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The Argo Challenge – which is aiming for participation in the Youth and Women's America's Cup with international crews of disabled sailors a

The Argo Challenge – which is aiming for participation in the Youth and Women's America's Cup with international crews of disabled sailors at AC38 in Naples in 2027 – has announced the involvement of two top names: Helena Lucas (GBR) and Damien Seguin (FRA).

Britain's Helena Lucas won Paralympic gold in the 2.4mR class at London 2012 and went on to win bronze in Rio, making her Great Britain's most successful Paralympic sailor. France's Damien Seguin is famous worldwide not only for his five world championship victories in the Paralympic 2.4 class and his three Paralympic Games medals – gold in Athens 2004 and Rio 2016 and silver in Beijing 2008 – but also for his seventh-place finish in the 2020-21 Vendée Globe.

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Antonio Spinelli’s revived Argo Challenge is bidding to field international teams of disabled sailors in the Youth and Women’s America’s Cup

Italian Antonio Spinelli is the driving force behind the Argo Challenge, a bold and ambitious campaign to assemble an international squad of disabled sailors to participate in both the Youth and Women’s America’s Cup competitions during AC38, with a stretch goal of competing in next year’s three scheduled AC40 preliminary regattas against the full America’s Cup teams.

Spinelli – a past ski instructor who works as a volunteer in an organisation that encourages people with disabilities to get involved in sport – led the first iteration of the Argo Challenge back in 2006 when he and Brazilian double Olympic bronze medallist Lars Grael put together a crew of able-bodied and disabled sailors with the goal of competing in the America’s Cup.

Although that campaign did not ultimately come to fruition – in some part because of the hiatus caused by the Oracle Team USA v Alinghi lawsuit – the team acquitted themselves well, and notably performed credibly in the Voiles de St Tropez and the Maxi World Championship in Sardinia.

Now, almost 20 years on, Spinelli is drumming up support for a second tilt at involving disabled sailors in the America’s Cup. The revival of his dream has come about largely because of the introduction of the AC40 foiling monohull, which is raced by a crew of four sailors who all remain seated during racing and control the boat using steering wheels and push button controls.

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We could always count on the America's Cup to make frequent headlines. While only held every three to four years, there was enough bickering

Breaking the stillness is an old friend, Argo Challenge, with their ambitious goal to participate in the 38th America’s Cup with an international sailing team composed of male and female athletes with physical disabilities. We last heard from them as they unsuccessfully sought entry in the 2013 America’s Cup, and they are back to garner support for their social project.

“This is a possible challenge because this type of boat can be sailed safely, even by sailors with physical disabilities,” says Lars Grael, a highly talented Brazilian sailor with two Olympic medals. “There is no shortage of high-level male and female sailors with disabilities, so with adequate training, there is a possibility of being competitive.”

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