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Will The America's Cup Safety Plan Work?

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.23.2013 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — The America's Cup regatta director has released 37 recommendations made by a group of sailing experts intended to increase safet...

America's Cup Team Makes Big Announcement

AP | Posted 05.18.2013 | San Francisco

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The owner of the Italian entry in the America's Cup said Friday his boat will compete in this summer's races after all, but he sugg...

America's Cup Team Considers Dropping Out Of Race

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.17.2013 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — The owner of the Italian entry in the America's Cup sailing races will travel to San Francisco to decide whether to compete afte...

The Show Must Go On

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.11.2013 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO -- The head of the America's Cup planning effort said Saturday he expects sailing's most prestigious event to go forward after the death...

'The Entire Team Is Devastated'

AP | PAUL ELIAS and BERNIE WILSON | Posted 05.11.2013 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — The America's Cup catamaran that capsized in San Francisco Bay, killing an Olympic gold medalist, nosedived during a difficult m...

Sailor Who Died In America's Cup Capsize Identified

Posted 05.09.2013 | San Francisco

An America's Cup sailor died on Thursday when a sailboat capsized during practice in the San Francisco Bay. British double gold medalist Andrew Si...

America's Cup Sailor Dies In Boat Capsize

AP | PAUL ELIAS and BERNIE WILSON | Posted 05.10.2013 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — A 72-foot-long, high-tech catamaran sailboat capsized Thursday in San Francisco Bay while practicing for the America's Cup races...

More Trouble For The America's Cup

San Jose Mercury News | Julia Prodis Sulek | Posted 04.15.2013 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO -- So much for smooth sailing. With less than three months before the start of the America's Cup races in San Francisco Bay, locals are ...

America's Cup Slammed By Unexpected Source

Aaron Sankin | Posted 04.01.2013 | San Francisco

Following complaints from area residents, the number of events in a waterfront concert series accompanying the America's Cup has decreased. Instead...

Aaron Sankin

Is The America's Cup In Trouble?

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 03.14.2013 | San Francisco

When hosting the 2013 America's Cup was first pitched to San Francisco's city leaders, it sounded almost too good to be true: A world-famous event tha...

Supe On America's Cup: 'We Got F*cking Played'

| Posted 04.21.2013 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly. By Joe Eskenazi News broke over the weekend that the America's Cup Organizing Committee, a priva...

OVERBOARD? San Francisco Scrambles To Cover Cost Of America's Cup

AP | Posted 04.13.2013 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials are racing to raise tens of millions dollars from private donors to pay for security, transportation and...

America's Cup Organizers Make A Big Announcement

The Contra Costa Times | Jim Harrington | Posted 03.24.2013 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO -- The America's Cup is bringing more than sailing to San Francisco. It's also bringing Sting to the bayfront June 2 to perform at a soo...

America's Cup Frontrunner Faces Shocking Accusation

San Jose Mercury News | Julia Prodis Sulek | Posted 02.05.2013 | San Francisco

Larry Ellison's America's Cup sailing team has been accused by its Italian competitor of spying, a practice as old as the 161-year-old America's Cup t...

America's Cup Capsizing Sparks Fears

San Jose Mercury News | Julia Prodis Sulek | Posted 01.19.2013 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO -- When Larry Ellison's new 72-foot America's Cup boat capsized on a practice run and was sucked through the Golden Gate in a crippled m...

WATCH: America's Cup Boat Capsizes In SF Bay

Carly Schwartz | Posted 12.16.2012 | San Francisco

Tuesday marked the San Francisco Bay's biggest tide of the year, and even the formidable Oracle America's Cup catamaran didn't stand a chance. The ...

UNBELIEVABLE: Local Sailor Rescues America's Cup Boat, Demands $200K

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.10.2012 | San Francisco

San Francisco sailor Todd Tholke noticed something peculiar in the middle of the night on September 30. The French catamaran Energy, one of the boats ...

Submit Your Own Photos From The Best Weekend Ever

Carly Schwartz | Posted 12.08.2012 | San Francisco

America's Cup. Fleet Week. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. An (embarrassing) start to the Giants playoffs. An (epic) Niners win. Suffice to say, it was ...

Robin Wilkey

WATCH: America's Cup Challenger On Growing Up In SF And The Big Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 08.24.2012 | San Francisco

Who: Seven-time world champion professional sailor and yachtsman Paul Cayard. Years in Bay Area: Life. Current Gig: Cayard is the CEO of Alameda...

Robin Wilkey

It's Finally Here!!!!!

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 08.21.2012 | San Francisco

Although the America's Cup Finals won't take place until 2013, San Francisco will get a significant taste of the action this week at the America's Cup...

Aaron Sankin

Sacrebleu! America's Cup Loses Key Team

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 08.01.2012 | San Francisco

Only hours before Wednesday's midnight registration deadline, a French sailing team has dropped out of contention for the right to compete in the 2013...

Aaron Sankin

Why Is The America's Cup Excluding A Black Sailing Team?

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 06.18.2012 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO -- "I just want to integrate a sport that really needs some integration," Charles Kithcart said with more than a twinge of frustration i...

America's Cup is Sexy, San Francisco is Not: Time to Change That

Teresa Rodriguez Williamson | Posted 06.11.2012 | San Francisco
Teresa Rodriguez Williamson

As a San Francisco resident and avid America's Cup fan, I am disappointed and embarrassed by our city's lack of commitment and organization for this event.

America's Cup Event Authority Fires A Quarter Of Its Staff

Carly Schwartz | Posted 03.26.2012 | San Francisco

The America's Cup Event Authority recently announced a dramatic scaling back of its plans for next year's San Francisco race, and unsurprisingly, ther...

Want To Watch The Americas Cup -- From Inside One Of The Boats?

Aaron Sankin | Posted 03.15.2012 | San Francisco

It's tough to find many areas of agreement between the pro and con sides of San Francisco hosting the 2013 America's Cup. On one hand, boosters se...