CC MEMO -- Mainsail Logos

[Updated 22 March 2005.]

The CC has received a proposal from ACM to "update" the Cup logo carried on the mainsails. This would require an amendment to the AC Class Rule, which requires the unanimous approval of all Competitors (official Challengers and the Defender).

The present logo:



Proposed logo:



ACM has proposed allowing both logos to be used in 2005 and 2006, except that any new mainsail built would be required to carry the new logo. In 2007 only the new logo would be permitted. The CC will consider this proposal further at its May meeting.

Below is the actual Cup, as presented at the Prizegiving at Auckland in 2003, showing the newly added-on base to provide more engraving space. Note that it is the second such add-on to the Cup, which originally ended just below Ernesto's hand in the photo below:



Note that the proposed logo emulates "Version 1" of the Cup, while the current logo is somewhere between Version 1 and Version 2. Neither comes close to the present-day Version 3.

The mainsail insignia (in those days it was an "insignia", not a "logo") for the 12 Metre Class, the yacht used for Cup racing from 1958 to 1987:



Originally proposed for the America's Cup class when initiated in 1988: