As we gear up to witness our celebrated Emirates Team New Zealand defend the Auld Mug in sunny Barcelona, we’re brushing up on our Cup knowledge and making plans to enjoy the high-octane races from near and far.
Whether a jaunt to Spain to watch the action unfold in real time is on the cards, or you’re planning to head to Viaduct Harbour to commemorate and celebrate at the Cup’s official home, we have all you need to know. So brace yourself for Cup fever, as Emirates Team New Zealand battles it out for the 37th America’s Cup in a bid to secure a hat trick.
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Barcelona
Preliminary Regatta
22nd — 25th August
Louis Vuitton Cup
29th August
— 7th October
Unicredit Youth
America’s Cup
17th — 26th September
Puig Women’s
America’s Cup
5th — 13th October
Louis Vuitton 37th
America’s Cup
12th — 27th October
Who’s at the helm of the six teams competing in the 37th America’s Cup?
Pete Burling
Emirates Team New Zealand
New Zealand
Our very own homegrown hero, Peter Burling is one of New Zealand’s — and in fact, the world’s — greatest sailors. A triple Olympic medallist in the 49er class, and a double America’s Cup winner, Pete Burling is gearing up to once again lead Emirates Team New Zealand to victory.
Sir Ben Ainslie
Ineos Britannia
Great Britain
The most successful Olympic sailor of all time, Sir Ben Ainslie was charged with turning Oracle Team USA’s seven-race deficit around. Last Cup, he stepped into a new role at the helm of his homeland’s team, a position he remains in for the 2024 racing, vying with all his might to bring the Cup to England.
Ernesto Bertarelli
Alinghi Red Bull Racing
Switzerland
Bertarelli created Alinghi to achieve his dream of bringing the America’s Cup back to Europe for the first time since 1851. His team memorably won the America’s Cup in 2003 in Auckland, and successfully defended it in 2007 in Valencia. Now, with a new team, the Swiss sailor is back in the Cup with his sights set on winning.
Max Sirena
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team
Italy
Sirena is at his eighth America’s Cup challenge, two of which were winning campaigns, including the 33rd America’s Cup with BMW Oracle Racing, and the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda in 2017 with Emirates Team New Zealand. Now, an ever-ambitious Sirena is at the helm of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team for the second consecutive Cup racing.
Terry Hutchinson
NYYC American Magic
America
Across his 40-year career, Hutchinson has done it all, including guiding Emirates Team New Zealand in the 32nd Cup. Now, after a few bumps in the road (including thatspectacular crash in the 36th Cup), the stalwart sailor is back at the helm of the American team, resolute in achieving a lifelong goal of securing the Auld Mug.
Quentin Delapierre
Orient Express Racing Team
France
A rising star on the international sailing scene, Frenchman Quentin Delapierre will lead the Orient Express Racing Team in the 37th America’s Cup, bringing vast experience at
both an Olympic and international level, with skills forged more recently in the intense heat of the SailGP racing circuit.
Fly Time
The amount of time the boat spends foiling. The ideal situation would be for a team to make it around the entire course with 100% fly time, which means their hull never touches the water.
Wingwash
When sailboats sail close to each other, one can affect the other’s quality of wind. The resulting lack of wind is referred to as a “wingwash.”
Stuffing It or Splash Down
When the boat drops off the foils and the hulls hit the water, usually in a very dramatic fashion that soaks the sailors.
