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Paul Goodison on Dual Helming, Simulators, and Collaboration with a Past Rival

On a recent episode of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast Paul Goodison reflected on his AC38 campaign with NYYC American Magic, and peeled back the curtain on the challenges of dual helming, simulator evolution, working with past Laser rival Tom Slingsby, and what it's actually like to steer an AC75.

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If you’d told Paul Goodison a decade-and-a-half ago that he’d one day be co-helming a 75-foot foiling monohull with his old Olympic archrival Tom Slingsby, he might have chuckled. If you told him they’d actually make it work, he might well have laughed out loud.

But the 37th America’s Cup saw the veteran British sailor, an Olympic gold medallist in the Laser, and a Cup veteran with multiple syndicates, paired up at the helm of NYYC American Magic’s Patriot—opposite none other than Slingsby.

Image © NYYC American Magic

The 36th America's Cup in Auckland, New Zealand saw Italian challenger Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli break convention by introducing dual helmsmen on their AC75. That move turned heads among the other challengers—and ultimately set a new standard.

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