JC: This is a really grandiose environment to be announcing the America’s Cup Partnership. It’s a momentous milestone but does it feel like now that the ACP has been announced, that we can put an end to stories about lawyers and paperwork and start to talk about boats and sailing again?
KS: It is a really big moment in the history of the America’s Cup – I would probably say one of the biggest in the last 170 years – so it definitely feels appropriate to do it in this beautiful palace here in Naples. Not everyone in our team has been involved in that, but a few of us have and it’s been a pretty long year.
You know, it’s dangerous to ever forget about the sailing and the technology and the designing, so that has carried on in the background. But, for sure, it was really nice to get this confirmed and done, have all the teams locked in, and start looking forward to starting racing this year.