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LVACWS Portsmouth final day - fast and furious

25 July 2016
While Oracle Team USA did all but everything they could to take the win with a 2, 1, 1 scorecard today, it wasn’t enough to topple the fast and furious tenacity of a Ben Ainslie led Land Rover BAR on the final day of racing at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Portsmouth. “We really want to try and do you proud” said Sir Ben Ainslie to the crowd before racing…
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LVACWS Portsmouth 2016 day 1: "Bumper" action

24 July 2016
The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series racing today in Portsmouth, with light winds across the course in a slowly building south-easterly sea breeze was far more exciting than any of us were expecting. Feedback from all of the teams put this down to a tight start line, tidal influence and the constantly shifting breeze to the right resulting in “bumper car” action that kept…
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LVACWS Portsmouth 2016 practice: home team advantage?

23 July 2016
I feel like I should buy a lottery ticket. No offence locals of England, but I believe we have had five sunny summer days in a row, which meant for a little sea breeze this afternoon, and four practice races ahead of official racing tomorrow and Sunday. Could this be the first Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event where we see a full program of racing? Here’s hoping! Land…
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LVACWS Portsmouth Press Conference: locking in the Cup and spying

22 July 2016
T hey say the years get faster, and this one has just flown by. It feels like more than a year and yesterday at the same time that the America’s Cup World Series was first raced in Portsmouth. And now, as I am typing this, the AC45’s are heading out on the water for an unofficial day of practice before official practice racing tomorrow, and the real deal on Saturday and Sunday. The…
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RC44's in Portsmouth 2016

19 July 2016
Chris Bake has been involved with the RC44’s since the beginning, ten years ago. His team, Team Aqua came second in Portsmouth, giving them the overall lead for the RC44 World Tour for 2016, the “Golden Wheels”. Was great to chat with Chris about all things to do with the class, his team, and also to thank him for having me out on the final day of racing to see what the class is…
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ACWS Portsmouth: One day down but plenty of action!

27 July 2015
America’s Cup World Series Day 2 Portsmouth – Wrap up! Everyone was ready for some more ACWS racing today except for the weather. With winds well outside of the recommended 25 knots the organisers had no choice but to abandon racing. Hear from five of the six skippers: Nathan Outteridge – Artemis Racing, Franck Cammas – Groupama Team France, Dean Barker – SoftBank…
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