The Afterguard goes live with in-depth coverage of America's Cup & TeamOrigin

Confused+Emotional is pleased to announce the launch of a sister-blog, The Afterguard, to cater to our increasing preoccupation with all things America's Cup and Great Britain's TeamOrigin.

The Afterguard will bring you all the latest in America's Cup racing, with a special emphasis on the developments at TeamOrigin, Great Britain's bid to win the 33rd and 34th competitions.


Confused+Emotional (this site) will continue to bring you news of:

• Apple Inc.
• Palm Smartphones
• TomTom
• F1
• as well as our general musings.

Please feel free to bookmark both sites, and keep us on our toes by adding comments whenever you can.

Both Afterguard and Confused+Emotional will carry sailing posts for the time being, until everyone gets used to the changes , after which we'll withdraw sailing coverage to Afterguard alone - thank you for your understanding.

TeamOrigin - Team Director's Response to AC33 Protocol

TeamOrigin Team Director Mike Sanderson is currently in New Zealand (sea trialling the new Pindar Open 60, in which he has significant design & development interest), so we're exceptionally grateful to him for providing a statement concerning the recently announced 33rd America's Cup Protocol.

You can now read this story in full detail over at our new site, The Afterguard, created to cover in full the TeamOrigin story and news of the America's Cup.

TeamOrigin - Profile: Sir Keith Mills

In this edition of our series focussing on the key personnel behind Great Britain's bid for America's Cup glory, we turn our attention to Sir Keith Mills, business entrepreneur and TeamOrigin's founder & Team Principle.


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33rd America's Cup - Protocol Released

"Bigger, faster and harder to sail" Brad Butterworth, Alinghi

The Protocol for the 33rd America's Cup was released earlier today (for a PDF copy, click here).





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TeamOrigin - The Story So Far...

We take a close look at happenings so far for TeamOrigin, Great Britain's bid for the 33rd America's Cup.



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The Little Monkeys

Respect goes to our colleagues over at Sail Karma...

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33rd America's Cup - Start Your Engines

To accompany this blog's increased coverage of all things America's Cup, we thought we'd stare a while at the Confused + Emotional crystal ball.

With the 32nd America's Cup safely back in the hands of Swiss team Alinghi, our thoughts turn inevitably to the next series, the 33rd.


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Alinghi Claims 32nd America's Cup

Swiss Rule

Alinghi, the Swiss defending holder of The America's Cup have successfully defended their their crown by defeating Emirates Team New Zealand, 5 races to 2 in the best of nine series.


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Wind stops play

Inconsistent wind conditions in Valencia have forced the postponement of today's 7th flight in the 32nd America's Cup.

I'm not sure I...

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America's Cup Flight 6

It's now or never for the Kiwis as Alinghi beat Emirates Team New Zealand to take a 4-2 lead in the first to 5 series

Lightish winds set...

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Team New Zealand get seasick

America's Cup flight 5 is one Team New Zealand will probably care to forget.

Sometimes things are...


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Alinghi provides some answers

The Swiss draw even at 2-2

Race 4 of the 32nd America's Cup in Valencia, Spain, took place in...


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An America's Cup classic...

In one of the greatest America's Cup clashes in recent memory, Team New Zealand staged an unbelievable comeback to...


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The fight for the Auld Mug heats up...

The fight for the world's oldest sporting trophy, the 32nd America's Cup is well under way in Valencia, Spain.

Background: A competition between large yachts, it represents the...

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