Inside AC: Secrets teams can't share

Inside America's Cup with host Niall Myant-Best is the official podcast of the Louis Vuitton 38th America's Cup, with each episode going under the surface of one of the most competitive and secretive sports events in the world, and explaining the decisions that separate winning from losing. This segment asks the question, 'What will actually decide winners and losers in America's Cup design?' Myant-Best takes a technical deep dive with a designer who's free to say what the teams can't. Juan Kouyoumdjian is one of the world's top authorities on yacht design. He's spent 30 years designing winning round-the-world boats and working on America's Cup projects. Right now he isn't attached to a Cup team, so for once there's nothing stopping him talking. Niall Myant-Best asks him: • Which of the reused AC75 hulls has a head start, and which team faces an uphill battle? • Why the hull isn't a hull any more, but a fuselage built to make the sails work harder? • Where the real gains sit in foil deformation, and the new wording in the rule that more than one team will be trying to exploit? • How far you can push automated sail trim before the human in the loop becomes the limit? • The piece of technology he thinks would be decisive in Naples, that nobody appears to have built yet. Details: https://www.americascup.com/ Defender New Zealand and Challenger of Record from Great Britain confirmed the Protocol for the 38th America's Cup on August 12, 2025. The close of the initial entry period was October 31, 2025, with late entries considered up to March 31, 2026. Current entrants: • Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) – Defender • GB1 (GBR) – Challenger of Record • Luna Rossa (ITA) – Challenger • Tudor Team Alinghi (SUI) – Challenger • La Roche-Posay Racing Team (FRA) – Challenger • American Racing Challenger Team USA (USA) – Challenger • Team Australia (AUS) – Challenger After the 2024 event, Barcelona, Spain declined hosting another edition, with the venue moved to Naples, Italy. In 2027, Challenger racing is May 22 to July 4 before the 38th Match on July 10-19. Full details. Preliminary Regattas:* May 22-24, 2026 – Cagliari, Italy September 24-27 – Naples, Italy * The Protocol noted how there would be as many Preliminary Regattas as possible, with the intent to have three during 2026 and one possibly in early 2027, and a final event at the Match Venue immediately prior to the challenger series. Only two have been thus far revealed. Source: America's Cup SCUTTLEBUTT News Link ! DemirHindiSG 07 Eylül 2026-18:12