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.
A double announcement by America’s Cup Events Limited (ACE) says that Iain Murray (pictured above) will continue as independent regatta director for the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona alongside Richard Slater who also continues in the role as chief umpire, positions they both occupied for the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland. Murray’s role will see […]
The new AC40 that will be used to pave the way for women and youth into the America’s Cup has touched the water for the first time in Auckland. Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) is continuing its extensive commissioning process out of the shed and onto the water. Christened by designer Elise Beavis at the […]
The first AC40 off the production line has been transported into the Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) base, and quality assurance tests are underway. The boat will be centre stage for the Women and Youth America’s Cups in 2024 and it represents the beginning of the vitally important on-water testing and development programme, the results […]
Bases are being allocated for the 2024 America’s Cup in the host venue, Barcelona, with Emirates Team New Zealand first to pick its base followed by INEOS Team Britannia. Emirates Team New Zealand, as holder of the America’s Cup, got to pick its base area first, selecting the World Trade Centre site at the western […]
The world’s first AC40 is reportedly just weeks away from being shipped to its new base in Auckland. “We didn’t hold back on the design,” says Dan Bernasconi, chief designer of Emirates Team New Zealand. “We took the IP of Te Rehutai and translated it into the best 40-footer we could create.” The ‘pocket-rocket’ will […]
Emirates Team New Zealand’s ambitions to smash the wind powered land speed world record have, ironically, been put on hold as the salt lake the attempt is due to take place on, is underwater. Lake Gairdner, the usually bone dry salt lake in South Australia, currently has about 50mm of water right now according to […]
Emirates Team New Zealand says it has just completed a successful week of testing its wind powered land speed craft at Whenuapai Air Base, prior to moving it to Australia. “It’s a bit like learning to sail an AC75 down a 60m wide marina arm in 15-30 knots of breeze,” says Glenn Ashby ETNZ, bemoaning […]
For the past five weeks, Emirates Team New Zealand has been testing its prototype hydrogen-powered foiling chase boat ‘Chase Zero’, which has been put through its paces on the waters of Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf. The team say they have now run Chase Zero for a total 36 hours of motoring, covering over 1,042km (562.6 nautical […]
Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) has launched its prototype hydrogen-powered foiling chase boat in Auckland with Emirates Team New Zealand team member Andrea Joy christening her Chase Zero in front of the wider team. Chase Zero is the first boat to be launched in this America’s Cup cycle, and one that is hoped will set […]
Emirates Team New Zealand says it has always commissioned external contracts to keep the design team sharp. So, when an independently funded project to attempt to beat the Wind Powered Land Speed World Record emerged, ETNZ found willing designers, engineers and shore crew to put their talents to the test from being fastest on the […]
Emirates Team New Zealand says its prototype hydrogen foiling chase boat is in the final stages of fit out prior to its launch in March. The construction of the boat was started in August 2021 at the team’s North Shore build facility. The ETNZ Hydrogen project has been an important one for ETNZ who, as […]