BMW Oracle Racing today became the first America’s Cup team to start a 2005 full-scale two-boat testing programme on the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Valencia, Spain, site of the 32nd America’s Cup. The Challenger of Record launched their ‘turbo-charged’ Version 5 boats, USA-71 and USA-76, in Valencia last week for structural tests and […]
Sedro-Woolley, Anacortes to play roles in building boat for 2007 America’s Cup
An entry for the 2007 America’s Cup — international yacht racing’s Holy Grail — will be built in Skagit County by BMW Oracle Racing.
The mold for the sleek, 80-foot sloop will be constructed at Janicki Industries in Sedro-Woolley and the high-tech hull will be […]
Silicon Valley billionaire Larry Ellison’s syndicate is cash flush, with a preferred position on the starting line. His local rival, John Sweeney, is holding a sailor’s tin cup, hoping to give the database tycoon a race for his megabucks.
BMW Oracle Racing, funded by Ellison and German automaker BMW, is prepared to ante up nearly $200 […]
The hulls of the new race boats will be built in high-tech area in state of Washington
BMW ORACLE Racing, the international professional sailing team that is Challenger of Record for the oldest trophy in sports, the America’s Cup, will build the hulls of the team’s new high-tech race boats for the 2007 sailing competition in […]
Ellison, whose company is gunning for PeopleSoft Inc, was in the market for five-time Superbowl winners the San Francisco 49ers, but club owners Denise Debartolo York and husband John York apparently told the flamboyant Ellison, a yachting enthusiast who competes in the Americas Cup, that the club is not for sale.
Ellison, one of the tech […]
Yacht Club: Golden Gate Yacht Club
Country: USA (USA)
First America’s Cup: 2003
Sail Numbers: USA 71, USA 76
Boat Names:
Syndicate Head: Larry Ellison
Skipper: Chris Dickson
Sailing Team: Ian Baker, David Blanchfield, Mark Bradford, Gavin Brady, David Brooke, Sean Clarkson, Scott Crawford, Dirk DeRidder, Eric Doyle, Noel Drennan, Ross Halcrow, Zachary Hurst, Robbie Naismith, Paul Westlake, Bob Wylie, […]