by 30 seconds but then faced a protest about their boat's rig.
Team New Zealand beat Alinghi by 25 seconds in a classic America's Cup contest on Tuesday after recovering from a poor spinnaker drop to overhaul the Swiss team in the closing minutes and take a 2-1 series lead.
Alinghi and Team New Zealand trawled through video footage of the first two races of the America's Cup on Monday, searching for clues to help them gain an advantage in the series which is level at 1-1.
Team New Zealand staged a stunning comeback to beat Swiss team Alinghi on Sunday and level the best-of-nine America's Cup series 1-1.
Alinghi beat Team New Zealand in the first race of the 32nd America's Cup on Saturday in a tight fight that set the scene for a close best-of-nine battle for sailing's most coveted prize.
Ed Baird will helm Alinghi in the America's Cup, skipper Brad Butterworth said on announcing the defending champion's first crew on Friday.
Seven years ago, Brad Butterworth fed tactics to a fresh-faced Dean Barker as he steered New Zealand to a stunning 5-0 America's Cup victory.
Team New Zealand are one win away from challenging Alinghi for the America's Cup after maintaining their domination of Luna Rossa in the Louis Vuitton Cup final fourth leg on Tuesday.
The racing has not even started but already Alinghi are working on how they will run the next America's Cup if they retain the Auld Mug this time around.
For the past two months, Alinghi have watched as the 11 teams hoping to challenge them for the America's Cup battled it out.
Team New Zealand steamrollered past Luna Rossa on Wednesday to win the Louis Vuitton Cup 5-0 and with it the chance to try to grab the America's Cup back from Alinghi.
Team New Zealand put in another phenomenal performance at the Louis Vuitton Cup finals on Sunday to take their lead over Luna Rossa to 3-0, setting the Italians a long, hard road to get back into contention.
Team New Zealand took a 2-0 lead over Italy's Luna Rossa after the second race of the Louis Vuitton Cup final on Saturday.
After a much-needed break from match-racing, Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa are back on the water and honing their tactics for the Louis Vuitton final.
British yachtsman Tony Bullimore was towed into Auckland aboard his 31-meter (96-foot) catamaran Doha 2006 on Thursday after abandoning a solo round-the-world record attempt because of a rigging malfunction.
Luna Rossa are aiming to lay the ghosts of the 2000 America's Cup to rest on June 1 when they take on Team New Zealand in the finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup.
CNN MainSail presenter and double Olympic gold medallist, Shirley Robertson blogs from Rolex Capri Sailing Week
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