Latest news from Emirates Team New Zealand and its quest for the America’s Cup, including its tech offshoot Design Works, the new AC40 Grand Prix circuit, youth training and its wind powered land speed record attempts. Plus, read articles about ETNZ’s hydrogen-powered foiling chase boat and team talk about the next America’s Cup.
The America’s Cup cycle is gearing up, with only three months until festivities begin in Barcelona. April saw the start of the business end of the regatta, with much for fans to get excited about. In the past month, several boats have been revealed as design breakthroughs and ideas come to fruition, and the sailors […]
After an intensive ten-month building programme, Emirates Team New Zealand’s new AC75 has emerged from their Wynyard Point base in preparation for its launch and commissioning phase in Auckland this month. It was wheeled out to have its rig stepped and rigging checked in preparation for its launch and first sail. “It is always a […]
“I would like to see stronger and more immediate legislation to make using renewable fuels the most economic choice,” says Dan Bernasconi, chief technical officer of Emirates Team New Zealand (and by default, also CTO of Design Works). While Bernasconi (below) says he really doesn’t know many doubters about the need to move to fully […]
Reigning America’s Cup champions Emirates Team New Zealand has launched Design Works, an offshoot focusing on bringing America’s Cup technology to high-tech commercial projects. Emirates Team New Zealand is best known as a sailing team, but the technical capabilities within the design team are also well-recognised in a competition defined by technology and innovation. Since […]
The AC40 foiling yacht, created by Emirates Team New Zealand, is now available for private owners to compete in a new AC40 Grand Prix Circuit. The AC40 is a 40-foot one-design rendition of the AC75 yachts that took to the water during the 36th America’s Cup. The AC40 Management Group — comprised of Emirates Team […]
Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) is purchasing a renewed fleet of ten Elliott 7 yachts for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) Mastercard Youth Training Programme (YTP) and Performance programme. The RNZYS Mastercard Youth Training scheme started in 1987 and is now in its 36th year. Over 1,200 youths have graduated through the programme […]
Emirates Team New Zealand has secured a substantial injection of power to its sailing team lineup for its defence of the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona in 2024, with four new names from varied backgrounds of elite New Zealand sports — including Olympic champion rower Hamish Bond. The four athletes to join the team are […]
Emirates Team New Zealand and land speed pilot Glenn Ashby have successfully sailed Horonuku, their wind-powered land yacht, at a world-record speed of 222.4km/h. After what has seemed like endless weather delays over the past couple of months, Horonuku got to make the most of a dry Lake Gairdner in recent days, with a breeze that had been slowly […]
Emirates Team New Zealand has finally been able to report some good news in its attempt to beat the land speed world record attempt. After what has seemed like endless weather delays over the past couple of months, Horonuku got to make the most of a dry Lake Gairdner with breeze that is edging closer […]
After Emirates Team New Zealand buried the bow of its AC40 while testing in waves on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf (resulting in damage to the forward sections of the hull and deck structure), ETNZ says its team’s engineers immediately began reviewing onboard data to identify the root cause of the issue. And from this, an internal […]
Emirates Team New Zealand has suffered damage to the bow of its AC40 after an early start testing on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf in some top end conditions. In recent weeks the AC40 has been taken out of its one design configuration and testing stepped up in its development and data collection towards the design of […]