For many of the sailors in the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup and the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup, their first taste of what to expect has been found on the team simulators that are dotted all over the globe. We have heard rumours of private races being taken “before breakfast” and “after dinner” between some of the antipodean teams whilst in the northern hemisphere unofficial leagues are forming.

However, over the past two days, America’s Cup Events invited all the available teams to come and compete in a more structured environment with virtual racing planned and laid on with  course setting from none other than Ray Davies, coach of Emirates Team New Zealand and Performance Engineer Elise Beavis  working with the tech guys to help insure it all ran efficiently on the night managing and recording races so that Chief Umpire of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, Richard Slater could remotely  review video after racing and advise on infringements and penalties. It’s been fast, furious and highly competitive and a real taster of what we can expect from the teams when the on-water racing starts in September and October 2024 in Barcelona.

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