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75ft monohull to feature in America’s Cup

04 Oct 2017

Ben Ainslie, team principal of Land Rover BAR, said the team were comfortable with the transition from multihulls to monohulls. Image courtesy of Mark Lloyd/Lloyd images

The 36th America’s Cup AC75 class of boat will be a 75ft high performance monohull.

This will be governed by the AC75 Class Rule which will be published by 31st March 2018, with initial concepts of the class being released to key stakeholders by the end of November 2017.

Speaking of preparing Land Rover BAR’s (Ben Ainslie Racing) AC36 challenge for 2021 in 75ft monohulls, team principal, Ben Ainslie, said: “We are comfortable with the transition (from multihulls), the key people in our sailing, design, engineering and support teams all have a great deal of relevant experience.”

Prada is sponsor

Prada will be the exclusive naming and presenting sponsor of all events comprising the 36th America’s Cup including the Challenger Selection Series, which will officially be named The Prada Cup.

America’s Cup will take place in Auckland, New Zealand in March 2021, preceded by The Prada Cup in January and February 2021.

A series of preliminary regattas will be raced internationally in 2019 & 2020 in the AC75 Class boats, culminating with a Christmas Regatta in December 2020 for all competitors.

Two-boat limit

Each competitor is permitted to build two boats, the hulls of which must be laminated in the country of the competitor. The first boat is not permitted to be launched prior to 31 March 2019, the second can be launched after 1 February 2020.

20% or three crew, whichever is higher, must be ‘true nationals’ (i.e. citizens) of the competing yacht club.

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