When Team New Zealand won the 2017 America's Cup, they created the AC75 Class for their 2021 defense.
This foiling monohull took yacht design to another level, but it also further increased the cost to successfully compete.
ACP (sounding somewhat like a well known antiseptic) has been formulated to smooth the apparent wounds that are inherent in today’s America’s Cup.
Yacht designer and past Seahorse magazine editor Julian Everitt comments on recent changes for the 2027 America’s Cup.
The Cup would be dead, according to Grant Dalton without this fundamental change in the way future America’s Cups will be run.
Author's summary: New changes for America's Cup.