The recent Covid lockdown in Auckland has forced the organisers of the 36th America's Cup to press pause, but there's plenty going on behind the scenes....
“When you’re not invited to the final press conference of the Prada Cup, which is run by, and funded by, and won by the Prada Team, I think that’s pretty disappointing.”
It creeps up with seemingly little warning, and the mysteries of the 'Flout' - the 'fly-out' - have yet to be solved by the AC75 crews. Aero and Hydro expert, Alan Smith, argues that the flout makes the AC75 inherently dangerous to sail...