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The Data King

There’s only so much your gut, or even a coach’s eagle eye, can tell you when it comes to assessing relative speed. Even if you can judge that one of two (presumably) identical one-design boats is the “winner” after a few minutes of straight-line sailing, how do you tell what variables contributed to the difference? These are the issues always on the mind of Mike Marshall, North Sails’ resident telemetry-testing geek. Over the past year, he’s been refining a testing system that doesn’t have the supercomputers the America’s Cup guys get to crunch the numbers with. When Marshall shows up for a session, everything he needs is right there in his portable Pelican case.

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America’s Cup World Series Chicago. 📷 Ricardo Pinto

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Walk the plank...America’s Cup edition.

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Welcome back America’s Cup. Love, New York.

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#LVACWSNY

Today is the day America’s Cup Class racing returns to New York Harbor.

Racing for the famed trophy was held off New York from 1870 to 1920, but today the new era of foiling catamarans fly into town with the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series.

The six teams will be racing their AC45F catamarans on the Hudson River, easily within sight of spectators along the lower West Side waterfront of Manhattan. The best vantage points in Battery Park City range from Pier A up to Pier 25. Access to viewing spots is free to the public but get there early if you want a front row seat.

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A fleet of sixteen boats embarked early this month for the Transat AG2R La Mondiale to make their first Atlantic crossing from Concarneau to Gustavia, St. Barths. Congratulations to North-powered Gedimat (pictured), Generali and Bretagne who finished 1,2,4 in the race!

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From St Barths to New Zealand, and back… Where will 3Di take you? 

📷 Jeff Brown / Breed Media

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Light winds and a stunning backdrop for the last day at Les Voiles de St Barths 2016. 📷 Christophe Jouany

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“On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty.” - Rumi. 📷  Jeff Brown / Breed Media

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America’s Cup in New York

America’s Cup sailing is coming back to New York Harbor for the first time in nearly a century — but don’t expect your great, great grandfather’s yacht race.

Six sailing teams will hit the harbor on May 7 and 8, but the ships and the sport have come a long way since 1920, the last time an America’s Cup race was held in New York City.

Gone are the days of old-fashioned wooden boats and calm sailing. This is “NASCAR on water” with high tech boats flying by at speeds up to 60 mph, Team USA Skipper Jimmy Spithill told the Daily News.

“When you see these boats, they stop you in your tracks,” he said of the large carbon-fiber catamarans. “These races are a quantum leap from where we started.”

Races for America’s Cup, the oldest international sporting trophy, were held off of New York from 1870 until 1920 before being moved to New Port, R.I., where it remained until 1983, when the U.S. finally lost the cup — ending a 132-year winning streak that dated back to 1851. Since then America’s Cup has taken place in waters off of California, Spain and Australia.\

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“At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much..” - Robin Lee Graham 📷 Image courtesy of Jeanneau Yachts

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Sub-tropical sailing in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. 

 📷 Jeff Brown 

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A different perspective onboard Artemis Racing. 

📷 Sander van der Borch

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St Barths Bucket Regatta 2016,  Day 2.