Road to the America's Cup

How quickly can you read a display? Today’s America’s Cup sailors have to take in more data faster than ever explains Sir Ben Ainslie in the latest episode of our podcast

INEOS Team UK skipper Ben Ainslie tells Mark Chisnell why analytics really count in the America’s Cup AC75 one-boat development phase

In this episode of our America’s Cup podcast, Ineos Team UK principal Ben Ainslie argues that sailing simulators are the technology that will define the outcome of the 36th America's Cup.

In the latest episode of our America’s Cup podcast, Ineos Team UK principal Ben Ainslie explains the differences between the four AC75 hull designs launched to date

The systems that control the aero- and hydrofoils of the new AC75 are covered by some of the most complex parts of the America’s Cup Class (the section on control systems takes up 12 pages of the 67-page rule!) In the latest episode of our America’s Cup podcast, Sir Ben Ainslie explains how the AC75’s control systems work

One of the biggest innovations for the new AC75 America’s Cup boat is the soft wingsail: a double-sided mainsail where each of the two ‘skins’ are attached to the back edges of the D-section wing mast. Sir Ben Ainslie explains all...

In the second episode of our series, Ben Ainslie of Team Ineos UK explains how hydrofoiling works and the difference this cutting-edge technology has made to the America's Cup.

Mark Chisnell talks to Sir Ben Ainslie, team principal and skipper of Ineos Team UK, who explains the AC75 class that will race for the 36th America's Cup in Auckland in 2021. Ben also reveals reveals some of the challenges facing the teams that design and build these boats.