2021 Prada Cup

The Cup is sailed in AC75s, 75 foot foiling monohulls.[4][5] The boats are expected to have requirements around the boats being "constructed in country".[6] Teams are allowed to build two boats each.[7]

Twenty percent of sailors in each team must have passports from that country. The rest must meet a residency requirement: they must reside in that team's country for 380 days from 1 September 2018 to 1 September 2020.[8]

The Prada Cup uses a quadruple Round-robin tournament to determine a seeding. The second and third seeds after all twelve races then compete in a seven-race series in order to advance to a 13-race final series against the first seed from the round robin. The winner of this final series will become the challenger for the 2021 America's Cup against defender Team New Zealand.

	Date	Time	Port Entry	Starboard Entry	Time		Course	Legs	Start	Gate 1	Gate 2	Gate 3	Gate 4	Gate 5	Finish
Race 1	January 15	+1' 20" (1,296 m)	American Magic	Ineos Team UK	23'13"		C	6	-0' 01"	-0' 11"	-0' 18"	-0' 22"	-0' 52"	-1' 08"	-1' 20"
Race 2		24'44"	Ineos Team UK	Luna Rossa Challenge	+0' 28" (431 m)		C	6	-0' 03"	-0' 14"	-0' 22"	-0' 23"	-0' 22"	-0' 13"	-0' 28"
Race 3	January 16	38'54"	Luna Rossa Challenge	American Magic	DNF (3,341 m)		C	4	-0' 28"	-7' 38"	-1' 00"	-6' 03"	~	~	5' 00"

Notes:

• Luna Rossa Challenge filed an official Claim of Non-Compliance (‘CNC’) against Ineos Team UK for use of a mainsail during Race 1 and Race 2 with an intentional opening in the skin in order to run a outhaul line through the opening, then covering up the hole with fabric so no air can pass through. The race committee inspected the mainsail and determined that the feature is an intentional opening through the sail skin that is not covered or closed whilst racing, but "determined that this non-compliance with the AC75 Class Rule has not (or could not reasonably be expected to have) improved the performance of the yacht or has not (or could not reasonably be expected to have) had a significant effect on the outcome of a race." Ineos Team UK was fined $5,000 USD, to be paid to the Sir Peter Blake Trust.[9]
• Race 3 was shortened from six legs to four mid-race because of light winds.

	Date	Time	Port Entry	Starboard Entry	Time		Course	Legs	Start	Gate 1	Gate 2	Gate 3	Gate 4	Gate 5	Finish
Race 1	January 16	42'44"	Ineos Team UK	American Magic	+4' 59" (2,865 m)		C	4	-0' 43"	-1' 49"	-8' 47"	-8' 40"	~	~	-4' 59"
Race 2	January 17	+0' 18" (228 m)	Luna Rossa Challenge	Ineos Team UK	27'35"		A	6	-0' 00"	-0' 10"	-0' 07"	-0' 00"	-0' 26"	-0' 12"	-0' 18"
Race 3		DNF (Capsized)	American Magic	Luna Rossa Challenge	22' 24"		A	6	-0' 03"	-0' 06"	-0' 13"	-0' 27"	-0' 42"	-1' 02"	Awarded

Notes:

• Race 2 was abandoned after 4 legs due to a wind shift causing the course to not have a defined upwind and downwind leg. The course was re-set and orientated more towards the west, with the race being re-run from the beginning.[10]

• American Magic capsized while rounding Gate 5 when a gust of wind caught the sails causing the leeward running backstay to not release and preventing the mainsail from being eased. No crew were reported injured but the incident caused a large hole in the hull of the boat and for a time it was at significant risk of sinking. Per race rules, Luna Rossa Challenge was awarded the victory.[11]

	Date	Time	Port Entry	Starboard Entry	Time		Course	Legs	Start	Gate 1	Gate 2	Gate 3	Gate 4	Gate 5	Finish
Race 1	January 22 January 23	Awarded	Ineos Team UK	American Magic	DNS (Withdrawn)		C	6	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
Race 2		+0' 33" (200 m)	Luna Rossa Challenge	Ineos Team UK	24'33"		C	6	-0' 00"	-0' 02"	-0' 09"	-0' 19"	-0' 10"	-0' 01"	-0' 33"
Race 3	January 23	DNS (Withdrawn)	American Magic	Luna Rossa Challenge	Awarded		C	6	~	~	~	~	~	~	~

Notes:

• American Magic announced they would not compete in Round robins 3 and 4 following the damage sustained to their boat Patriot during the capsize in their round robin 2 race. In accordance with the rules, "ghost races" would be held. Those which were to have featured the teams would still take part on time and, given the American team failed to reach the starting gate, the race would then be awarded to the competitor by default.[12][13]
• Race 2 was set for January 22nd, but due to American Magic withdrawing from Round Robins 3 and 4, the race was moved to January 23.[14]

	Date	Time	Port Entry	Starboard Entry	Time		Course	Legs	Start	Gate 1	Gate 2	Gate 3	Gate 4	Gate 5	Finish
Race 1	January 23 January 24 Cancelled		American Magic	Ineos Team UK			Cancelled
Race 2	January 24 Cancelled		Ineos Team UK	Luna Rossa Challenge
Race 3			Luna Rossa Challenge	American Magic

Notes

• Since Ineos Team UK has already qualified for the finals, the final races were agreed to not be held after discussions between Ineos Team UK and Luna Rossa Challenge. No points are awarded for these races.[15]