{"id":42163,"date":"2024-03-27T18:19:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=42163"},"modified":"2024-03-27T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:45:16","slug":"the-37th-americas-cup-defense-begins-in-august-here-are-the-important-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2024\/03\/the-37th-americas-cup-defense-begins-in-august-here-are-the-important-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"The 37th America\u2019s Cup Defense Begins in August: Here are the Important Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The America\u2019s Cup holds a special place in the world of yacht racing since, before it was lost by the New York Yacht Club to the Australians in 1983, it was the longest winning streak in American sports history \u2013 132 years!<\/p>\n<p>The 37<sup>th<\/sup> defense of the cup by the current holder Emirates Team New Zealand marks another chapter in this storied event. Not without the usual controversy, this year\u2019s defense will be held in Barcelona, Spain, instead of the defender\u2019s home waters in Auckland, New Zealand, much to the disgruntlement of the whole Kiwi nation.<\/p>\n<p>Five challengers have stepped forward to try to wrest the cup away from the Kiwis from England, Switzerland, Italy, France and the US.\u00a0 The whole regatta will be broadcast on TV and streamed live, so you can follow every twist, turn, tack and jibe.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sail Web<\/em> has published a quick wrap up of the event will all-important dates. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sailweb.co.uk\/2024\/01\/20\/key-dates-for-the-louis-vuitton-37th-americas-cup-released\/?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=topic%2Fsailing\">Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The America\u2019s Cup holds a special place in the world of yacht racing since, before it was lost by the New York Yacht Club to the Australians in 1983, it was the longest winning streak in American sports history \u2013 132 years! The 37th defense of the cup by the current holder Emirates Team New Zealand marks another chapter in this storied event. Not without the usual controversy, this year\u2019s defense will be held in Barcelona, Spain, instead of the defender\u2019s home waters in Auckland, New Zealand, much to the disgruntlement of the whole Kiwi nation. Five challengers have stepped forward to try to wrest the cup away from the Kiwis from England, Switzerland, Italy, France and the US.\u00a0 The whole regatta will be broadcast on TV and streamed live, so you can follow every twist, turn, tack and jibe. Sail Web has published a quick wrap up of the event will all-important dates. Read more here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42166,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42163\/revisions\/42166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}