Team NZ name Burling's replacement and core sailors

‘The Aussie-Kiwi thing’ that hounds Team NZ’s new America’s Cup skipper

Wandering Aussie Nathan Outteridge succeeds Peter Burling and his sons might have a better idea of which flag to unfurl to support their father.

Team NZ name Burling's replacement and core sailors

Nathan Outteridge has been named as Peter Burling’s replacement as skipper for Emirates Team New Zealand’s next America’s Cup defence. After confirming...

Burling on T-Foils ‘complexity’ and increased competitiveness of the F50 fleet

The introduction of the new high-speed T-Foils this season has ‘added another layer of complexity’ to SailGP’s racing and increased the competitiveness of the F50 fleet, New Zealand driver Peter Burling has said. Reflecting on the equipment changes on SailGP’s latest One-on-One podcast, Burling said the addition of the T-Foils has added ‘another whole element to racing’. The T-Foils were introduced for the first time at the season’s second event…

Does the America's Cup have a pulse?

During the Oracle-era as America’s Cup defender, they sought to heighten the event’s commercial platform, but the terms in the Deed of Gift proved to be an obstacle. With a fresh piece of paper, the SailGP league was born, while the America’s Cup flounders in the sporting landscape. Now controlled by Team New Zealand, they could hardly be doing less to retain interest since winning it seven months ago. Aside from drama in the British camp, and t…

📰 Team NZ name Pete Burling's replacement and core sailors

By Christopher Reive Nathan Outteridge has been named as Peter Burling’s replacement as skipper for Emirates Team New Zealand’s next America’s Cup defence. After confirming Burling would not be involved in the next defence last month, the team today announced its team of five core sailors. Outteridge, Blair Tuke, Andy Maloney and Sam Meech will all be returning for another defence, while British sailor Chris Draper has also signed on for the cam…

ETNZ announces core team members

This week the Emirates Team New Zealand core sailing team began plotting the strategy to defending the America’s Cup again in 2027