<P> On 5 June 2014 , it was announced that the regatta would be sailed in 62 - foot - long ( 18.9 m ) foiling catamarans , the AC62 . The entry fee was $3 million . Each challenging team could build only one boat while Oracle Team USA could build two . A nationality rule was agreed , requiring 25 percent of the crew to be from the entry 's country . This nationality rule had been lifted prior to the 2003 America 's Cup . The rules specified the combined weight of the crew could not exceed 525 kg . The neutral International adjudicating yachting panel was dropped in favour of a three - man panel appointed by the defender . </P>
<P> On 5 June 2014 , it was announced that the regatta would be sailed in 62 - foot - long ( 18.9 m ) foiling catamarans , the AC62 . The entry fee was $3 million . Each challenging team could build only one boat while Oracle Team USA could build two . A nationality rule was agreed , requiring 25 percent of the crew to be from the entry 's country . This nationality rule had been lifted prior to the 2003 America 's Cup . The rules specified the combined weight of the crew could not exceed 525 kg . The neutral International adjudicating yachting panel was dropped in favour of a three - man panel appointed by the defender . </P>
what kind of boats are in the americas cup
what kind of boats are in the americas cup
62 - foot - long ( 18.9 m ) foiling catamarans , the AC62
62 - foot - long ( 18.9 m ) foiling catamarans , the AC62