For 175 years, the America’s Cup was a men’s sport. Now, for the first time in history, every AC75 MUST carry a woman on board. But there’s one final frontier: the helm.
The AC75 has no grinders, no cyclors, no physical barrier left to hide behind. So why hasn’t a woman helmed one yet?
We speak to Jo Aleh – the first woman ever to sail an AC75 – Hannah Mills, Odile van Aanholt, and Nathan Outteridge about what it will take to put a woman on the wheel in the world’s most storied and historic yacht race.
0:00 Intro
1:07 Women on the AC75: The Last Frontier
2:43 A History of Exclusion
4:09 Jo Aleh: First Woman on an AC75
5:10 Odile van Aanholt: No Physical Excuse Left
5:48 Hannah Mills: Building the Pathway
7:17 Jo Aleh: The Door That Wasn’t Open
10:12 Nathan Outteridge: The Pipeline
11:54 The New Rule – and Its Limits
14:02 When Will It Happen?
17:54 Closing Thoughts
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The Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup will be defended in Naples in 2027 by five-time America’s Cup winner, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron represented by their team, @EmiratesTeamNZ .
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