Plans are already underway for the next America's Cup!
The 37th America's Cup. The Kiwis sign with the English and reveal the path to the next Cup
The America's Cup is barely over when we are already preparing for the next edition. The English will be Challenger of record. The Cup will be contested aboard the AC75 flying monohulls, but each challenge will only be able to build one boat. It will require a crew of which all sailors will have a passport from the country they represent. And the events will not necessarily take place in Auckland, or even necessarily in New Zealand!
Emirates Team New Zealand confirmed this night with a statement in Auckland which was more than rumors about the identity of the next Challenger of Record as well as the terms under which the 37th America's Cup would be run, of which the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is. again the Defender. Unsurprisingly, it was with the Royal Yacht Squadron Racing represented by INEOS Team UK led by Ben Ainslie that the New Zealanders did business.
Teams will be limited to building a single new AC75 for the next event.
A single event authority will be designated to be responsible for the conduct of all races and for the management of commercial activities related to the 37th America's Cup.
The Defender and the Challenger of Record will review and agree on a meaningful set of campaign cost reduction measures, including measures to attract more Challengers and to help set up new teams.
A new crew nationality rule will require that 100% of the racing crew for each competitor either hold the passport of the team's yacht club country as of March 19, 2021, or have been physically present in that country (or , acting on behalf of such yacht club in Auckland, the venue of the AC36 events) for two of the three preceding years prior to March 18, 2021. As an exception to this requirement, there will be a discretionary provision allowing for a non- quota. nationals in the race crew for competitors from "emerging nations".
There are a number of different options, but it is expected that the location of the match will be determined within six months and the dates of the races announced in the protocol, if not before.