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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Sailing articles  Sailing
    Luna Rossa are out of the running for the America's Cup and their infamous Aussie skipper is retiring... but Jimmy Spithill's fired one last shot across the bows of old rival Team New Zealand
     5 October 2024
    Luna Rossa are out of the running for the America's Cup and their infamous Aussie skipper is retiring... but Jimmy Spithill's fired one last shot across the bows of old rival Team New Zealand
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    Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill has confirmed his retirement from sailing
    5 Oct 2024: Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill has confirmed his retirement from sailing... more
    Team New Zealand have received their assignment for the 37th America's Cup in Barcelona
    5 Oct 2024: Team New Zealand have received their assignment for the 37th America's Cup in Barcelona... more
    The deadlock's been broken in the America's Cup challenger series final off Barcelona
    2 Oct 2024: The deadlock's been broken in the America's Cup challenger series final off Barcelona... more
    Luna Rossa has staged a stunning comeback to keep the America's Cup challenger series final tied against INEOS Britannia
    1 Oct 2024: Luna Rossa has staged a stunning comeback to keep the America's Cup challenger series final tied against INEOS Britannia... more
    The America's Cup challenger series is level at 2-all at Barcelona after Luna Rossa won the second race of the day over INEOS Britannia, having been handed a pre-race disqualification in the day's first race
    29 Sep 2024: The America's Cup challenger series is level at 2-all at Barcelona after Luna Rossa won the second race of the day over INEOS Britannia, having been handed a pre-race disqualification in the day's first race... more
    Confidence from Ineos Britannia skipper Sir Ben Ainslie that his boat is battle-tested ahead of sailing's Louis Vuitton Cup final against Luna Rossa in Barcelona overnight
    26 Sep 2024: Confidence from Ineos Britannia skipper Sir Ben Ainslie that his boat is battle-tested ahead of sailing's Louis Vuitton Cup final against Luna Rossa in Barcelona overnight... more
    American Magic have exited the America's Cup challenger series at Barcelona
    20 Sep 2024: American Magic have exited the America's Cup challenger series at Barcelona... more
    Alinghi's effort to stay in the America's Cup challenger series has come too late
    19 Sep 2024: Alinghi's effort to stay in the America's Cup challenger series has come too late... more
    Alinghi and American Magic have survived another day in the America's Cup challenger semi-finals - their respective best-of-nine series with Britannia and Luna Rossa now sit at 4-1
    17 Sep 2024: Alinghi and American Magic have survived another day in the America's Cup challenger semi-finals - their respective best-of-nine series with Britannia and Luna Rossa now sit at 4-1... more

     Most Popular Recent Sailing News
     28 Dec: The leading contenders have now reached the coast of Tasmania in another dramatic Sydney to Hobart yacht race +++++++++
     26 Dec: A New Zealand yacht is expected to be right in contention for the overall race win in the Sydney to Hobart classic ++++++++
     17 Dec: Kiwi sailor Andy Maloney is on the move in SailGP again, joining Artemis Sweden as flight controller ++++++++
     23 Dec: Alinghi are back in the mix for the next America's Cup +++++++
     27 Dec: The Sydney to Hobart fleet has lost its first 100-foot supermaxi, with Wild Thing 100 retiring from the 80th running of the race on the first night of sailing ++++++
     27 Dec: In the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, Comanche remains around four miles ahead of LawConnect in the lead, with 340 miles to go +++++
     30 Dec: The glory of crossing the line first in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race might have been celebrated in the bars beyond Constitution Dock, but the contest for the Tattersall Cup to crown the overall handicap winner remains on the water ++++

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      31 Dec: Wed, 31 Dec 2025: Northland hero gordon pengelly recounts his rescue after yacht capsizes (RadioNZ)
      29 Dec: Mon, 29 Dec 2025: Master lock comanche takes line honours in sydney to hobart filled with mass retirements (Sydney Morning Herald)
      26 Dec: Fri, 26 Dec 2025: Everything you need to know about the 2025 sydney to hobart race (Sydney Morning Herald)
      18 Dec: Thu, 18 Dec 2025: Indian all-women tri-services naval vessel arrives in lyttelton (RadioNZ)
      16 Dec: Tue, 16 Dec 2025: ‘i probably won’t sail’: ben ainslie speaks out on america’s cup future (Stuff.co.nz)
      7 Dec: Sun, 7 Dec 2025: Severe weather forces closure of storm-hit port terminal (BBCWorld)
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