Early Errors Prove Costly For Il Moro

SAN DIEGO, Wednesday: The US defender America3 scored another win to take race three of the America's Cup heats yesterday after the Italian challenger, Il Moro di Venezia, made two errors in the first few minutes of the race. One mistake was strategic, the other tactical. America3 now lead

Italians Level With Last-gasp Win

SAN DIEGO, Monday: Il Moro di Venezia's 3s win over the US defender America 3 yesterday provided not only the closest finish in an America's Cup match but one of the greatest in its 141-year history. The previous closest finish was the 26s win by US defender Weatherly over the Australian y

Italians Blow The Start, And It's 1-0 To The Us

SAN DIEGO, Sunday: America 3's 30s win over Italian challenger Il Moro di Venezia in the opening race of the America's Cup should be viewed as the first battle of a war which may go either way. The yachts were so evenly matched yesterday that the series, in which the first to win four rac

Cup Skippers See Need To Slash Costs

ON the eve of the 28th America's Cup the main participants - Paul Cayard, skippering the challenger Il Moro di Venezia for the Italians and Bill Koch heading the America 3 for the United States - were asked to put the event in an historical time frame and look to the Cup's future. The prol

Italians On Fire For Cup Challenge

SAN DIEGO, Friday: Paul Cayard and the Italian crew of Il Moro di Venezia are all fired up. Having eliminated New Zealand in the challenger series, the Italians have the psychological momentum to go on and win the America's Cup, which starts off San Diego tomorrow. The Cup defender,

Koch Fires First Salvo In Cup War Of Words

SAN DIEGO, Sunday: The usual America's Cup gamesmanship began soon after Bill Koch's America3 crossed the line here on Friday to eliminate Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes from the defender series. Would America3 beat the Italian challenger, Il Moro di Venezia, in the America's Cup which

Conner Blown Out Of Cup

DENNIS CONNER, who has four times won the America's Cup, was eliminated as US defender off San Diego on Friday with his Stars & Stripes losing her third race in a row to Bill Koch's America 3. America 3 will meet the Italian yacht Il Moro di Venezia (Paul Cayard) in the America's Cup,

Italians Snatch The Right To Challenge

SAN DIEGO, Friday: Italian yacht Il Moro di Venezia became the America's Cup challenger yesterday when it cruised to an easy 1min 33s win against New Zealand. The decider, which gave Il Moro the Louis Vuitton Cup by five wins to three, was an anti-climax with Il Moro faster on all the wind