NY Yacht Club’s shot across Team NZ’s bows

NY Yacht Club’s shot across Team NZ’s bows
Sinking feeling: NYYC-backed American Magic capsized out of the last America's Cup. (Image: Getty)
Pattrick Smellie
The New York Yacht Club has put a shot across the bows of both Emirates Team New Zealand and the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron, withdrawing from the next America’s Cup and promising to “advocate for what we believe to be essential changes to the structure” of sport’s oldest competition.The spiritual home of the Auld Mug, the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) has been only an occasional participant in recent regattas, having no involvement between 2003 and 2021, with its American Magic entrant in last year’s challenger series in...

More Editor's Picks

Xero’s Melio ‘leap of faith’
Markets Analysis

Xero’s Melio ‘leap of faith’

The NZ-founded company’s giant-killer dreams in the US hinge on this huge bet. 

Pattrick Smellie 01 Jul 2025
Facebook is no place for risky financial investment offers
Opinion

Maria Slade: Facebook is no place for risky financial investment offers

Misleading ads continue to be thrust in the faces of Mum and Dad investors.

Maria Slade 30 Jun 2025
'There are some firms in NZ I won’t touch'
Policy

'There are some firms in NZ I won’t touch'

Adam Feeley on the reluctance to call out poor performers in NZ infrastructure sector.

Oliver Lewis 30 Jun 2025
Where to take care of business in Fiji
Editor's Picks Free

Where to take care of business in Fiji

Sun, space, and seamless travel: Fiji’s pitch for NZ’s next big business meetings.

Riley Kennedy 28 Jun 2025