In the 3 minute segment before the Sail Sport Talk live interviews, we are including news of America’s Cup as it progress through its paces of design, team preparation, auxiliary races, and more…
These are two interviews of Nathan Outteridge, as he and Emirates Team New Zealand test the AC40.
The countdown has commenced for what promises to be one of the most exciting, innovative and ultimately consequential series of events of the 37th America’s Cup. The Notice of Race for the 2024 Women’s America’s Cup and Youth America’s Cup has been posted and firm plans can now be laid by prospective teams from around the world to compete in the glorious surrounds of Barcelona in 2024.
The rapidly re-vamping Port Olympic, a short and pleasant stroll down the palm-lined promenade that stretches the length of Barcelona’s waterfront, is set to be the stunning new base for the future stars of the America’s Cup to begin their journey to winning the Holy Grail of world yachting. With wide-open boulevards, stunning architecture – and in the shadow of the famous Golden Fish ‘El Peix’ Frank Gehry sculpture that welcomes visitors at its entrance – the Port Olímpic ticks every box in terms of sustainability and accessibility, with promise of being a lively, youthful, vibrant heart of activity with direct access to the racecourse just yards off the beach.
The Women’s and Youth teams lucky enough to be selected will experience a regatta simply like no other placing them in the epicentre of the America’s Cup crucible of competition. Picture the scene as thousands watch from the beach and galleries dotted along the shoreline, millions more catching the free-to-air broadcast around the globe and helicopters circle above capturing the white-hot intensity of sailing in one of its purest forms, at its finest. This is the big time for sure.
October 11, 2022 Nathan Outteridge talks about the AC40 boat design in the first 3 minutes of Show 185.
As a stepping-stone on to AC75 teams post-2024 and a shop-window beyond comparison, the future of the America’s Cup will be showcased like never before. It’s the experience and opportunity of a lifetime to compete against the very best in the world in the brand new AC40 yachts and hone skills that will determine the future direction of the America’s Cup for decades to come. The importance of the Youth and Women’s America’s Cup regattas is not to be under-estimated.
Running sequentially, the Youth America’s Cup starts on Thursday 19th September 2024 and the Women’s America’s Cup on Thursday 3rd October 2024. Mark those dates. Both series begin with a week of practice for the teams before the fleets are split, where possible, into two with the confirmed AC Teams competing in one group and all the invited yacht clubs from around the world competing in another. Once racing begins in earnest, each group will race a Qualifying Series of fleet races, consisting of three races per day over three days to produce the top three podium teams from each group.