• The America's Cup teams all practice in the same body of water, so they have a friendly rule: no photographing each others’ boats within 150 meters. But, because the stakes are so high, this rule gets broken often, and each team spies on one another. Photo by Hafsa Lodi
    The America's Cup teams all practice in the same body of water, so they have a friendly rule: no photographing each others’ boats within 150 meters. But, because the stakes are so high, this rule gets broken often, and each team spies on one another. Photo by Hafsa Lodi
  • Boaz Island is where the competing teams are all stationed, and where their race boats are all stored, hidden away in private warehouse-style garages. Photo by Hafsa Lodi
    Boaz Island is where the competing teams are all stationed, and where their race boats are all stored, hidden away in private warehouse-style garages. Photo by Hafsa Lodi
  • Grinders on the team generate the pressure to control the boat’s wing panels. They have an average heart rate of 180-200 beats per minute while racing. Photo by Sam Greenfield
    Grinders on the team generate the pressure to control the boat’s wing panels. They have an average heart rate of 180-200 beats per minute while racing. Photo by Sam Greenfield
  • The maximum average weight per sailor is 87.5 kilograms, and team members must weigh in and weigh out every Monday and Friday. Photo by Sam Greenfield
    The maximum average weight per sailor is 87.5 kilograms, and team members must weigh in and weigh out every Monday and Friday. Photo by Sam Greenfield
  • Hotels will soon be filling up with sailing enthusiasts from around the world, who will travel to Bermuda to watch the 35th America’s Cup. Photo by Hafsa Lodi
    Hotels will soon be filling up with sailing enthusiasts from around the world, who will travel to Bermuda to watch the 35th America’s Cup. Photo by Hafsa Lodi
  • Grant Simmer, chief operating officer of Oracle Team USA, has participated in every America’s Cup race since 1983, and says it’s just as much a technology contest, as it is a sporting contest. Courtesy of Panerai
    Grant Simmer, chief operating officer of Oracle Team USA, has participated in every America’s Cup race since 1983, and says it’s just as much a technology contest, as it is a sporting contest. Courtesy of Panerai
  • In addition to being the official watch of the 35th America’s Cup, Panerai is also the watch sponsor for Oracle Team USA, and the sailors are all equipped with limited-edition versions of the brand’s Luminor timepiece. Photo by Sam Greenfield
    In addition to being the official watch of the 35th America’s Cup, Panerai is also the watch sponsor for Oracle Team USA, and the sailors are all equipped with limited-edition versions of the brand’s Luminor timepiece. Photo by Sam Greenfield
  • Angelo Bonati, chief executive of Officine Panerai, calls the America’s Cup “the Formula One of the sea”. Courtesy of Panerai
    Angelo Bonati, chief executive of Officine Panerai, calls the America’s Cup “the Formula One of the sea”. Courtesy of Panerai
  • Jimmy Spithill, team skipper and helmsman of Oracle Team USA, looks for versatility in a watch. “For me, a watch that can work in the heat of battle, and work on the shore, and be the same watch — that’s the ultimate watch,” he says. Courtesy of Panerai
    Jimmy Spithill, team skipper and helmsman of Oracle Team USA, looks for versatility in a watch. “For me, a watch that can work in the heat of battle, and work on the shore, and be the same watch — that’s the ultimate watch,” he says. Courtesy of Panerai

A day with Oracle Team USA in Bermuda ahead of the 35th America’s Cup – in pictures

Hafsa Lodi

May 09, 2017

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Oracle Team USA is defending its winning title in the 2017 America's Cup, which kicks off in Bermuda on May 26. We spent a day with the team and Angelo Bonati, CEO, Officine Panerai, which is the official watch of the tournament this year. Read more about the experience in Luxury magazine, out with The National on Thursday, May 11.

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