AC38 starts here: Why Cagliari matters...

Not all the teams are here, no one is sailing their 75-foot Cup boat and this isn’t where the 38th America’s Cup will be contested. So why is the first Preliminary event in the Sardinian town of Cagliari so important?

AC38 starts here: Why Cagliari matters...

On the eve of the practice racing PlanetSail's Matt Sheahan heads to Sardinia to find out and considers why this event is important for the teams and how it might shake up the 38th America’s Cup.

And once you’re in the picture as to why this event is so important, check out our story with the British AC team based on an exclusive interview from the cyclor turned flight controller, turned driver, Ben Cornish – it’s well worth a read.

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