British Olympic gold medallist Paul Goodison – a three-time America’s Cup competitor and a triple International Moth world champion - is the new skipper of the Swiss Tudor Team Alinghi challenge for AC38. I sat down with Goodison in Barcelona to get the inside track on his appointment.
JC: So Paul, let's start with congratulations. You have just been announced as the skipper of the Swiss Tudor Team Alinghi 38th America's Cup challenger. How does that feel?
PG: I think the start of any campaign is always super exciting. The last two days, we've been sitting with Ernesto [Bertelli team owner], going through the plans and trying to work out a strategy – and the chance to come in and be so involved is pretty special. I had a similar sort of thing last time with Doug DeVos [co-founder of American Magic].
It very much feels like a really close knit team already. We're quite a small team to start with – and that has its advantages and disadvantages. But, when I look back to some of my other campaigns, when you're at the start and you're a small group, you get quite tight-knit. It feels like a great place to be.
It’s been sailing’s worst kept secret for the past several months, but it has now been formally confirmed that Australia is returning to the America’s Cup for the first time in 26 years.
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