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Louis VuittonWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New rules for the America’s Cup sailing regatta announced Tuesday have been described as a seismic moment for the historic event and the “boldest change in 174 years of the Cup.” Crews competing in the 38th Cup regatta in Naples, Italy in July of 2027 will comprise five members, including at least one woman. Under new criteria, at least two members of each crew, including a female, must be nationals of each team’s …See the Story
New America’s Cup Protocol Sees Female Sailors, Battery Power in “Seismic Change” for the Auld Mug
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Immigration · ValenciaIn this extract from Susan Smillie’s book, The Half Bird, she describes, while sailing her Nicholson 26 Isean on the Mediterranean Sea, an incident with a boat overloaded with African migrants on a dark night: Isean and I were 40 miles east of Alicante, equidistant from mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, flying along under the moon at 0400. The constellations were at their brightest and best, Ursa Major keeping us on course, and I was exci…See the Story
