AC PROTOCOL AND CLASS RULE ANNOUNCED
On November 17, eight months after Emirates Team New Zealand successfully defended the America’s Cup, the Defender, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand, and the Challenger of Record, Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd and their representative team INEOS Britannia, announced the Protocol of the 37th America’s Cup.
The Protocol sets the foundations and rules of participation for all teams in America’s Cup and records the items of mutual consent under the America’s Cup Deed of Gift agreed between the Defender and the Challenger of Record which establishes the basis for a multi-challenger event.
