But in permitting a minicamera-microphone on their 12-Meter yachts, maybe that's what the America's Cup skippers had in mind all along.

Cayard, a veteran America's Cup skipper, has never been in those waters before.

He has abandoned the quasi-amateur status he assumed as an America's Cup skipper to embrace a new wave of professionalism in the sport.

But Conner remains the role model for every modern America's Cup skipper.

Holmberg beat an all-star field of potential America's Cup skippers.

The first brief, filed Dec. 21, represented eight former America's Cup skippers and several yacht clubs.

It was Coutts's 14th consecutive victory as an America's Cup skipper, a record.

The casual attitude about winning is unusual for America's Cup skippers.

No America's Cup skipper, least of all Coutts, can afford to do anything but compete as much as possible these days.

A group of 24 international teams competed in the event, which drew several other America's Cup skippers.