Protocol Amendment No 1
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 ”.
This Protocol Amendment may be downloaded HERE.