Naples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyNaples, ItalyThe Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup will spring into action in Barcelona this week with the start of 2 months of full throttle racing beginning with a single round robin preliminary regatta starting on Thursday 22nd.
Helmsmen set the scene at press conference on eve of racing at Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta in Barcelona
Whilst training ahead of the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta that starts on Thursday August 22, Alinghi Red Bull Racing suffered a rig failure onboard ‘BoatOne.’
This Thursday in Barcelona, the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta gets underway with far more questions ahead of the competition than answers. This is the third Preliminary Regatta on the journey to the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup but is the first to be sailed in the latest generation AC75 yachts, and the final preparation ahead of the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup on the 29th August.
Continuity is something that all teams of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup crave amongst their crew-members so, for INEOS Britannia, one of the very first confirmed hires was the outstanding athletic and sailing talent of Matt Gotrel. One of the most popular people not just within the INEOS Britannia set-up but also in the wider America’s Cup and sailing communities, Matt’s pathway through to
The Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta starts on Thursday 22 August 2024 in Barcelona with the five Challenger teams and the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, lining up in one-on-one match-races with four races per day. The top two boats will contest a one-race, winner-takes-all Grand Final on Sunday 25 August. Racing starts at 14.00 CET every day. It is the first time that all the AC75s will go
Maxime Guyon from Finistère in the north-west of France, has perhaps one of the most interesting journeys to the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup of all the athletes competing. Not only did Maxime become the first ever Frenchman in history to be crowned World CrossFit Champion back in 2021, but he also served as a Gendarme for some 22 years alongside gaining an accountancy degree.
Charting the journeys of the sailors in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup is a fascinating project and whilst many of the helms and trimmers came through the elite Olympic sailing programmes of their countries to strike gold, silver or bronze medals, for others it has encompassed endurance events, combat sports or even the military.
We’re stoked to be involved in taking the America’s Cup on tour around New Zealand from the 3rd of September!
One of the most talked about design features of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup is the innovation of recumbent cyclors brought in by NYYC American Magic. Where the other teams have gone for a more traditional set-up, the Magicians thought outside of the box, weighing up aero considerations with those of outright power output.
Outrageously physically demanding, the role of Cyclor on an AC75 is one of the hardest positions in any sport. Add in the heat and humidity of Barcelona plus the huge demands required to control the sail and mast functions of an AC75 and only the fittest athletes on the planet need apply.
As the intense focus for Emirates Team New Zealand is on the start of the Preliminary Regatta in two weeks’ time, the injection of the Women’s & Youth sailors has added another element to the teams overall preparations for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona.
As the Defenders of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand have staged an impressive campaign all round, absolutely determined to hold onto the trophy with a full team effort that has drawn on individual’s skills to create a powerful collective. Ask any of the top team members from the Challengers, privately, who they are most watching and it’s unanimously the Kiwis as the
At the very heart of New York Yacht Club American Magic beats a competitive, sporty edge. This is a team that knows all about ‘so-close-yet-so far’ in this game, and they are more than determined to bring the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup back to the club on West 44th Street that held it continuously for 132-years.
They are, without question, one of the truly great unknown packages of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s but with a design package from Emirates Team New Zealand revealing an almost identical line to the Defender’s yacht, Orient Express Racing Team will be one of the closest watched teams amongst the Challengers.
Emirates Team New Zealand and Ngati Whatua Orakei are proud to announce the participation of Te Kawau, a traditional Maori waka (canoe) from Ngati Whatua Orakei that will escort Taihoro and the team out to the America’s Cup race course each day during this year’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Match starting 12th October in Barcelona, Spain.
The very first team to start training in Barcelona, Alinghi Red Bull Racing have racked up the hours relentlessly training and developing their skills in order to bridge the gap to the established teams returning from the America’s Cup in Auckland 2021.
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s approach to the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup has seen no stone left unturned in their historic quest to bring the trophy back to Italy for the very first time. Right from the very start of training from their stunning base in Cagliari, Sardinia, the Italians have successfully trod the line between design and appendage development and technique training through a very
With racing now less than a month away, starting on the 22nd August for the third and final Preliminary Regatta, the Regatta Director has now posted both the Sailing Instructions and the pairings for each day of racing. Fans of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup will be salivating at some interesting line-ups right from the off in the Preliminary Regatta with the stand-out pairing being an openi
For all the teams in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, arguably one of the key roles is that of the coaches who provide a vital link between the sailors and the rest of the team with an all-encompassing vision that allows for outright focus to produce the best on-the-water performance. Every team has employed elite-level coaches and for INEOS Britannia, the Challenger of Record, they have the
Undoubtedly one of the most watched teams in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup has been the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia who, from the very start, have placed design innovation at the heart of their campaign. It is often said that the America’s Cup is a ‘design race with a regatta at the end’ and it’s an apt description of how detailed this meticulous challenge has been.
One month in a three-and-a-half-year campaign is not a lot of time. 30 days is a blip in the overall campaign which signals that racing is just about to begin. For Emirates Team New Zealand, it comes with a heightened sense of excitement and tension as focus narrows to refinement on the never-ending quest for more speed and race readiness.
Anyone who followed the Joint Reconnaissance programme over the last two years will be well aware of just how serious Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli is about winning the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. Their campaign has been near-faultless, fusing outstanding technology and design with high-intensity pressure sailing day in and day out.
Representing the most famous yacht club in the world could be a burden for some but not for New York Yacht Club American Magic, one of the most thorough and process-driven teams in this Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. After the start of their campaign in Pensacola, Florida where they launched their warhorse AC75 ‘Patriot’ from the last Cup, this is a team that has been operating at the highest l
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