This labrador puppy nicknamed Richard Parker after the tiger in Life of Pi was found swimming for her life in San Francisco Bay.

Team New Zealand clocked up another jaw-dropping America's Cup speed record yesterday and the whispers are that NZL05 is capable of going much faster.

Oracle Team USA have not decided which of their two yachts they will race Emirates Team New Zealand with in the America's Cup match.

The trespassing protest by Oracle Team USA has cost them US$5000 ($6400).

Most of the attention yesterday may have been Emirates Team New Zealand's speed record of 47.2 knots - but the really significant news involved the Kiwis going 30 knots upwind.

Stronger-than-allowable winds caused the postponement on Race 8 and the almost certain victory of Emirates Team New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton Cup.

Luna Rossa skipper Max Sirena has a novel solution to his team's struggles in the Louis Vuitton Cup finals - "I would like to swap boats [with Team New Zealand] if it's possible."

Put the date in the diary. Tuesday, September 8, 8.10am. That's the time of the first America's Cup race, looking increasingly likely to be between Team New Zealand and defenders Oracle Team USA.

Five wins on the board, two wins needed to claim the Louis Vuitton Cup again. It was a one race day on San Francisco Bay to bring the racing schedule back up to date. Emirates Team New Zealand looked clinical from start to finish to set things up for a chance to claim the trophy tomorrow.

Team New Zealand have taken their fifth point of the Louis Vuitton finals after another underwhelming race that was effectively over at the first mark.

The Louis Vuitton finals could be due for another frustrating series of delays this weekend, but an inflexible schedule means race organisers are powerless to do much to prevent them.

With the exception of a couple of early hiccups for Team New Zealand, the Louis Vuitton finals have played out pretty much as we expected it to.

Kiwi IndyCar ace Scott Dixon made a pit-stop at the Team New Zealand base in San Francisco yesterday to check out how the team are shaping up.

If Team New Zealand manage to bring the America's Cup back to Auckland, one of the little-known heroes will be an American and a former Oracle team member.

Sailing commentator Martin Tasker has been left red-faced after a microphone picked him up saying he had to "do" a Jewish woman.

In PR terms, Oracle Team USA's withdrawn protest has been a bit of a blooper.

TVNZ yachting commentator Martin Tasker has apologised for remarks accidentally streamed online when a microphone was left open during Americas Cup coverage.

Thomas Shoebridge, logistics assistant for the Louis Vuitton Cup

The picture is beginning to firm - it now appears two members of Oracle Team USA's sailing crew are involved in the cheating allegations disrupting the 34th America's Cup.