By Neto Baptiste
Three-times America’s Cup winner, sailor Louis Sinclair, has hinted that his recent campaign with Team New Zealand could be his last.
Speaking recently on the Good Morning Jojo Sports Show, the Antiguan said that he wishes the premier sailing event could be held more often, but made no promises that he will sign-up for the next competition, which usually happens every three to four years.
“Generally, you get a kind of a year where you don’t really know what’s happening and then you have like a two or three-year campaign from there, but I think it would be good if it was faster, but I think that that was my last one, I believe so,” he said.
The most successful America’s Cup team in modern history, Emirates Team New Zealand claimed a historic third win in an impressive display of boat speed, tactical confidence, and ruthless dominance one week ago.
Sinclair said teams will spend the next year or two preparing for the next event, but that most of the preparation will not entail actual sailing.
“A lot of it is developmental, so a lot of it is engineers and software engineers, and all these guys developing a system and developing a boat that fits within a class rule. The actual racing itself is only over two weeks, so most of the work is done in the development of that boat which is why there is always such a broad range of jobs available to people potentially,” the sailor said.
This year’s America’s Cup triumph was Louis’ third with Team New Zealand.