Welcome to the official podcast of the Louis Vuitton 38th America's Cup as we go under the surface of one of the most competitive and secretive sports events in the world, and explain the decisions, technology and pressures that separate winning from losing. This is your authoritative access-all-areas companion to all things America's Cup, the pinnacle of performance sailing for 175 years.
These Are Technical Secrets America's Cup Teams Can't Share
What will actually decide winners and losers in America's Cup design? A technical deep dive with a designer who's free to say what the teams can't.Juan Kouyoumdjian is one of the world's top authorities on yacht design. He's spent 30 years designing winning round-the-world boats and working on America's Cup projects. Right now he isn't attached to a Cup team, so for once there's nothing stopping him talking.Niall Myant-Best asks him:• Which of the reused AC75 hulls has a head start, and which team faces an uphill battle?• Why the hull isn't a hull any more, but a fuselage built to make the sails work harder?• Where the real gains sit in foil deformation, and the new wording in the rule that more than one team will be trying to exploit?• How far you can push automated sail trim before the human in the loop becomes the limit?• The piece of technology he thinks would be decisive in Naples, that nobody appears to have built yet.
11 Aug 2026
Will AI decide the America's Cup?
What exactly is AI doing in sailing, and is it already taking over from the sailors? We reveal how AI is being used right now by America's Cup teams to design faster and more efficient boats, and how it could even be onboard during racing. Nick Holroyd is the Head of Design at the British America's Cup challenge GB1, and he gives us an inside look at how this transformative technology is already changing the game.
26 Jun 2026
When will a Woman helm an America's Cup AC75?
For 175 years, the America's Cup was a men's sport. Now, for the first time in history, every AC75 MUST carry a woman on board. But there's one final frontier: the helm.The AC75 has no grinders, no cyclors, no physical barrier left to hide behind. So why hasn't a woman helmed one yet?We speak to Jo Aleh - the first woman ever to sail an AC75 - Hannah Mills, Odile van Aanholt, and Nathan Outteridge about what it will take to put a woman on the wheel in the world's most storied and historic yacht race.
1 Jun 2026
"Can we pull this thing off?" The New American Challengers | Inside Americas Cup Talks
Host Niall Myant-Best interviews sailing legend Ken Read and sports investor Chris Welch about American Racing Challenger's ambitious plan to compete in the America's Cup.
18 May 2026
“It’s Daunting!” Tom Slingsby reveals Australian challenge | Inside Americas Cup Talks
Sailing superstar Tom Slingsby tells Niall Myant-Best about Team Australia's daunting challenge for the America's Cup, highlighting their startup mentality and experience-driven crew selection.
18 May 2026
Something to Prove in Sardinia PR1 | Inside America's Cup Talks
The first shots of the America's Cup campaign are about to be fired. Niall Myant-Best and Magnus Wheatley break down everything you need to know ahead of PR1 in Cagliari, Sardinia - the first time AC38 challengers will race against each other on the water.
Eight boats. Five teams. And a format that puts youth and women sailors on the start line alongside the world's best. Magnus has the inside info - who's ready, who's hiding something, and who absolutely cannot afford a bad week.Pete Burling at Luna Rossa vs Emirates Team New Zealand. Marco Gradoni, the prodigy who told Magnus "I know" when asked if he'd win the America's Cup. And the female sailors looking to make a splash.Reputations will be made and broken here. The Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta Sardinia takes place from May 21st to 24th, the first event on the Road to Naples 2027.
11 May 2026
Are France the Underdogs?
Host Niall Myant-Best interviews Quentin Delapierre, Amélie Grassi, Antoine Carraz, Philippe Presti, and Stéphan Kandler about the French challenger's strategies and history in the America's Cup.
29 Mar 2026
Luna Rossa’s Final Piece
Unprecedented access to Luna Rossa's team base in Cagliari, Sardinia. Luna Rossa have spent nearly three decades and hundreds of millions trying to win the America's Cup. They never stopped between campaigns and have now signed superstar helmsman Peter Burling from their biggest rivals.
We go inside the base of the team that has been trying longest and hardest to ask if they finally have everything to win.
Featuring: Peter Burling, Max Sirena, Margherita Porro, Marco Gradoni, Gilberto Nobili, Horacio Carabelli.
6 Mar 2026
Burling to Luna Rossa, Alinghi Back, No Cyclors : The 2027 Teams Assessed | Bonus Content
Host Niall Myant-Best interviews America's Cup historian Magnus Wheatley and yachtswoman Abby Ehler, assessing the 2027 America's Cup teams and their strategic moves.
30 Jan 2026
It Started in Naples: The America's Cup Partnership Begins
Niall Myant-Best interviews Grant Dalton, Ben Ainslie, and Ernesto Bertarelli about the historic America's Cup Partnership in Naples, revealing insights into the sport's future.
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