TOBY HEPPELL speaks to Land Rover BAR’s Ben Ainslie about what lessons he will be taking on for the next America’s Cup and BAR Academy’s Youth AC winner, Annabel Vose about her ambitions.
In early July, we got the first details of AC36 released by newly anointed America’s Cup defender, Emirates Team New Zealand and their Challenger of Record, Luna Rossa Prada. Ultimately the announcement was detail light, and really serves only to confirm the date for the next America’s Cup – some time in early 2021 – and the venue – Auckland, New Zealand.
More than anything, as Emirates Team New Zealand CEO, Grant Dalton, freely admits, the announcement was made to serve potential challengers notice that there is movement underway and that a Protocol will be forthcoming in September. It has certainly been a relatively short time since the Kiwis’ win for details to be announced, but there were promises to try and keep things moving better between Cups this time – even though the New Zealanders did not sign up to the Framework Agreement, the rolling two-year contract that then defender Oracle and the four other AC35 challengers signed in January 2017.
Whether or not you agree with a rolling protocol for the America’s Cup, it is hard to argue that these transitional periods are anything other than extremely tough for those wanting to challenge for the next Cup, needing to keep a team afloat with little idea as to the class of boat or the format of racing for the next Cup.
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Super, smashing, great
How do you stand out in one of the most competitive sectors of boat building? Sam Jefferson steps aboard the Dufour 390 to find out
ST PETER PORT - GUERNSEY 49°27.19'N, 002°32.00'W
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Round the Island Q&A
Dave Atkinson, director of the Round the Island Race, now postponed until the autumn, explains some decisions and breaks down misconceptions about the race in a revealing chat with Rupert Holmes.
The rest is Istria
Nicola Beykirch headed to Venice in search of a cheap winter berth and endured the hardship of sailing the length of the Croatian coast en route
Grinding to a halt
Sent home from warm-weather training in Sardinia amid Covid-19 restrictions, grinder Freddie Carr updates us on what is now for INEOS TEAM UK and the America’s Cup
From a distance
Rob Peake looks at what ‘sailing’ we can do via distance learning courses and online regattas
Flying the flag
Her rise through the ranks has been meteoric and her helm Charlotte Dobson calls her ‘an absolute weapon’. Rob Peake meets 49erFX crew Sakia Tidey
Eire on a shoestring
The Irish sea deserves respect, but the rewards of a summer cruise can be great, as Don Smith notes
Ace Your Club Race
Quirky courses and mixed fleets - Mark Rushall talks tactics and sorts strategy for club race situations
WIZARDS IN OZ
After Ainslie’s spectacular series debut, ROB KOTHE speaks to SailGP skippers on the lessons learned in Sydney, and finds out what’s next from Russell Coutts
