Okay, I've about finished my brain control beacon aimed at LE's head. My vision of the 35 AC

Shrink the AC45 down to container-fitting size (like the VX40), and put them on foils. One-design class for LV series in similar fashion to the way it ran this time (more than one boat per team, multiple locations/regattas, etc, windward/leeward courses, fleet and match racing points).

Teams wishing to enter LV/AC competition series contribute XX dollars to Partially fund the eventual defender's AC campaign

For the finals, Defender builds two identical boats (60 footer, wing/foil) and challenger gets to pick which one they wish to use for the AC series.