World-renowned sailor & high-performance executive joins Athena Racing
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America’s Cup
All the latest news and developments within the America’s Cup world
Historic moment in global sailing as new America’s Cup partnership agreement is reached
A historic partnership for the America’s Cup has been formed, promising innovation and growth for the competition ahead of the 38th event in Naples.
America’s Cup unveil dramatic vision for Naples 2027
Explore the ambitious vision for the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup in 2027, unveiled in Naples at the Genoa International Boat Show.
AC75 class rules and technical regulations published
The AC75 Class Rules and Technical Regulations for the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup have been published, setting the stage for 2027 in Naples.
Luna Rossa – August 2025 highlights
Discover the latest updates from Luna Rossa as they resume their program in Cagliari for the 38th America’s Cup following the new protocol.
Protocol signed for AC38 set to take place in Naples in 2027
The Defender of the America’s Cup, The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, represented by Team New Zealand, and the Challenger of Record, The Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd, represented by Athena Racing, have signed the Protocol for the Louis Vuitton 38th…
Il Moro di Venezia – Italy contests the America’s Cup match for the very first time
The transition from colourful and applauded challenges of 1983 and 1987, to Challengers for the XXVIII America’s Cup in San Diego, was a pivotal moment in the history of Italy in the competition. The groundwork laid by the Azzurra and…
Italy and the America’s Cup – The Azzurra Story
Italy has one of the most passionate and enduring histories in the America’s Cup. Azzurra’s 1983 debut turned Italian sailing into a national interest. Backed by icons like Agnelli and the Aga Khan, it laid the foundation for today’s Italian…
Why the 38th edition could usher in a new era for the America’s Cup?
Things have been pretty quiet on the America’s Cup news from of late, as we wait for the final Protocol to be announced by ETNZ. The co-CEOs from the French challenger, K-Challenge have just released their thoughts on the proposed…
Peter Burling joins Luna Rossa for the 38th America’s Cup
Many of us have been wondering what Pete Burling would get up to after he recently announced that he was leaving Emirates Team New Zealand. Well, in an announcement yesterday, we all found out: “Excited to be joining Luna Rossa…
America’s Cup shenanigans
A bit of to and fro with the Cup teams over-night with a statement from Alinghi triggering responses from Athena, American Magic and ETNZ. I guess it is all to be expected but the one positive to take from this,…
SailGP announces star-studded ownership group
New ownership for the Italian SailGP team, following the strategic acquisition by Muse Sport consortium, led by Assia Grazioli Venier, Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo and CEO Jimmy Spithill Host of renowned names in sport & entertainment – including Hollywood icon, Anne Hathaway – brought together…
Prime Minister Meloni welcomes the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup
The magnificent setting of the Casino del Bel Respiro, commissioned by Pope Innocent X in 1644, in the grounds of Villa Pamphilj, was the outstanding and historic setting for the Minister for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi, on behalf of…
Statement from ETNZ in response to Athena Racing and American Magic
The Defender has been working closely and positively with all teams on moving the America’s Cup to a new collaborative Partnership and structure to strengthen the future of the America’s Cup for the benefit of the event and all current…
Italy to host the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup in the city of Naples in 2027
The Government of Italy, in conjunction with Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, are pleased to announce Italy as the Host Country and Naples as the Host City for the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup to…
ETNZ announces core team members
The America’s Cup always ends on the water, but it always begins with a meeting of minds. This week the Emirates Team New Zealand core sailing team began plotting the strategy to defending the America’s Cup again in 2027. Meet…
Alinghi Red Bull Racing withdraws from America’s Cup
As planning begins for the 38th America’s Cup, expected in 2027, a second major challenger is stepping aside. Alinghi Red Bull Racing has confirmed they will not compete in the next cycle and have started an “orderly wind-down” of their…
Emirates Team New Zealand and Peter Burling part ways
Emirates Team New Zealand and Peter Burling have today confirmed that they have agreed to part ways ahead of the 38th America’s Cup. Discussions by the team management and Burling have been ongoing since Barcelona, however an agreement was not…
INEOS Britannia announces withdrawal from 38th America’s Cup
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has abandoned plans to challenge for the next America’s Cup. An announcement on the INEO website reads: INEOS Britannia announces that it has withdrawn its intention to challenge for the next America’s Cup. The decision has been…
America’s Cup in Barcelona generated a positive economic impact of €1.034 Billion Euros
The University of Barcelona and the Barcelona Capital Nàutica Foundation (FBCN) today released the outcome of their exhaustive post event economic impact study which revealed over €1 billion positive economic GDP return that the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup created…
Royal Yacht Squadron aligns with Ainslie’s Athena Racing
Although there does not appear to be any official announcement as yet, The Royal Yacht Squadron’s website has just been updated to reflect Athena Racing as their representative for the next America’s Cup. Observers are unsure as to where this…
INEOS boss Jim Ratcliffe announces AC38 British Challenge without Ben Ainslie
Article by Cup Insider Shockwaves are reverberating around the America’s Cup community after the announcement today by INEOS – two time backer of Sir Ben Ainslie’s British America’s Cup challenges – that the company has parted ways with the four…
Andoo Team Australia Update
Andoo Team Australia 2024 wraps-up with thanks to all supporters. The Andoo Team Australia Challenge campaign for 2024 UniCredit Youth and Puig Women’s America’s Cup has wrapped up, marking a memorable chapter in Australia’s return to the most prestigious competition…
Defender and Challenger of Record paving the way for the 38th America’s Cup
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) and Emirates Team New Zealand are pleased to confirm that the RNZYS has accepted a Notice of Challenge for the 38th America’s Cup (AC38) from the Royal Yacht Squadron Limited, represented by INEOS…
What We Learned from the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup
Here’s an interesting little breakdown from the team over at the 49er and Nacra 17 organisation on the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. It points out some interesting facts and observations. You may not agree with all their observations, but…
Looking to the future by building on the success of Barcelona
Emirates Team New Zealand have completed one of the most successful America’s Cup campaigns in history. For the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand having won the America’s Cup three times in a row, it now presents an unprecedented opportunity for…
Ineos Britannia – A brilliant campaign for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup
The most successful British Challenge in over 90 years ended in defeat in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match after a spirited series against the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, that was closer and more hard-fought than the 7-2…
Emirates Team New Zealand make history to win the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand concluded a historic chapter, winning the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup after an epic final showdown in Barcelona against the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia, in a single race that ebbed and flowed from the outset…
173 Years In The Making
When Sir Ben Ainslie and INEOS Brittania burst through the Louis Vuitton Cup final and into the America’s Cup Match for the first time in 60-years it was a momentous moment for British sailing. Whether the Challengers of Record manage…
ETNZ brilliance takes the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup to match point at 6-2
It was a fired-up, proficient and efficient Emirates Team New Zealand that raced the hardest to interpret wind direction here in Barcelona and took two clean races off the fast-charging Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia who left very little out…
Ineos Britannia fight back with 2 race wins on 4th day of Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match
A warm and humid day in Barcelona yielded southerly thermal breezes of 7-11 knots for two absorbing races in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match that saw INEOS Britannia, the Challenger of Record, take back-to-back victories to move the…
Kevin Shoebridge admitted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame
Emirates Team New Zealand COO Kevin Shoebridge, fondly known as ‘Shoeb’ was inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame at the Induction Gala dinner in Barcelona’s Maritime Museum last night. Shoebridge was admitted alongside Juan Villa, Josh Belsky, and…
Tense and tight racing as ETNZ take 4th win in Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match
In a closely fought race that rewarded the most marginal of gains Emirates Team New Zealand took one more point in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match this afternoon in Barcelona with a fourth consecutive victory over INEOS Britannia…
Start box drama as Emirates Team New Zealand extend to 3-0 in Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match
There was ruthless execution on display in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match as Emirates Team New Zealand extended their advantage to 3-0 after forcing a penalty on the Challenger of Record INEOS Britannia in the pre-start period of…
ETNZ score two opening wins at the start of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match
There was a special feeling in the Port Vell, Barcelona this afternoon as Emirates Team New Zealand and INEOS Britannia docked-out of a packed waterway and despite the drizzle, crowds thronged around the harbour as packed pleasure-craft honked horns to…
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli win inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup
In the full glare of the world’s media spotlight, in a race sandwiched between the opening two races of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match, Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli beat Britain’s Athena Pathway to win the inaugural Puig…
Andoo Team Australia Update
Women’s America’s Cup Match Race TODAY (Saturday) Andoo Team Australia has been out cheering on the Puig Women’s America’s teams as they continue to race into the history books for the first ever Puig Women’s America’s Cup. Challenging conditions have…
Athena Pathway and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli move forward to the Final Match of the Puig Women’s America’s Cup
With the racing schedule condensed after yesterday’s postponements, it was another difficult day for the Race Committee at the Puig Women’s America’s Cup who had to remain patient as light airs thwarted their efforts to complete the Group A America’s…
Rainbow score their first race win but Svea lead J Class Barcelona Regatta into final day
When the too gentle and shifting breeze died away during the second race of the day, Rainbow were denied a probable double victory, but the newest team to J Class racing were nonetheless pleased to have put their first race…
Alinghi Red Bull Racing fly on to the podium in the Puig Women’s America’s Cup
Dreams were both realised and shattered at the Puig Women’s America’s Cup when what was billed today as the final showdown between the America’s Cup representative teams yielded just one light air race and meant the competition will continue tomorrow….
