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The 36th America's Cup in March 2021 was the latest staging of the
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race. It was contested on the inner
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, New Zealand, between the
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and
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of Italy. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's boat was ''
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'' owned and sailed by the
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syndicate. Circolo della Vela Sicilia's boat was ''Luna Rossa'', owned and sailed by the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli syndicate. Both boats are
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class high-performance
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monohulls, a class designed specifically for this competition. The Cup was won by Team New Zealand, 7–3. The
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was the Defending Club, having won the preceding
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in 2017, and was therefore responsible for organizing and hosting this event. The Challenging Club was
Circolo della Vela Sicilia Circolo della Vela Sicilia is a yacht club in Mondello, a northern borough of Palermo, Sicily. The club was the "Challenger of Record" for the 36th America's Cup where they were represented by their team, Luna Rossa Challenge. See also * Italy a ...
, whose team won the selection series – the
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– and was also the Challenger of Record, having been the first yacht club to make a valid challenge under the
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after Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron won the 35th America's Cup. The 36th America's Cup was raced under rules agreed between the Defending Club and the Challenging Club within the legal framework of the
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. In AC competition, the club whose boat is first to win seven races wins the cup and becomes the Defending Club, host, and organizer of the
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, after receiving a valid challenge from a yacht club from another country that meets the conditions of the deed.


Background

The 35th edition of the America's cup was held between 17 and 26 June 2017. It was contested between the challenger,
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, and the defender,
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. Team New Zealand won the cup match with a score of 7 to 1 over Oracle Team USA. The successful challenge made the
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the Defending club for the 36th America's cup. The protocol for the 36th America's cup was released on 29 September 2017 with
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as the intended venue for the event.
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, the CEO of Emirates Team New Zealand, confirmed that the fashion brand
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had secured the right to be the exclusive naming and presenting sponsor of all events comprising the 36th America's Cup. This included the Challenger Selection Series which would officially be named The Prada Cup. This replaced the
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that had been used as the Challenger Selection Series between 1983 and 2017. The class rule for the
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, the foiling monohulls that would be used for the event, was published on 29 March 2018. The three person Arbitration Panel was appointed on 10 May 2018. The chairperson was David Tillett (AUS) who was joined by Henry Peter (SUI) and Graham McKenzie (NZL). All three are respected lawyers who have experience working with previous America's Cup adjudication bodies. In August 2018, an "America's Cup Overture" was held in Cowes, England, 167 years after the original America's Cup race occurred at the same location. At the event, Auckland was confirmed as the venue for the cup match and challenger series with the event dates and courses also announced.


Scheduling

The event was originally scheduled to start on 6 March 2021, but was delayed until 10 March due to a COVID-19 lockdown in Auckland. Iain Murray was the race director. Entries for challengers opened on 1 January 2018 and closed on 30 June 2018 with late entries accepted until 30 November 2018. Heats for challengers and the defender, known as World Series, were held in 2020 in the brand new AC75 class. Challenger selection series was held in January and February 2021 with the America's Cup match against the defender in March. Prior to Emirates Team New Zealand winning the
35th America's Cup The 2017 America's Cup was the 35th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. The challenger, Emirates Team New Zealand, won by a score of 7 to 1 over the defender, Oracle Team USA. It was held on the Great Sound in Bermuda from June 17 to June ...
in 2017, Oracle (the defender at the time) and four of the five challengers had signed a framework that would have seen the 36th America's Cup in 2019 and the 37th in 2021, with the existing 35th Cup class boats, the
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s, and a pre-selection
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tournament with the same boats. Team New Zealand, the eventual champion, had opted to not sign the framework agreement, and were not bound by its terms, freeing them to set their defence for 2021 with a brand new format and class.


Challengers

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in the 2000 America's Cup, the
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, and the
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finals. On 13 March 2018, Jimmy Spithill announced he was returning to the team, after his tenure as helmsman in the
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. The
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began accepting challenges from further eligible yacht clubs, in addition to the Challenger of Record, on 1 January 2018.
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entered and was led by
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. The
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(NYYC) entered AC36, under the syndicate name
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, with a team led by
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and funded by
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, John J. "Hap" Fauth, and
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. In May 2018 it was announced that Dean Barker would helm the boat. "American Magic" refers to the first Cup winner, the
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''America'' of
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, and the first defender, NYYC's yacht '' Magic'', who successfully defended in
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. The America's Cup trophy was held by the NYYC for 132 years until
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. The NYYC's reign was the longest winning streak – as measured by years – in the history of all sports. At the close of the late entry notice period, 30 November 2018, eight notices of challenge were submitted to the defender. There was speculation about entries from Australia and China, and second challengers from Italy and the United States. After processing those entries by order of reception, by the end of year 2018 three additional challenges were accepted:
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and the
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; a second American challenge from
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and the
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; and a national challenge from
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issued by Royal Dutch Yacht Club. On 2 April 2019, the New York Yacht Club, through team American Magic, filed for arbitration relating to the acceptance of the three late entry teams. On 15 May 2019, the America's Cup Arbitration Panel released their decision denying American Magic's application and allowed the late entry teams to compete. On 31 May 2019, the Royal Malta Yacht Club announced that they were withdrawing as a challenger. On 1 July 2019, the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil- & Roeivereeniging announced that it was also withdrawing as a challenger, whereas the Long Beach Yacht Club confirmed their ongoing commitment. On 9 December 2020, Stars & Stripes (Long Beach Yacht Club) withdrew from the competition. Starting 29 January 2021, Luna Rossa faced the New York Yacht Club in a best-of-7 semifinal for the challenger's Prada Cup; by 30 January, the Italians had completed a 4–0 sweep to advance to the Prada Cup finals. In the best-of-13 finals, Luna Rosa needed only 8 races, ending on 21 February, to defeat the INEOS Team 7–1, advancing from the challenger's pool.


Venue

The Cup was sailed in New Zealand's
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, outside of
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City's
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as the venue. Italy was announced as the backup venue. Auckland had also previously been the venue for the America's Cup in 2000 and 2003. Infrastructure work was undertaken in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter to prepare for the event. This included dredging of the Outer Viaduct Harbour, installation of new floating infrastructure such as pontoons, and construction of team bases. Five race courses were used, lettered A through to E. Every racing day the race management made a decision on which course would be used. During the
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, the Auckland Sky Tower was illuminated in red alongside the event logo projected with a variety of animations. The show occurred on the hour and half hour between 9pm and 2am on race days.


Boats

The America's Cup races have been contested using many historical classes in the past. For the 2021 series Team ENTZ developed a new class of foiling monohulls named the America's Cup 75 or
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. The boats were required to be "constructed in country". Teams were allowed to build two boats each. The winning yacht of ETNZ is named ''Te Rehutai'', which means 'spirit of the ocean'.


Nationality

Twenty percent of sailors in each team were required to have passports from that country. The rest must meet a residency requirement: they must reside in that team's country for 380 days from 1 September 2018 to 1 September 2020.


Qualifying event

The first two of the three planned 2020 America's Cup World Series competitions – in Sardinia and Portsmouth – were cancelled due to the
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. The third event, held over three days in December 2020, was won by Emirates Team New Zealand. A subsequent "Christmas Race" was abandoned due to low wind. None were used as a qualification competition. The cancellations of the earlier regattas meant that the third world series event was the first time that the AC75 class had been sailed in competition anywhere, including by the competitors themselves, before the qualifying series. The successful control of the
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meant that local activities were able to continue according to schedule and with minimal disruption – including the fact of spectators being allowed to gather in groups to view the event in-person, something which had been forbidden at nearly all major sporting events around the world during 2020. The
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was held in Auckland between 15 January and 21 February 2021. It was the competition to determine the official challenger. It started with a quadruple
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, to determine a seeding, which
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won undefeated. The round-robin was notable for the capsize of
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in its fourth match and subsequent forfeiture of the rest of the round-robin races while the team effected major repairs. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli (2nd in the round-robin) went on to beat American Magic 4–0 in a semi-final series to advance to the final. Luna Rossa then won the final series against Ineos UK by 7–1 – thereby becoming the official challenger for the America's Cup against defender
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. Detection of COVID-19 cases in Auckland led to an increase in alert level by the New Zealand Government that caused disruption to the racing and spectator access during the latter stages of the final series.


Cup match

The America's Cup was a best of 13 race series. Races were originally to be held from 6–15 March 2021, with two races per day on 6–7 March, 10 March, and 12–15 March, with additional "reserve days" available if poor weather necessitates a delay. On 28 February, the
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announced that Auckland would move into lockdown for at least 7 days due to a resurgence of COVID-19. This caused the postponement of race days 1 and 2 (originally scheduled to be held on 6–7 March). On 5 March, the revised schedule was released, with racing starting on 10 March and ending 17 March. Notes: * Race day 4 (races 7 and 8) were postponed on 14 March due to light winds and were scheduled to be run on 15 March. All further race days were pushed an extra day to accommodate. * Race 8 was shortened mid-race from 6 legs to 5 legs due to wind conditions. *Due to poor wind conditions at the start of race day 5 (16 March), only one race was able to be run before the end of the day– race 9. The 10th race therefore became the first race to be sailed on the 6th day of the competition. Team New Zealand retained the America's Cup trophy that they had won in 2017, winning the best of 13 series by 7 races to 3. The Italian team won three of the first five races, but New Zealand won five straight to keep the title. This was their fourth victory, following earlier wins in 1995 and 2000. The turning point came in the eighth race, where New Zealand clawed back a four-minute deficit to win and take a 5–3 lead, just as their opponents looked to be drawing level in the series. The Prime Minister of New Zealand,
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, commented that "Team New Zealand has once again made us all so proud by retaining the America’s Cup...we want to see it all over again in 2023".


Broadcasting

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and its own website. In 2018,
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secured the exclusive New Zealand broadcast rights for the cup and it's preliminary events. This meant that all racing would be broadcast live on free-to-air TV and live streamed on
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, the CEO of
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, said that "It has been a fundamental principle of Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record that the America’s Cup be accessible to as many Kiwis as possible since we won the trophy back almost one year ago. TVNZ have committed to provide coverage of this America’s Cup like no other, so we are delighted that the America’s Cup Match Presented by Prada and all preceding events will be broadcast live and free to air for all New Zealanders to watch and be part of."


See also

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2021 Prada Cup The 2021 Prada Challenger's Trophy was a sailing competition held to determine the challenger in the 2021 America's Cup who would challenge Emirates Team New Zealand. The races were held from January 15 to February 21, 2021 in Auckland, New Zealan ...
*
Italy at the America's Cup Since the 1980s, Italy has been a serious challenge contender for the America's Cup. Italian teams have won the Challenger Selection Series three times: the Louis Vuitton Cup in 1992 with Il Moro di Venezia, in 2000 with Luna Rossa and the Prada ...


References


External links


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the official website of the competition *Officia
YouTube playlist
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Amer Amer may refer to: Places * Amer (river), a river in the Dutch province of North Brabant * Amer, Girona, a municipality in the province of Girona in Catalonia, Spain * Amber, India (also known as Amer, India), former city of Rajasthan state ** Am ...
Amer Amer may refer to: Places * Amer (river), a river in the Dutch province of North Brabant * Amer, Girona, a municipality in the province of Girona in Catalonia, Spain * Amber, India (also known as Amer, India), former city of Rajasthan state ** Am ...
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