2024 America's Cup

37th America's Cup
Defender  New Zealand
Defender club: Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
Yacht:Taihoro
Challenger
Challenger club:TBD
Yacht:TBD
Competition
Location:Barcelona
Dates:October 12–20, 2024[1]
Rule:AC75
Winner:TBD
Score:TBD
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The America's Cup is the oldest continuous competition in international sport, and among the world's most prestigious sporting trophies. The 37th America's Cup will be raced from 12 October 2024 as a first-to-seven-wins match-race series in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, between Taihoro, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron,[2] and a yacht representing the yacht club that wins the Louis Vuitton Challenger Selections Series, also in Barcelona, in September 2024.[3][1][4]

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is again the defender of the America's Cup after its yacht Te Rehutai, owned and sailed by the Emirates Team New Zealand syndicate, was the successful defender in the 36th America's Cup, beating the challenger Luna Rossa, representing Circolo della Vela Sicilia, 7–3 in a first-to-seven series raced from 10 to 17 March 2021 in the Waitemata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf off Auckland, New Zealand.

Immediately after Te Rehutai achieved its seventh win in the 36th America's Cup, the Chairman of Royal Yacht Squadron Racing, Bertie Bicket, issued a pre-arranged, "friendly" challenge to the Commodore of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Aaron Young.[5][6] This made Royal Yacht Squadron Racing Ltd the Challenger of Record for the next America's Cup.[7]

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron was founded in 1871 as the Auckland Yacht Club and took its current name in 1902 after receiving a warrant in the name of King Edward VII.[8] Royal Yacht Squadron Racing was founded in 2014 and is an affiliated member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

  1. ^ a b "37th America's Cup Dates Announced". BOATinternational.com. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ^ "NGĀTI WHĀTUA ŌRĀKEI NAME AND BLESS 'TAIHORO', EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAnd's BOAT TO DEFEND THE 37th AMERIca's CUP".
  3. ^ "Barcelona to Host 37th America's Cup in 2024". America's Cup.com. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  4. ^ Cup, America's. "Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup Barcelona". 37th America's Cup. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  5. ^ "RNZYS Accept Notice of Challenge for the 37th America's Cup". Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. 19 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Joint statement from Royal Yacht Squadron Racing and INEOS TEAM UK" (PDF). rys.org.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  7. ^ "America's Cup – A Brief History of the Challenger of Record 1970–2017 – from CupInfo".
  8. ^ "The Squadron".