San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
There is definitely a “wow” factor to the giant trimaran BMW Oracle, which began sailing off San Diego this past week in anticipation of a possible court-ordered one-on-one America's Cup match with Alinghi.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
San Diego is back in the America's Cup game . . . sort of . . . maybe. Bay Area-based BMW Oracle is bringing its 90-foot trimaran – the one that could race against Alinghi in the next America's Cup – to San Diego for sea trials and crew training.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
When the new, 100-foot trimaran that BMW-Oracle built for a potential America's Cup race in 2009 did its first sea trials off Washington state this month, it was preceded by a powerboat.
KOMO - News - Local (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
"It's awesome, mate. The first time you see it in real life it's a shock factor, to be real honest," James Spithill, a helmsman for BMW Oracle Racing, said by phone Tuesday from Anacortes, Wash.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Ed Baird won the iShares Cup after a 16-race series in Extreme 40 catamarans at Cowes
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Six thousand feet up a mountain in Italy, with storm clouds threatening thunder and torrential rain, the relentless drive of the San Francisco-based America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle yesterday received a little extra momentum from the clothes manufacturer Slam.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Two crunching collisions put three boats out of the regatta at the start of the coastal race for the TP52s in the Audi Medcup off Marseilles yesterday.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
In boisterous conditions off Marseille, the Oracle-dominated duo of the Swedish boat Artemis and the brand new, but soon to be mothballed USA17 were lying first and third overall last night after five races of the Audi Medcup.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
It was a less than happy day for John Cook and the crew of the British TP52 Cristabella as they suffered a keel entanglement with a lobster pot in the first of three races and did not finish.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
A shark patrolling the course did nothing to upset the stride of New Zealand America's Cup skipper Dean Barker as he powered his way to the lead of an opening Audi Medcup regatta approaching its halfway stage yesterday.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
As the New York Court of Appeals administered another kick in the butt to Alinghi, the Swiss defender in the America's Cup, the young Australian who may helm a giant American trimaran in a grudge match against the Swiss next fall said that stepping aboard a multihull was simply going back to his roots.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
The Russell Coutts versus Ben Ainslie encounter, the first meeting between the two finest sailors of the modern era, ended in the New Zealander's favour.
