"Imagine a guy getting to the end of the New Zealand Warriors and they just leak it out like that without really sending it off or celebrating it."

The America's Cup World Series begins in Portsmouth this week, marking the start of the new Cup cycle nearly two years after the last event, writes Dana Johannsen.

Team New Zealand's campaign will finally take to the water next week with the new-look crew hoping to put the months of turmoil behind them.

Issues with sewage, garbage and algae contamination have plagued Rio de Janeiro's waterways and will be an added challenge for Kiwi athletes.

The widow of Kiwi yachting legend Sir Peter Blake says red socks are still left by her husband's headstone in the UK.

The dominoes continue to fall at Team New Zealand, with yet another sailor quitting the troubled syndicate.

The Herald takes a look at what has happened to the rest of Team NZ.

The Herald looks at the ill wind that has blown in the team's direction this year.

Design chief Nick Holroyd has quit Team New Zealand and several members of the sailing team have followed him out the door.

Dean Barker has made his first big signing with Team Japan, with former Luna Rossa helmsman Chris Draper joining the new syndicate for the next America's Cup.

The life of the Australian rich-lister was peppered with national honour, yachting success - and three jail terms.

High-flying businessman who was responsible for one of Australia's most remarkable sporting successes was later jailed for billion-dollar fraud

Dean Barker has teamed up with his yachting arch-rival Jimmy Spithill on the water.

Ousted Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker has been named as the skipper and chief executive of the new Japanese America’s Cup challenger.

Team NZ's challenge for the 35th America's Cup in Bermuda gets more hopeful by the week with another major sponsor sticking with the team.

We have all done things in our past we don't like to be reminded of, but surely winning the America's Cup is not one of them.

This week marked two decades since New Zealand won the America’s Cup. Dana Johannsen pinpoints six moments from the successful campaign off San Diego.

Twenty years on from their greatest win, Team New Zealand faces an uncertain future as the dust continues to settle after 18 months of upheaval.

Sir Russell Coutts, the most successful America's Cup figure of all time, believes Team New Zealand young gun Peter Burling is a more complete sailor than he was.

The shrewd tactics displayed by Russell Coutts and Brad Butterworth were evident as far back as Team New Zealand's triumphant 1995 America's Cup campaign, according to their old teammates.

Team NZ’s challenge for the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda is back on track, with the team’s major sponsor confirming their continued financial support.

Team New Zealand are facing further leadership changes with Keith Turner resigning as chairman of the syndicate after just over a year in the post.