THE PROTOCOL OF THE 36TH AMERICA'S CUP
On the 22nd of December 2017 the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Circolo della Vela Sicilia, the Challenger of Record, agreed on Amendment No 1 to the Protocol Governing the 36thAmerica’s Cup.
This amendment reduces the period a challenging yacht club has to have been in existence from five to three years and changes the defintion of a Surrogate Yacht from “any monohull yacht exceeding 12m LOA ” to “any yacht exceeding 12m LOA ”.