Back in May, a couple of weeks after Team New Zealand had packed up their operations for San Francisco, I found myself walking around the empty corridors of their abandoned Halsey St base.

Not since the Mayflower has the English seafaring community made such a big claim in America.

Steven Joyce says the Government is keeping an open mind about funding another America's Cup bid but Kim Dotcom has made a firmer commitment.

Here's how it might have gone down. This is entirely fictionalised and based on a lot of the talk buzzing round America's Cup circles right now.

New Zealand Olympic Committee chief Mike Stanley has written an open letter expressing his pride in Team NZ.

Internet millionaire Kim Dotcom has vowed to help pay for Team New Zealand's next America's Cup campaign if the Government doesn't stump up funding.

Oracle Team USA's secret weapon is still that - secret.

Russell Coutts has been credited as the mastermind behind Oracle Team USA's remarkable America's Cup comeback, overseeing his fifth Cup triumph.

Ellison appeared in public for the first time since the regatta began. He was giving little away about plans or venue for the next race.

The camera settled for a moment on Dean Barker, steering the Emirates Team New Zealand AC72 back to base. His was the face of a stricken man.

Parliament has paid tribute to Team New Zealand and skipper Dean Barker “on behalf of four and a half million Kiwis” in the House this afternoon.

The future of Team New Zealand is in doubt and team boss Grant Dalton thinks his association with the America's Cup is over after Oracle retained the Auld Mug in San Francisco this morning.

The first words from losing Emirates Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker, coupled with his ashen face, showed the pain of top level international sport.

Oracle Team USA have landed the final knock-out blow on Team New Zealand, taking out today's winner-takes-all race.

Herald yachting writers Dana Johannsen and Paul Lewis answer the burning questions after Oracle successfully defended the America's Cup.

It was winner take all. And Oracle Team USA took it. Read how they did it, here.

Each morning Lisa Sutton heads down to Shed 10 to watch the racing in her red socks, a flag round her shoulders and a bottle of cold champagne.

There's a curious question forming over the top of Oracle Team USA's remarkable defence of the America's Cup.

The Government is waiting for the America's Cup to conclude before making a call on paying for another regatta.

Dana Johannsen collects a bunch of straws and clutches at them wildly in an attempt to stave off the inevitable.

One of the enduring mysteries of the 34th America's Cup could be solved tomorrow: how Oracle Team USA miraculously turned their boat from slug to slippery.

There seems little chance of a legal challenge if Oracle Team USA are pipped at the post in their America's Cup comeback today.

The New Zealand firm that built Oracle's boat has quashed rumours that it sent "legions" of staff to assist on a redesign.