What Next For The America's Cup? The Morning After - 20-10-24

It was one hell of a ride and a big night for all. But as Barcelona woke up after the most intense night of celebration, the questions were already being asked as to what happens next.
Matt Sheahan was there and finding out what the path for the 38th America's Cup looked like.
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[@giholdaway]

Thank you! You and Mozzy Sails have been my ‘go to’ sources for the 37th cup.

[@OGMoses_]

Same here I think Mozzy needs to be apart of the official commentary team for AC 38

[@fabiocampagnoli]

mozzy is a pom. He can't be part of the commentary. He would be exactly like shirley....obnoxious.

[@rugbymoments2387]

@@fabiocampagnoli How can you say that....Shirley was Awesome!!

[@AntiVaganza]

​@@fabiocampagnoli You sound like a bitter man. It's so funny how when you don't have a dog in the game, it's quite clear that the commentators were actually very good at not being biased. But every day a ton of fans (especially from the land of LR) would shit on them. I actually don't find her that amazing. E.g. it is surprising how she only has one way of saying "painting the picture". And often she would totally zone out. But as hard as I would try, I can't say that her being a Brit shone through to any "obnoxious" degree. I saw the same on Mozzie's videos, so many (Italians) would say that all he only favored the Brits. And totally disregard how critical he was off them early on and how he called out the teams mistakes. I actually think he was tougher on them than he was on LR and Magic. But again, I don't have favorites so I don't see it through the same colored glasses you are wearing. What I don't like about the official commentators is how much they are part of the gang. Not a single controversial thing out of any of them. They just want to be friends with everybody which is not the job of a reporter. And the older dude was just plain horrible, he would cut the boat interviews short time and time again or even worse, ask people to smile. WTF? It's not his job to tell people how to feel.

[@AndreasHerne]

Planet and Mozzy sails made also this Cup to a great event. Thanks!

[@jamestwilkins875]

One thing we lack in NZ is sports commentators as good as Matt Sheahan

[@jonnyrush1]

I agree well done

[@phillipmurray1724]

@@jamestwilkins875 true that. McIvor was a tad painful 😆

[@sharp2684]

@@phillipmurray1724 not as bad as peter mongomery

[@phillipmurray1724]

@@sharp2684 blasphemy! 😆 How can you say that. Montgomery is a legend🎉 😀

[@rigsnz]

Bring back Ken Reid

[@digmort]

Thanks Matt. You offer great and unbiased opinion. As a kiwi living in NZ, I think I preferred your coverage more than anyone from either NZ or the UK. Keep up the great work and I will continue to listen to your coverage.

[@johnwebster8433]

Great work Matt …. Your coverage has been informative , humorous and smart , all in short supply these days . Thank you.

[@JustinPDean]

Enjoyed your coverage. Thanks for the way you interview and balance your commentarray

[@alanyardley4832]

Hi Matt, I was fortunate enough to come to Barcelona/Villanova for the first preliminary AC regatta in 2023, and again for this regatta in Barca. Even though I'm a Kiwi, I would love to see AC38 come back here again. This is a fabulous city and venue, with everything one could want by way of holiday/regatta facilities and attractions. The local people are welcoming and friendly. My time(s) here have been delightful, and I would recommend everyone at least come and visit this lovely part of the world. Look forward to your excellent coverge of this and all other major yachting events, Cheers Alan Yardley

[@petertilsley3015]

Well done Matt. Thanks for a great coverage. Down in NZ we are miles away yet your shows gave a real good up close up look while always asking the hard/interesting questions. Awesome Cheers.

[@niallmacleod1024]

Thanks Matt - your coverage has been excellent. Much appreciated.

[@davefellows]

Thank you for the great coverage throughout Matt, I've loved it! The racing has been fantastic so massive credit to Team NZ and INEOS for pulling together such a fantastic event.

[@thamessc]

The Kiwis told everyone they were going to win prior to the challenger semis. They already knew they were enough faster that they were not going to lose. I’m not excited for more AC75 cups unless they change the course somehow. The vast majority of races were essentially over at the end of the first leg. I would rather see a wider longer course with fewer legs that might allow the ability to come from behind that just barely existed in Barcelona.

[@Trajan2401]

No matter what they do people will find something to moan about.

[@Gottenhimfella]

They seem unlikely to have told anyone that, but they *certainly* did not "tell everyone" as you claim. Why? Because they didn't have any way of knowing. The GB boat was actually faster on paper (in terms of straight line top speed, expressed as Vmg max) and it was not possible for NZ to know whether GB would make the relatively small improvement to their acceleration, and their speed out of tacks, that it would have taken to win consistently. It was evident by the time we were two races into the Am Cup proper that, in any races where NZ did not have a lead of at least 5 seconds after rounding the first turning mark, they would almost certainly lose that race (GB were appreciably faster downwind, if they had clear air). And in the fifth race, GB had a lead of six seconds at that point, and THEY won that race. The reason the races were generally over after the first leg was that the kiwis needed to nail it home before then. So I concede it was not great viewing for those unfamiliar with the nuances, but your opening proposition is an invention.

[@deep.feeling]

Great interview, have really enjoyed your coverage down here in NZ

[@marcrustic3742]

BRAVO!! good comments, interesting interviews and nice shots, good angles. Love your channel😃

[@targetspecies]

Matt, thank you so much for your insightful reporting during the AC37 race series. Really appreciate the news and interviews. Will remain subbed as you bring us not only AC38 developments, but also the youth development and women’s AC40, along with SailGP. Thanks again from a grateful Kiwi!

[@kferg3029]

love the dignity in this event by all.

[@nem447]

No Dennis Conner 😂

[@pdublt3d]

Thank you for your coverage

[@Mistral53Taupo]

You did a splendid job and became my goto channel for a decent debrief/summary of all the AC events. Thanks from NZ

[@drewpatey5935]

Thanks for all the great stories.. you are the best🏁🏁

[@jenniferbutcher759]

Great work, Matt, excellent interviews and coverage… 👏👏👏

[@kevinkenny5122]

You put on an excellent summary of the event

[@lapoancillotti5542]

Awesome, Matt! Great interview. Great coverage! I absolutely respect both the Challenger and Defender's attitudes, and effort, in creating a common ground to ensure we had a superb example of yacht racing. Huge respect for INEOS Britannia as the Challenger of Record and to the whole Team. Congratulations to ETNZ for defending the Cup like no one has done in the modern era!

[@brentsharp9808]

Loved your commentary throughout the Cup Matt. So balanced and real.

[@Lightning72able]

Thank you. Your videos increased my enjoyment of this edition of the Americas Cup.

[@popeye747]

Hi Matt, Excellent coverage of the Cup. And congratulations to the Kiwis and best of luck to the Brits in AC38.

[@RS-bn9rx]

Professional, knowledgeable, a sailors sailor. Thank you for the coverage.👍👍

[@davidwilliams6067]

Good interview, nice to know we’re still involved in the continuing future campaign. Thank you for your summing up and clarifications Matt. Time for a bit of sailing ⛵️👏 & 🍷maybe.

[@cesscab]

C'est toujours un grand plaisir que de suivre vos reportages et vidéos... pour l'America's Cup mais aussi pour toutes les autres courses. Merci Matt...! 😃👍👍

[@richardmurphy963]

When you have a regatta, where during the challenger series, the semi-final and the final, the boat that rounds the top mark first, goes on to win the race in 98% of the races, the continued reporting that it's 'great racing' has to be questioned.

[@marekkubuj1776]

Thank you

[@tonyfoulkes9289]

Your videos have been fantastic, informative and give a balanced view. Look forward to watching more. Would live to see a full one on J class races. Maungaturoto New Zealand.

[@GilesKerrie]

Thanks Matt and team, great work!

[@mikeclark5135]

Excellent episode. And great interview. Can’t wait till the next one

[@bw7656]

Great interviews. Well thought out and respectful. Bring on the next cup where ever it’s going to be. 🇳🇿

[@danknox9986]

Very nice reporting. Thank you.

[@radarriau]

Nicely done Matt! Thank you

[@scorpio6964]

100% from New Zealand ❤

[@mikecourtnall7498]

Matt thank you for bringing the cup alive with your interviews and insightful comments

[@noelwade]

Thanks for the wonderful coverage! Over here in the US it was great being able to "catch up" with both the results and the mood of the event via your daily videos. Cheers, and I hope you were able to have some fun in addition to working on all of this content for us!

[@robertcronk2451]

Thanks Matt for your unmissable commentary, interviews and analysis. Really enhanced the supporting experience. Here's a challenge - how about similar for our other mutual sport in gliding?!

[@outthereindustries7413]

Thank you, great channel. As a kiwi i enjoy your objective opinion and reporting. Cheers bro, mean as.

[@IanJudd-h5i]

Very good. Really enjoyed watching the series along side the cup. Some great interviews and that has been a USP for plant sail. Well done.

[@williamkittler]

Thank you to all who brought these videos day in and day out. Thank you for your excellent coverage and insight! See you next time.

[@RebecaRogers]

Wonderful coverage Matt! Very well done. Looking forward to seeing more AC bits!

[@stephenmicskey9157]

Thanks, Trevor. Very informative.

[@matthewrogers8279]

Legend thanks Matt for putting in so much effort to create these wonderful and insightful videos for us. It has been a pleasure watching and listening throughout the series and something I’ve eagerly looked forward to after each race. Again big thank you

[@AdrenilinJunkieNZ]

Thanks Matt, Your commentary and insights have been great. We are all a little sad it's over but grateful to have experienced it all and so excited for the next go round.

[@haldanerowan3150]

Thank you very much for the interview, very interesting.😊😊😊

[@auser1617]

Thanks Matt, your coverage has been superb and very informative....forward to AC39......can´t wait...

[@kenadams907]

Top job, Matt (and the team). It’s been great coverage. Keep up the good work👍

[@peterihre9373]

Thank you for all the fantastic coverage! Looking forward to next time!

[@honahwikeepa2115]

A Country vs The Squadron round 2. ETNZ were next level in every department. Round 2 will be awesome.

[@danielrepko347]

Job well done! Keep it up.

[@colbr6733]

Excellent interviews and reporting, great to see the RYS taking such a positive role in the encouragement of the AC and the new events that bring a wider audience to sailing.

[@mscaptjo]

Very very best!! Tyvm ❤❤❤

[@TartanJack]

Thank you. Great, great coverage throughout.

[@FamilyBedford-m4r]

Thanks, Matt. Appreciate all your great coverage leading up to and including the cup! Looking forward to the post-analysis!

[@TheUltimateWriterNZ]

Another great cup with you Matt! And on to the next one 😎

[@danieljackson6787]

Incredible production values in your reporting, great graphics and shooting style. Your last stand up shot had it all: Rembrandt lighting, depth of field and split lighting on the background. Perfect!

[@peteridoine9372]

Thx, enjoyed your commentary interviews and your style. 👍 Peter in kiwiland

[@thatsshowbiz6438]

Great work & great questions & interviews thanks for your coverage

[@julesc8054]

Thank you PlanetSail for the coverage and insights. You made our experience of the event far more interesting.

[@kevinmckay1955]

Awesome coverage. Thanks!

[@tapokaner]

Thank you so much for the coverage!!!! This was the reason, I watched so much of the cup this year!

[@TheAndyJBall]

wonderful video, very strong content and messaging and hopefully enthusing the world on this majestic competition. long may it continue

[@damageSmith76]

Thanks for your shows. Have really enjoyed them

[@raymondslinn7070]

Great challenge and a well informed presentation. I am sure that the Uk will look forward to the next challenge and 🏆

[@janetihaka799]

Hamish Bond now has two WORLD ACHIEVEMENTS ❤❤❤❤❤CONGRATS HAMISH.

[@Trajan2401]

A jack of all trades rowing,cycling and sailing 😁.

[@fedup3449]

I don't know how many viewers picked up on Bertie's final comment "in the 137 years of America's Cup racing only 5 races have been won by a challenger". Ineos just won 2 in one event. Encouraging.... Great videos and coverage Matt. Keep it up please.

[@Windfix]

Only 5 races won by GB as a challenger, Australia & NZ have won more than 5 to win the cup off America. I was surprised that after 137 years GB had only won 5. Shows how extraordinary it was for Australia to be the first country to beat the Americans.

[@davejones7632]

@@Windfix Yep, even as a Kiwi, you have to say that Oz winning the thing back in '83 gave the Cup a new lease of life. Shame we haven't seen so much Aussie involvement recently. Plenty of decent sailors. Some of them crewing for other countries. Including NZ!

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@Windfix Good correction, but it's *nine races won in AmCup by Brit challengers* (including the two this time). Furthermore, it's not the first time a Brit challenger has won two races in one AmCup. It happened in 1934, with Sopwith's "Endeavour" (which was the second-to-last time the Cup was contested before the long gap between 1937 and 1958, when Britain challenged again), and they were also back-to-back wins, like this time. NZ has now won 41 Am Cup races, 21 with Peter Burling helming. Of the 41, *22 were won by NZ as challenger* (including 7 with Burling helming) and 19 as defender (including 14 with Burling helming; Nathan Outteridge shared the helming for 7 of those 14)

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@davejones7632 Not only that; (Oz winning the thing back in '83 did indeed give the Cup a new lease of life) - but also it made a viable challenge almost achievable for lil ol NZ, and in fact we didn't disgrace ourselves in '87 (although we did a year later : Fay's dick move met with a smarter dick move from Dennis). Just as importantly, our most impressive efforts in the last decade and a bit would not have succeeded without two Aussie giants, who would never have been available or affordable if Oz had mounted decent challenges. Nathan and particularly Glenn made a huge difference and fitted the team almost better than if they'd been entirely home grown. In the interview with Kevin Shoebridge he talks of just how much Team NZ had on their plate this time round, and yet when Glenn Ashby (who was not even going to participate with the team in '24) floated a pet project he'd wanted to tackle since childhood (the World Land Sailing Speed Record, pretty peripheral to the Cup) the team said "Hell, yeah !" And he was right to suggest it: they nailed it first time, then he went out again and broke his own record. And I'm willing to bet that re-invigorated the team (and kept the creative minds thinking outside the box) during the long period of buildup to the two week flash-in-the-pan of the America's Cup we just watched. I privately correct, every time I hear someone talking about "the NZ Cup", to "the ANZAC Cup". I'm pretty sure we would not have won three back to back if the Aussies had got seriously involved after the DoG fiasco in 2010 and kept coming back. (When they won it in '83, it was their SEVENTH challenge!) Heck, we might not have got a sniff!

[@Millsy747]

Great coverage of the Cup Matt! Huge thanks!

[@nickprince7971]

Thanks Matt, it's been amazing

[@SteveDennison-u7h]

One hit campaigns don't fare well in the AC, continuity has always been the deciding factors. For AC38 would some form of a budget cap encouraged additional teams to compete both challenger and defenders.. as always great content in the video..

[@Meryndyn]

fantastic coverage, wonderful racing, incredible boats.

[@SxWerks]

Chapeaux to Matt for excellent AC coverage.

[@queenslander62]

Excellent coverage Matt. Congrats. I shall stay tuned in

[@CharlesClemens-pt9qh]

From a Kiwi, well done Ineos Britannia

[@waynebutson5451]

Thanks for your excellent coverage and storytelling Matt. I have loved your unbiased approach. I look forward to the promised next steps

[@ignisraendl3721]

great work, Matt!! hopefully the next regatta will be more competitive and the technical rules explored fully by all. i love etnz but the AC needs tighter racing.

[@andyfrizzell4352]

Great series and really adds some good insight into the cup beyond what we see on the water

[@roimonod7839]

Awesome job Matt :).

[@alexmeyjes5533]

Thanks for the insights into the 2024 Cup. Your work is much appreciated !

[@robincole1873]

Brilliant coverage of the whole cup. Really enjoyed your informative reporting backed up by excellent camera work. Thanks so much to you and your team. Presumably you can catch a flight home now? Looking forward to the ‘extra’ stories. Cheers!

[@Papaondas]

I like your style Matt, another great video focusing the day after , well done

[@davidrenfroe8985]

One of the oddest things is that as you look at the boat and the jerseys there is no indication that it is New Zealand who won. I suppose it is on the sail somewhere, but I find it odd that Emirates and Toyota take a bigger place than the country itself.

[@davejones7632]

Stylised silver fern on all the kiwi shirts. How Swiss was Alinghi?

[@Trajan2401]

Yeah they would be better having NZ clearly visible somewhere not just the tiny flag that you can barely see and the massive sponsor logos

[@josephhruby3225]

Well done Sir . . . Well done . Your coverage of the cup has been very informative.

[@wynmead]

I enjoyed that and will be looking forward to more. Thank you

[@TH-mq6gr]

Thanks for you awesome coverage of the regatta 😊

[@johnomalley6195]

Thanks Matt Loved it 👍

[@jerrycotter4108]

Thank you. 🍻☘️

[@DavidMako-i1s]

Great interviews and overall reporting throughout. Can't believe they haven't (yet) got more subscribers on this channel. Keep up the great work. Cheers

[@stephenboyd1772]

Well done Matt, an excellently reported cup full of great insight and great interviews.

[@paulstebbings1309]

Fantastic update and interview as always from planet sail …

[@ratangaroa7135]

Fantastic review & coverage… cheers 😊

[@PC-vo8jr]

Unlike the RYS challenge, you're 2nd to none. Thank you Sir..!

[@markfisch1396]

Great race, great coverage, thanks!

[@enzeda]

Bravo

[@asterixdogmatix1073]

Best overall Cup event coverage, hands down. Mozzy Sails is the technical guru channel in a close 2nd.

[@Jonathan-se7nr]

I think the Brits will lift it next time. In AC36 the kiwis had a version 2.0 boat but no match racing, while the challengers were all on version 1.0 boats. This time the challengers had version 2.5 boats, kiwis had some more match experience (and a land speed record for some slightly different sails). I think the partnership with Mercedes and the rate of genuine improvement Ineos have made is going to be hard to beat in AC38.

[@Trajan2401]

Bring em on 😁.

[@floodo1]

I like those stats at the end about 2 wins being significant (-8

[@NZbluesky]

Thank you Matt!. Excellent interview! So when do the other teams or countries come on board?

[@carter83419]

Great news Matt

[@johnbenefield922]

Another great interview with the challenger of record it will be interesting how the negotiations go for the next event. As a kiwi immensely proud of our team's win i do hope the negotiations bring about the potential for more matches to be more contestable after crossing the start line as in this event throughout the whole series it did appear as a non sailor there were limited opportunties for the trailing boat after the gun.