Juan Vila

Juan began sailing at the age of seven and honed his skills as a teenager on keelboats in the Mediterranean.

After graduating with a degree in Civil Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona, he participated in the Whitbread Around the World Race as a navigator—further four circumnavigations followed.

He has taken part in ten consecutive Cup cycles, from 1992 in San Diego to the current Cup in his hometown of Barcelona.

After catching the "America's Cup fever," he became a meteorologist and consultant for electronics/navigation systems for the Oracle Team USA's Cup campaigns in 2013 and 2017.

Over the years, he has clinched victory three times—2003 and 2007 with Alinghi and 2013 with Oracle Team USA. In the current era of the AC75 class, Juan was contracted with INEOS Team UK in 2021. With Ernesto Bertarelli's return to the Cup, Juan also returned to his old team, where he now serves as a team meteorologist and performance analyst.

This October, he will be inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame.