America's Cup 37 Updates - 03/17/2024 - What's New In AC-Land?

Check out these recent articles and videos focused on the 37th America’s Cup, to be held in Barcelona, Spain in October of this year!

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• Thrills, Spills, and Jeddah Jellyfish

  “Commitment to the commitment” was a most famous phrase that Dennis Conner used back in the 1980’s to describe the dedication needed in America’s Cup campaigns. Alinghi Red Bull Racing are more than applying the quote to their thrilling campaign with another super-intense training session out on the stunning waters of the Red Sea on Saturday.

• America's Cup: Luna Rossa announces eight member Power team. AC75 race boat hits the road

  Luna Rosa Prada Pirelli have announced a "power bank" of eight cyclors who will pressure up the hydraulic systems aboard the Italian America's Cup Challenger.

• America’s Cup – Luna Rossa AC75 race boat hits the road

  The roads of Europe are alive with America’s Cup AC75 raceboats on route to Barcelona, Spain.

• Women’s America’s Cup to take centre stage as Team New Zealand near next testing phase

  Barcelona’s America’s Cup show will be multifaceted in featuring a standalone women’s event for the first time in its 173-year history.

  Team New Zealand’s top female sailors will soon be on the water for testing as a Cup unit, too, beginning a six-month countdown until the first competitive racing between the 12 women’s teams starts.

• From Persico Marine came the new Luna Rossa: what will the future AC 75s look like?

  This is it, the countdown is on, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli ‘s AC 75 has left Persico Marine, where it was built. It is headed to the base in Cagliari, where the outfitting of the boat will be completed, the launch will be carried out, and presumably the very first tests will take place before the transfer to Barcelona where the 2024 America’s Cup will be staged from August 22.

• Duelling Bulls Go Head-to-Head on the Red Sea

  Alinghi Red Bull Racing’s foresightful decision to keep their two AC40s in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia after the conclusion of the second Preliminary Regatta back at the end of November, paid handsome dividends today as the prevailing north-westerly breeze came in with a bang and the sailors were rewarded with 15-19 knots of solid Red Sea buster and a hearty, chunky wave formation for a thoroughly entertaining two-boat training session.

• America’s Cup: Luna Rossa sign Luca Kirwan, son of All Black John Kirwan, to cyclor team

  Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli have revealed their power unit for the upcoming America’s Cup, with Kiwi Luca Kirwan signed as one of the team’s cyclors.

  The son of former All Black Sir John Kirwan grew up in Italy but took up rowing when he returned to New Zealand in 2012.

  He competed for New Zealand at the under-23 world championship in 2019, and was a reserve in NZ’s squad for the 2022 Rowing World Cup.

• America's Cup, glamour conditions serve up Barcelona perfection

  Oh, Barcelona you absolute beauty. Another day, another champagne sailing session of sun and wind for NYYC American Magic and Orient Express Racing Team who simply had it all – a flat sea to start, and a building breeze giving the perfect arena for some superb training. Meanwhile down in Jeddah, with temperatures soaring at 36 degrees, the wind took its time to fill in the afternoon, but Alinghi Red Bull Racing got some serious pre-start and short course training under their belt with some great playbook tactics on display.

• Names of Luna Rossa cyclists unveiled, Mattia Camboni is among them

  Time for choices and official communications for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team ahead of the 2024 America’s Cup. After announcing the names of the women and young people who will participate in the Youth and at the Women America’s Cup , the Italian team disclosed those of the “cyclists” who will be part of the crew of the future AC 75. In fact, as is well known, in this edition of the America’s Cup, legs are also allowed to be used for grinder work, hence the need to have athletes with specific physical and technical characteristics.

• Glamour Conditions Serve Up Barcelona Perfection

  Oh, Barcelona you absolute beauty. Another day, another champagne sailing session of sun and wind for NYYC American Magic and Orient Express Racing Team who simply had it all – a flat sea to start, and a building breeze giving the perfect arena for some superb training. Meanwhile down in Jeddah, with temperatures soaring at 36 degrees, the wind took its time to fill in the afternoon, but Alinghi Red Bull Racing got some serious pre-start and short course training under their belt with some great playbook tactics on display.

• America’s Cup: Half the crew will pedal

  While the America’s Cup grinding position may have been more about muscle than sailing ability, the skills were still similar to big boat needs in recreational sailing. Relatable, right? But there is little about the 37th America’s Cup that has much to do with the rest of the sport, which includes half the AC75 crew providing pedal-power. Report by the Italian challenger:

• America’s Cup: Nervous decision pays off for Ineos Britannia in bid to get jump on Team New Zealand

  Giles Scott admits there were some nerves among the Ineos Britannia camp over a key decision in their bid to get the jump on Team New Zealand ahead of the America’s Cup.

  The Challenger of Record and one of the four competing teams who are sailing in their second cycle of an AC75 regatta, the British syndicate appear well-placed to mount a competitive bid to snatch the Auld Mug.

• Luna Rossa: cyclors aboard the AC75 for the 37th America's Cup

  During an America's Cup race they will develop up to an average of about 2,000 watts, enough to light up a 50 square meter room. They are Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s cyclors, the “power bank” of the AC75. The cyclors’ role is crucial, because the tuning of the aero part of the boat relies on their leg power. Unlike the boats of the past, where grinders turned the handles with the strength of their arms, today's foiling monohulls have four cyclors who, by means of pedals, power-up the hydraulic systems that allow the trimmers to adjust sails and mast.