Sailing World on Water May 31.24 New York-Vendee, ETNZ Crash again, Waszp, Alinghi, Luna Rossa more

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Emirates Team New Zealand have decided to freight their AC75 Defender by ship and it has been loaded onto the "Baltic Spring" and it is on its way to Spain via the Panama Canal and the Atlaantic Ocean and the Med Sea. All going well, it should take a month or so.

This is your weekly Global Sailing Highlights show, the World on Water, May 31, 2024.

One of the remarkable factors that courses through the entire Emirates Team New Zealand squad, from the very top to the bottom is honesty, and it's a remarkable, refreshing factor in the Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup. Today out training on the ‘Back Paddock’ in Auckland, the Youth Team who were one-boat training on their AC40 over-cooked it on the exit of a gybe, lost the rudder and then had what can only be described as an epic pitch-pole and resultant capsize. We tend to think that this will happen again as the Women and Youth Teams get into competition.

The 2024 New York to Vendee Trans Atlantic Race for IMOCA 60 foot yachts who are qualifying for entry into Novembers Vendee Globe Round the World race started May 29 offshore from the Big Apple.
First report in from the boats was German Boris Herrmann on Melizia and then Brits Pip Hare on Medallia and Sam Davies saling Initiatives Coeur. The fleet are headed for the Gulf Stream current then home to their bases in the Vendee in France.

The only AC75 out in Barcelona on May 24, Alinghi Red Bull Racing, who cut a solitary but stunning form and figure against the beautiful downtown scenery, truly one of the greatest places in the world to host a regatta, as the hard-driving Swiss pushed on relentlessly to eke the technique, and build up the marginal gains.

We go to lake Garda and the Waszp Bellano, 26th May 2024, Yellow Fleet.
Experienced an unforgettable day in Bellano, where the Waszp fleet put on a show with a breathtaking regatta! From precise turns to moments of pure speed, the skippers demonstrated talent and passion.

From what looked to be quite an unpromising weather forecast, wind-wise, last Saturday in Barcelona actually turned out to be one of the most entertaining and enlightening training sessions that we’ve seen so far in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and NYYC American Magic were the only two teams on the water and with everyone fighting to sail in the same stretch of water, the inevitable happened and we got a first sight of boats lining up loosely against each other, the rules precluding actual two-boat racing. Note how Jimmy reacted to being told this.