Challenger Trials Under Way - AC37 News Report 29-8-24

As one skipper put it yesterday, 'It's getting real very quickly'. Today saw the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the event that creates the one team that will go head to head with the Defender for the America's Cup in October. Being the first day and with the knowledge that in just over a week one team will be heading home after years of development and millions of dollars/euros/pounds spent, there was plenty of tension around the opening day. But the stress didn't stay on the water. For one team the drama sparked up on the shore and well into the evening. Matt Sheahan reports from the action in Barcelona at the 37th America's Cup