America’s Cup FAQs Updated

The first two America’s Cup World Series events are in the bag, and we thought it would be a good time to update the America’s Cup FAQ page on our website. Since the FAQs were first published earlier this year, the answers to many of the questions have changed as the event has developed from a few radical and nebulous ideas into the America’s Cup World Series replete with 114 fully built-out containers traveling on the same ship with nine AC 45s, and dozens of support boats. As the path to the 34th America’s Cup continues to develop, we will continue to update these questions — many of which are based on those submitted by readers. Do you have a question? Send it to us, and we’ll do our best to incorporate it.

The next stop on the America’s Cup World Series is a lot closer to home than Plymouth, England or Cascais, Portugal. It’s just down the coast in San Diego November 12-20. But the good news is that you won’t have to wait that long to see an AC 45 tearing it up on the water. Oracle Racing will be conducting a testing program here on the Bay this month. According to the team, only one boat will be sailing this week, as the team will be focused on Oracle Open World. After that there should be some good viewing opportunities for the two-boat testing — and we hope to maybe see some curved daggerboards or other trickery that isn’t allowed in the AC World Series.