In what amounts to the biggest shakeup of the current America’s Cup cycle, Tudor Team Alinghi (SUI) has shifted leadership. After having named Britain’s Paul Goodison as the new skipper of the Swiss challenge for the 38th America’s Cup, they have since reached across the border to bring in Italian Francesco Bruni for the role.
After co-helming for Luna Rossa in the past two America’s Cups, Bruni was on the coaching staff for the Italian team, but it was after the second preliminary regatta when Swiss team owner Ernesto Bertarelli contacted Luna Rossa about his availability. As that event had not gone well for the Swiss, making a change became the move.
“As you can imagine, (this) was a very delicate matter. A great deal of work went into it with the teams, the lawyers and so on. Ernesto sees me as an expert in this field, given my specialization and the fact that I helmed the last two editions of the Cup with excellent results.” – Full report
Source: https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2026/11/07/new-leader-for-americas-cup-challenger/





