Mercury News staff writer Julia Prodis Sulek fancied herself a sailing expert after learning to sail on the Detroit River and winning her share of amateur races in a traditional 19-foot sailboat in ...

The AC45 is a lean, mean, speed machine. Held down by a crew of five, this 44-foot long catamaran can cruise at speeds of over 30 knots in the right conditions. Designed by the defending team ORACLE ...

NEWPORT, R.I. - The youngest skipper ever to win the America’s Cup and his four-man crew look like Spiderman on steroids. They effortlessly dance and dodge their way across the trampoline of the ...

AC45 with a damaged main wing after a capsize on San Francisco Bay. To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh ...

Oracle Team USA’s new Bermuda base at the Royal Naval Dockyard was intended to be the main focus at yesterday’s traditional roof wetting ceremony. But most of the discussion and attention centred ...

The winds were up on New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf this week, blasting the same way they pummel San Francisco Bay. America's Cup fans and skeptics worldwide watched as the first of the brand-new 45-foot ...

This video shows Future Fibers’ code cables being used on the AC45 wing-sailed catamaran in New Zealand. The code cables were originally developed for the Volvo fleet and feature a specially ...

While some of you sailing experts have already drafted your fantasy yachting team (Jimmy Spithill in the third round? Score!), others will need a basic introduction to the America’s Cup World Series ...

WARKWORTH, NEW ZEALAND (July 29, 1:15 p.m. ET) — Polymer-matrix composites pervade the AC45 wing-sailed catamarans competing in Portugal next month for the kickoff event of the 34th America's Cup. The ...