Following quickly on the heels of yesterday’s landmark announcement of the new America’s Cup Partnership Agreement – which kicks off a two-year rolling cycle for the Cup, beginning with the 38th edition scheduled for Naples in 2027 – the New Zealand team went sailing in one of their AC40s yesterday from the team’s base in Auckland on the Hauraki Gulf.
Joining the Kiwis’ previously-announced core squad of Nathan Outteridge, Andy Maloney, Blair Tuke, Chris Draper, and Sam Meech, is a fresh new batch of talent in the form of: double Olympic medallist Jo Aleh, two Emirates Team New Zealand youth sailors – 2025 49er European Champion Seb Menzies and IQFoil sailor Josh Armit who finished fourth at the Paris 2024 Olympics – and the 20-year-old Moth phenomenon Jacob Pye, who finished second and third at the last two Moth world championships.
