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By Antonio Gonzalez   Emirates Team New Zealand is trying to wrap up a spot in the America's Cup match against defending champion Oracle Team USA as fast as it can. The only thing slowing it down is the weather.   The Kiwis set a race record of more than 54 mph on the new 72-foot catamarans Saturday, sailing swiftly in a strong wind t...

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By Bernie Wilson Looking a bit like spacemen in their silver life vests and crash helmets, the sailors aboard Luna Rossa's high-performance catamaran rocketed across San Francisco Bay Wednesday afternoon and took a 2-0 lead over Artemis Racing in the America's Cup challenger semifinals.The Italian crew is halfway toward reaching the Louis Vuitton...

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By Antonio Gonzalez Two sailing powerhouses that have spent the summer trading verbal jabs are finally set to meet in the ultimate grudge match - the 34th America's Cup.   Emirates Team New Zealand zipped through a thick fog and past Italy's Luna Rossa one last time Sunday, capturing the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series 7-1 and advancing...

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The skipper of Luna Rossa on Friday said the Italian team would boycott the America's Cup race until a jury rules on its protest against a last-minute change to a rudder design rule.   Max Sirena said Luna Rossa will not take to the San Francisco Bay on Sunday for the first scheduled race, against Emirates Team New Zealand, if the internatio...

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by Luca D'Ambrosio Nuovo premio internazionale per Ferretti Group per la presenza on line e sui social network. Il riconoscimento è il prestigioso "World Luxury Award – Gold Use of Media" 2015 nella categoria "Cars & Yachts", conseguito per gli eccellenti risultati del proprio canale ufficiale Instagram "@ferrettigroup", che ha totalizzato olt...

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Sport, storia e spettacolo si incontrano ad Amalfi (SA) in occasione della 61a Regata delle Antiche Repubbliche Marinare in programma domenica 12 giugno al clou di una serie di appuntamenti pronti a rendere la città della "Divina" Costiera, già ambita meta turistica, ancora più magica da visitare. Proprio in vista del ritorno sul Tirreno della sfi...

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A lawyer for the Italian team competing in this summer's America's Cup sailing regatta in San Francisco said on Monday that he is prepared to go to court over last-minute rule changes that came in the wake of a fatal training accident in May.The four teams competing for the cup have been meeting with mediators to reach agreement on 37 safety measur...

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by Carla Balzano   From July 14-18, two Italian teen sailors from Scuola Vela Mascalzone Latino will compete against three well-known Boston-area sailing centers. The teens were honored to accept this invitation and will receive credit from the school for competing.   The event starts at the MIT Sailing Center, and ends with a ceremon...

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Skipper Max Sirena of Italy's Luna Rossa is the latest America's Cup competitor to accuse defending champion Oracle Team USA of cheating in what potentially could be one of the biggest scandals in the regatta's 162-year history.   "For sure," Sirena said when asked Thursday at a news conference in San Francisco if he thought Oracle cheated....

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The Louis Vuitton Cup finals have been more about survival than sailing.   Emirates Team New Zealand fell out of the second race of the series because of a mechanical problem Sunday, handing Italy's Luna Rossa a victory that evened the finals at one apiece.   Read more   Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com  

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