Pour les éventuels challengers supplémentaires :
- Confirmation de la piste nippone
The savings the competitors will realize in this edition of the Cup may spark additional entries, with at least one potential team from Asia expected to challenge and other international teams considering their options.
- ACEA nous ressort aussi un éventuel challenger allemand qui bien sûr pourrait débarquer maintenant du fait de la diminution des coûts...
“While it’s true there are a few critics of this move, we have to adjust to the time. This is a rule that provides the essential of the America’s Cup - the design challenge, the sport, the athletic spectacle - without such a prohibitive cost,” said Olympic medalist Roland Gaebler who has been working to establish a German Challenge. “My focus had been on the next America’s Cup but with these changes we may be able to accelerate that.”
- Ca semble acté pour l'abandon de l'étape NZ
A majority of the teams has also now indicated a preference that all of the racing in 2017 be conducted at a single venue, Bermuda. The America’s Cup Event Authority will consider this in nominating a venue for the America’s Cup Qualifiers.