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10 stunning moments from a spectacular year!
The 2008 iShares Cup was a true show-stopper, with the competing teams producing one of the most dramatic regatta circuits of all time. It's time to look back on some of the best moments from a thoroughly memorable year....
"A job to be jealous of…" iShares
Hugh Styles, skipper of the iShares Extreme 40, looks back over the 2008 iShares Cup season and forward to 2009: This year’s been a real big learning curve for me - taking on being project manager and skipper, and bringing a team together, which has been a great challenge....
We'll be back!
TEAMORIGIN, the British America’s Cup Challenger founded by Sir Keith Mills, took second place on the podium at the 2008 iShares Cup. With the points level going into the final round of the five event Extreme 40 series in Amsterdam, the TEAMORIGIN crew, skippered by Rob Greenhalgh missed out on the ...
The Extreme 40 is the future of multihull sailing
Amsterdam showed some unpredictable sailing conditions on the last day of the 2008 iShares Cup. It was all about concentration, staying out of trouble, catching the pressure and a bit of luck once in a while. Ten Extreme 40 multihulls battled it out on a small course in between buildings, which made...
A Resounding Success
The final event of the five-round iShares Cup European Extreme 40 Sailing Series ended in triumph for Alinghi for the overall iShares Cup prize after a hard-fought season, rounding off a resounding success for the second season of this ground-breaking and innovative sailing entertainment event....
Alinghi strengthen their grip on Day 2
Alinghi went into Day 2 of the iShares Cup final in flying form, and they kept the momentum going with another win in the opening race - their fifth first in a row. The America's Cup defenders and event leaders then went on to claim two more victories, calmly working their way through the fleet to s...
Alinghi dominate on Day 1 of the iShares Cup final
Alinghi firmly laid their cards on the table on the opening day of the iShares Cup final, winning four races in a row in the challenging sailing conditions of the IJ-Haven in Amsterdam. The narrow waterway provided a tricky racetrack for the 10 Extreme 40s, with sudden puffs accelerating boats up th...
iShares Cup goes Dutch for nail-biting final
The iShares Cup fleet had their final shakedown before the final of the 2008 series today, with three practice races before the serious business of deciding the overall champions begins tomorrow....
Experience counts' BT
There's a change of helm for BT at the final event of the iShares Cup in Amsterdam, as top Australian cat sailor Darren Bundock steps in for Andrew Walsh. Darren helmed the BT boat at last year�s finale in Amsterdam, so is experienced at sailing the powerful Extreme 40s in the ultra-small IJ-...
Dutch and British Olympic medalists join iShares Cup
The 2008 iShares Cup has attracted some of the very best sailors in the world, but the finale of this year's European circuit is set to welcome a whole host of Olympic medalists onboard the Extreme 40s, fresh from winning on the water at the recent Beijing Olympic Games in Qingdao....