37th America’s Cup

American Magic Team USA takes the win to secure place in the Semifinals!

On Day 6 of the Louis Vuitton Cup NYYC American Magic defeated the British for a win and then lost to the Swiss in the next race who capitalized on their great start and Magic’s penalty start, not allowing their opponent any gains throughout the race

On Day 7 of the Louis Vuitton Round Robin Challenger Series, NYYC American Magic secured a spot in the semifinals after a hard-fought victory against Orient Express Racing Team.

Despite tough conditions and a challenging race against Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli earlier in the day, the team showed resilience and skill to clinch the win against the French that they needed.

American Magic helmsman Tom Slingsby acknowledged the challenges: “We’re happy with that. We’ve got a lot of work to do if we want to keep progressing, but we’re really happy to get through that one and move into the semis. There’s a lot of debris in the water — we hooked something up on the rudder, but luckily it popped off. That was a risky one.”

With this crucial win, American Magic heads into the Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals!

Day 7 also saw the first defeat of Luna Rossa, who up til now seemed unbeatable in this LV Round Robin Challenger series. INEOS Britannia, in a challenging race, rounded the final gate with a 30 second lead and then made a gybe error causing a nose dive, but recovered and took the win over Luna Rossa by 25 seconds.

INEOS Britannia, Luna Rossa and Alinghi Red Bull Racing also enter the semifinals.

Who will the Challenger to Emirates Team New Zealand be? Stay tuned.

Challenger Standings

Luna Rossa 6 .  INEOS Britannia 5 .  NYYC American Magic 4 . Alinghi Red Bull Racing 2 . Orient Express Racing Team

What’s next:

The Semi-finals start next Saturday, Sept 14 – Sept 19. The Final for the Louis Vuitton Cup runs Sept 26-Oct 7. The winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup is the first team to score seven points  and will then face Emirates Team New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. Racing starts at 2.00 pm (14:00 CEST) on race days

Featured photo/Ricardo Pinto

 

September 07, 2024. Louis Vuitton Cup, Race Day 7. NYYC AMERICAN MAGIC, LUNA ROSSA PRADA PIRELLI TEAM

Tom Slingsby, helmsman NYYC American Magic

 

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Alinghi Red Bull Racing takes first win!

Despite rain clouds coming off the mountains to the north of Barcelona, the first race of the second Round Robin was lively with Alinghi Red Bull Racing racing Orient Express Racing Team. The Swiss, winless from Round Robin 1, dominated from the start, building a massive lead and never looked back, taking their first win of the Challenger Selection Series. Good for them as one team on Sunday will be eliminated from the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. Now, the Swiss are tied with the French, 1-1.

Maxime Bachelin, port helmsman of Alinghi Red Bull Racing came ashore, praising his team saying: “It’s a great way for us to start for the week. I think we did it quite well, we like these shifty conditions and heavy wind, so I think we did what we really wanted to do. We were quite down last week after the results, now it’s a good reset and we’re very happy with the performance of the team on the boat-handling and, as well, the speed looks way better than what it was in the past, so we are very happy.”

Luna Rossa faced Emirates Team New Zealand in the second race of the day amidst thunderbolts and rain and shifting winds. Luna Rossa reached the starting line first and had the advantage until lightning struck the water and the Race Committee called the race in Luna Rossa’s favor and ended racing for the day due to the inclement weather. Tomorrow’s another day.

Standings as of Day 1, the second phase of the Round Robin:

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli 4 – Ineos Britannia 3 – NYYC American Magic 2 – Orient Express Racing Team 1 – Alinghi Red Bull Racing 1

Stay tuned! Racing the second phase of the Round Robin continues on Wednesday, Sept 4.

 

September 03, 2024. Race Day 5 of the Louis Vuitton Cup. EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND, LUNA ROSSA PRADA PIRELLI TEAM

August 24, 2024. Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta, Race Day 3. NYYC AMERICAN MAGIC

 

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Luna Rossa ahead at the halfway mark of the Luis Vuitton Cup!

The Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Selection Series started on Thursday August 29th. This is the point where every race and every point matters as this double round robin will determine the Challenger to race against the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand.

There are two phases of Round Robin racing, four races are scheduled to be sailed, with six teams competing and two of those will be sailing twice.

Standings as of Day 4, the first phase of the Round Robin:

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli 4 – Ineos Britannia 3 – NYYC American Magic 2 – Orient Express Racing Team 1 – Alinghi Red Bull Racing 0 (These are without the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand – whose race wins don’t count.)

Team USA raced Emirates Team New Zealand on Day 4 and said it was a nail-biter from start to finish!

While no points were at stake in this race, the intense competition gave American Magic valuable insights. Paul Goodison commented, “Good start and tremendous work by the cyclors. We’ll sharpen a few things up and come back stronger, continuing to progress and improve.”

Stay tuned! Racing the second phase of the round robins starts on Tuesday, Sept 3. Anything can happen!

 

 

September 01, 2024. Louis Vuitton Cup, Race Day 4. NYYC AMERICAN MAGIC, EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND

August 24, 2024. Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta, Race Day 3. NYYC AMERICAN MAGIC

 

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Emirates Team New Zealand wins the Luis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta!

All eyes are now on the Louis Vuitton Cup, starting on Thursday August 29th where every race and every point matters. The Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup is about to get serious. Here’s how the last three days of racing panned out for NYYC’s American Magic:

Day 2 “We are 2-1 after an intense day of racing In Race 1, we outpaced Alinghi Red Bull Racing by a solid 56 seconds, securing the win. However, a difficult start in the second race proved costly against Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli.  (NYYC AM Facebook page)

Day 3 Day three of the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta was a cruel disappointment for NYYC American Magic.

The crew was preparing for a jousting session with the French when, shortly after a tack back towards the line, a loud bang resonated through the boat that caused both helmsmen to turn their attention to the back of the boat.

After a few minutes assessing if the issue could be remedied quickly, the team made the agonizing decision to retire from the race, leaving the French team to cross the start line unchallenged and claim the single point. (AC Cup news release)

Day 4 While the day ended with mixed results, it was a positive and confidence-building experience for NYYC American Magic as they continued refining their strategies and performance. “We did some things really well today, and like every team, we have to learn how to dominate the start box.” (NYYC AM Facebook page). The great win here is that the Defender ETNZ seems to all of us to be unbeatable, and must have pondered being left in the wake of American Magic on Race Day 4 as AM took the win! A little magic in that going forward – maybe anything is possible!

Day 4 American Magic had wins racing New Zealand, Brittain and Switzerland.

In the end, Lunna Rosa and ETNZ were tied, had a match race and ETNZ prevailed. Emirates Team New Zealand wins the Luis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta!

Standings going into the  Louis Vuitton Cup:

Emirates New Zealand – 1 Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli – 2 NYYC American Magic -3  Inneos Brittania – 4 Alinghi Red Bull Racing – 5  Orient Express Racing Team – 6

August 29 – October 7, Louis Vuitton Cup. And then Oct 12 – 27, the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup.

Stay tuned!

 

 

August 24, 2024. Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta, Race Day 3. NYYC AMERICAN MAGIC

 

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American Magic Team USA takes the win in the Louis Vuitton prelim regatta!

NYYC’s American Magic – who had suffered a serious nosedive in practice racing the day before – was up against INEOS Britannia who looked fired up for the day and the racing to come.

After a blistering start from Ainslie and a brilliant first cross by the British out to the right-side of the course, the Americans came straight back after finding more pressure and nice big wind shift to lead at the windward mark.

Although the first downwind leg saw two close crosses, the US team maintained their lead at the leeward gate and were never headed again, going on to record a win by a margin of 29 seconds.

Tom Slingsby, helmsman on NYYC American Magic, was happy with how the opening race against INEOS Britannia unfolded saying:

“It was a tight race all the way. There didn’t seem to be much in it in terms of boat speed. Once we were ahead, we were able to protect the right and it felt like we were making little gains all the time.”

“We have won our first race and although there is a long way to go, it’s good to get off the mark as you don’t want to be waiting a couple of days to get your first win. So, we’re off and running and we’ve got some big matches coming in the next few days.”

A great day for Team USA in Barcelona.

Day 1 results

Emirates New Zealand – 1 Alinghi Red Bull Racing – 1 NYYC American Magic – 1 Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli – 1 Inneos Brittania – 0 Orient Express Racing Team – 0

 

August 22, 2024. Race Day 1 of the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta. INEOS BRITANNIA, NYYC AMERICAN MAGIC

Tom Slingsby, helmsman NYYC American Magic

 

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