Kiwi sailor Craig Monk says he has no fears about getting back out on the water in Artemis Racing's new AC72 after being injured in the horrific training accident that claimed the life of his crewmate.

Race two for Emirates Team New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton cup and surprise surprise it was a lonely race track again. This didn't stop Dean Barker and the guys on the AC72 giving the crowds something cheer about from the race village. courtesy EmiratesTeamNewZealand.

Team New Zealand have collected a second point in the Louis Vuitton Cup, after another unopposed jaunt around the race course.

Team New Zealand are set to collect another easy point in the Louis Vuitton Cup, as for the second time this week they find themselves without opposition.

Flee the fog in San Francisco, writes Christine Sheehy.

A Rotorua man has made his mark on the America's Cup after being commissioned to airbrush artworks onto the side of team New Zealand's catamaran.

America's Cup organisers are facing the wrath of angry sponsors after the promised show-stopping opening day of competition became a Team New Zealand exhibition sail.

Team New Zealand have taken their first point of the Louis Vuitton Cup, albeit a hollow one.

After the first day of official racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup- Race one! Emirates Team New Zealand sailed the course alone after Luna Rossa chose not to sail. The team entertained the crowd and competed the course taking an all important point for the match.

Luna Rossa are refusing to take the startline for today's opening race of the Louis Vuitton Cup, handing the win to Team New Zealand.

A selection of World of Wearable Arts garments made a splash at an exclusive event for fashion and yachting royalty in America.

The opening week of the hyped America's Cup summer of racing is shaping to be a fizzer, with all three scheduled races set to be, at best, a one-boat procession round the course.

Once the dust had settled after May's horrific training accident, the Artemis team came together to make some decisions about the future.

It was the news America's Cup organisers didn't need. Luna Rossa skipper Max Sirena announced that his team is unlikely to be on the start line for tomorrow's much-hyped opening race against Emirates Team NZ.

It was just a few months ago that Oracle chief Russell Coutts claimed that he didn't expect to face Emirates Team New Zealand in the America's Cup final.

It's doubtful that there has ever been a more ludicrous run-in to the America's Cup.

An American overstayer has been banned from sailing from the Bay of Islands for the Pacific Islands because his yacht is unsafe.

America's Cup organisers have been dealt another blow with the much-hyped opening day of racing set to become a non-event after Luna Rossa skipper Max Sirena confirmed his team are unlikely to be on the startline.

It seems to be the unspoken mystery hovering over the America's Cup: where is Artemis Racing's boat?

One part of the ceremony that did hit the right note was the moving video tribute to Artemis sailor and British Olympian Andrew Simpson, who died on San Francisco Bay two months ago in a training accident.

He prefers to remain behind the scenes, but this week regatta director Iain Murray imposed himself as the central figure in the 34th America's Cup by taking the fate of the event into his own hands.

The America's Cup has been officially opened, with a glamorous and at times comically over-the-top ceremony at the event village in San Francisco today.