AC38: Still more questions than answers

The information blackout currently engulfing the America’s Cup continues to frustrate sailing fans around the world. AC enthusiasts are understandably hungry for new information about the upcoming 38th edition, but despite a surfeit of questions answers are few and far between.

AC38: Still more questions than answers
Image © Ricardo Pinto / America's Cup

While we wait for the information floodgates to finally open, let’s take a run through the most pressing questions taxing America’s Cup fans.

Who will be the independent CEO of the newly-formed America’s Cup Partnership?

One of the big changes for this latest Cup cycle is transfer of responsibility for organising AC38 and future editions from the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand to a new governing body called the America’s Cup Partnership. The ACP’s board of directors is made up of representatives from the competing teams who each pay a multi-million dollar fee for a seat on the board.

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