{"id":82713,"date":"2025-11-03T11:46:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=82713"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:15:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:15:47","slug":"american-magic-exits-americas-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/racing\/american-magic-exits-americas-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"American Magic Exits America\u2019s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/37AC_240919_RP1_5648-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image disable-lazyload\" alt=\"American Magic at the Louis Vuitton Cup\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/37AC_240919_RP1_5648-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/37AC_240919_RP1_5648-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/37AC_240919_RP1_5648-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/37AC_240919_RP1_5648.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">American Magic returns to its base in September 2024 on Race Day 5 of the Louis Vuitton Cup, Semi Finals.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Ricardo Pinto\/America&#8217;s Cup<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>American Magic announced in late October that it would not compete in the 38th edition of the America\u2019s Cup in Naples, Italy. According to a team statement, the decision to end a bid for a third Cup challenge, \u201cfollows a comprehensive review of the event\u2019s current Protocol and Partnership Agreement and their alignment with the team\u2019s long-term sporting and strategic objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe id=\"x8aa2rgac1\" src=\"https:\/\/Sailingworld.dragonforms.com\/x8aa2rgac1\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter extensive engagement with the Defender, Challenger of Record, and fellow teams, we\u2019ve concluded that the present structure does not provide the framework for American Magic to operate a highly competitive and financially sustainable campaign for the 38th America\u2019s Cup\u201d, said Doug DeVos, Team Principal of American Magic. \u201cWe care deeply about the America\u2019s Cup and what it represents. However, for a team committed to long-term excellence, alignment around financial viability and competitive performance is essential. At this time, we don\u2019t believe those conditions are in place for American Magic to challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having extracted itself from the Cup while also retaining all its previous campaign assets, currently idle at the team\u2019s base in Pensacola, Florida, the team will likely be looking to liquidate its AC40s, its two AC75s and containers of equipment to any team looking to take advantage of the new 38th Cup protocol which stipulates new teams may use existing platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unconfirmed rumors of entering a team into the SailGP may hint at what\u2019s to come, and the team is also aligned with Nautor Swan to activate a new ClubSwan 28 US series in Pensacola and Newport, Rhode Island in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur focus now shifts to the future,\u201d said Mike Cazer, CEO of American Magic. \u201cThat means athlete and technology development, international competition, and continuing to drive advanced manufacturing and design innovation from our base in Pensacola.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2017, American Magic has represented the New York Yacht Club in two America\u2019s Cup campaigns and supports elite American sailors across senior, youth, and women\u2019s disciplines. The team will continue to invest in the sport through its Pensacola-based high-performance center and international racing campaigns, including programs that support U.S. Olympic sailors. These efforts reinforce Pensacola\u2019s role as a hub for top-tier American sailing talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo our teammates, partners, donors, and supporters \u2014 thank you for standing with us,\u201d said Terry Hutchinson, President of Sailing Operations. \u201cWe could never have accomplished what we have without you. You are a vital part of who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Magic America&#8217;s Cup team exits due to strategic misalignment, now focusing on innovation and international racing pursuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":82712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Dave Reed","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"alternate_title_newsletter":"","alternate_content_newsletter":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[170,171,177,178],"class_list":["post-82713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-americas-cup","tag-american-magic","tag-racing","tag-sailboat-racing"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}