The America's Cup class may refer to any yacht-building rule or any group of racing yachts that were built for the

America's Cup The America's Cup, informally known as the Auld Mug, is a trophy awarded in the sport of sailing. It is the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one f ...

sailing competition, including: *

Deed of Gift of the America's Cup The Deed of Gift of the America's Cup is the primary instrument that governs the rules to make a valid challenge for the America's Cup and the rules of conduct of the races. The current version of the deed of gift is the third revision of the orig ...

, a document that governed America's Cup in 1988 and 2010 without a class *Cubical Contents rule, tonnage and handicap rule for displacement yachts that governed the America's Cup from 1870 to 1881 * NYYC rule, formula and handicap rule for displacement yachts that governed the America's Cup from 1885 to 1887 (85 ft LWL limit) * Seawanhaka Rule, formula and handicap rule for displacement yachts that governed the America's Cup in 1893 (85 ft LWL limit) and from 1895 to 1903 (90 ft LWL limit) * Universal Rule, formula rule for displacement yachts that governed the America's Cup in 1920 (75 ft LWL limit) and from 1930 to 1937 ( J Class 87 ft LWL limit) *

12-metre class The 12 Metre class is a rating class for racing sailboats that are designed to the International rule. It enables fair competition between boats that rate in the class whilst retaining the freedom to experiment with the details of their designs. ...

, formula rule for displacement yachts that governed the America's Cup from 1958 to 1987 *

International America's Cup Class The International Americas Cup Class is a class of racing yacht that was developed for the America's Cup between 1992 and 2007. These yachts, while not identical, were all designed to the same formula to offer designers the freedom to experiment ...

, formula rule for displacement yachts that governed the America's Cup from 1992 to 2007 *

AC72 The AC72 (America's Cup 72 class) is a class of wingsail catamarans built to a box rule, which governs the construction and operation of yachts competing in the 2013 Louis Vuitton and the America's Cup races. The class was subsequently replac ...

, development class of winged catamarans that governed the 2013 America's Cup *

AC50 The AC50 (defined in the America's Cup rules as AC Class yacht, or ACC) was a wingsail catamaran development rule that governed the construction of the yachts used in the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup and the 2017 America's Cup. Like the larger AC72s u ...

, development class of winged catamarans that governed the 2017 America's Cup * AC75, development class of hydrofoiling

monohulls right A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another. Fundamental concept Among the earliest hulls were simple logs, but these were generally unsta ...

that governed the 2021 America's Cup and which are planned to be used for the

37th America's Cup The 37th America's Cup will be raced between a yacht representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and a yacht representing the yacht club that wins the '' Challenger Selection Series'' ( Prada Cup). It will be held in Barcelona, Spain in ...

and

38th America's Cup The 38th America's Cup will be raced between two yachts, one representing the defending yacht club and the other representing the challenging yacht club. The defending yacht club will be the one whose yacht wins the 37th America's Cup. The challeng ...

matches.

See also