By the end of the month, Oracle Team USA expects to have tested and launched the first of its two AC72 wingsail catamarans planned for the defense of the 2013 America’s Cup.
The extreme performance sailboat is the creation of Oracle Team USA’s design, engineering and build teams.
The team is currently busy preparing for the first event of the 2012-13 America’s Cup World Series, scheduled Aug. 21-26 in San Francisco, but as soon as that event ends the focus shifts to the AC72  … More
“Hold on for dear life!”
That’s the warning from sailors aboard the 45-foot racing catamarans that you’ll see slicing through whitecaps next week, when the America’s Cup World Series brings the thrills and spills of the world’s most exciting racing to San Francisco Bay.
Imagine a white-knuckle drag race on the back of a bucking bronco — with winds whipping up at nearly 20 mph and a fire hose of salt water battering over the bow. The signature America’s Cup races are … More
She’s not the oldest woman to ride the rapids of the Thompson River, but she’s pretty close
Hazel Amos celebrated her 90th birthday with 17 family members by rafting the Devil’s Gorge Run with Kumsheen Rafting Resort near Lytton.
The Surrey grandmother has  … More
enn Gibbons wanted to control her emotions when she rowed into Chicago, determined to complete her 1,500-mile trip around Lake Michigan despite being sexually assaulted aboard her boat in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula nearly a month ago.
But when she saw her supporters waving and cheering from the shore Tuesday, including the cancer survivors for whom she was rowing, the toughness that pulled her through the waves and the emotions began to melt  … More