#AC38 : Mouser Electronics strengthens America’s Cup innovation as official supporter of La Roche-Posay racing team
As the 38th Louis Vuitton America’s Cup enters its 2026 cycle, La Roche-Posay Racing Team, the French challenger, is competing with a strong focus on performance, precision, and technological excellence. Central to this ambition is Mouser Electronics as the Official Component Supporter, reinforcing the critical role of advanced electronics in modern high-performance sailing.
Mouser Electronics’ role extends beyond traditional sponsorship, enabling access to performance-critical electronic components and supporting a robust supply chain infrastructure. This technical backbone enables the development of onboard systems, such as instrumentation, telemetry, control loops, and cockpit interfaces, that directly influence speed, stability, and consistency. Small adjustments guided by real-time data, such as foil position or hydraulic response, can reduce instability and drag, improving overall performance over time.
Led by Stephan Kandler and Bruno Dubois, the project combines deep sailing heritage with forward-looking technical ambition, supported by an elite international crew and coaching team. As competition intensifies, the message is clear: modern America’s Cup performance is built on elite engineering as much as elite sailing.
Electronic systems as a core performance driver in America’s Cup boat design
Modern America’s Cup boats rely on precise component integration and rigorous qualification strategies. For critical systems such as flight control, power conversion, and telemetry, dual sourcing ensures supply security, while full traceability and lifecycle monitoring safeguard design decisions. Strict quality control, including MSD/ESD protection and authenticity verification, ensures reliability under extreme conditions.
“Modern America’s Cup campaigns are defined as much by electronic and systems engineering as by naval architecture or sailing skill. Electronics are central to performance, stability, and reliability. They are deeply integrated into how the boat operates at a high level,” says Mark Patrick, Technical Content Director, at Mouser Europe. “The boat is treated as a tightly integrated, safety-critical embedded platform; every component-level decision directly affects performance. Decisions like standardising connector families improve maintainability, reduce complexity, and enhance reliability in demanding race conditions.
In today’s environment, success is increasingly determined by the sophistication of the electronic ecosystem, from data acquisition to real-time control systems. Within this context, Mouser Electronics strengthens the technological foundation that enables consistent performance at the highest level.”
Importance of component supply in high-performance sailing systems
Procurement quality, traceability, and handling are direct performance drivers. Missing parts limit testing, reduce iteration time, and compress validation cycles, ultimately impacting on-water performance. Authorised distribution ensures traceable, genuine components, correctly handled for moisture, temperature, and lifecycle alignment. Proper tooling and workshop discipline minimise latent defects that may pass bench testing but fail under vibration or load. This makes electronics a core performance system that is on par with foiling control and crew executions.
Stephan Kandler, CEO of La Roche-Posay Racing Team, commented:
“In today’s America’s Cup, performance is no longer driven by sailing talent alone, but by the ability to integrate cutting-edge technologies into every aspect of the project. With Mouser Electronics, we are strengthening a critical part of our performance chain. Their expertise and access to high-quality components will directly contribute to the reliability, precision, and competitiveness of our systems on the water.”
About : Mouser Electronics is an authorised semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on New Product Introductions from its leading manufacturer partners. Serving the global electronic design engineer and buyer community, the global distributors’ website, mouser.com, is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than 6.8 million products from over 1,200 manufacturer brands. Mouser offers 28 support locations worldwide to provide best-in-class customer service in local language, currency and time zone. The distributor ships to over 650,000 customers in 223 countries/territories from its 1 million-square-foot, state-of-the-art distribution facilities.
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