The America’s Cup World Series features the best sailors
in the world racing the fastest boats. The teams from Sweden, Great Britain,
China, New Zealand, France, Italy, Korea and the U.S. feature skippers such as
Russell Coutts, Jimmy Spithill, Ben Ainslie, Dean Barker, Chris Draper, Loïck
Peyron, Nathan Outteridge and Max Sirena. This group of sailors has won the
America’s Cup, Olympic gold medals, world championships and non-stop circumnavigation
races. They are at the top of the sailing pyramid.
They race the AC45, a 45-foot long catamaran with an
85-foot tall wing sail that features performance characteristics which allow
the craft to race at twice the windspeed. These boats are roughly half the
scale of the boats that will sail the Louis Vuitton Cup and the America’s Cup
in 2013 which will be contested in extreme performance AC72s.
From startup to global phenomenon, the America’s Cup
World Series has delivered positive growth results at eight highly successful
regattas in Europe and the USA. The last three events attracted approximately
one million spectators with racing staged just off the shoreline; the
television graphics package won an Emmy Award for outstanding technical achievement;
and knowledge of the America’s Cup has reached new heights.
About the America’s Cup
One of the most fiercely competitive and sought after
trophies in all of sport, the America’s Cup was first raced in 1851, 45 years
before the modern Olympics. The U.S. yacht America won, giving the international
sailing competition its name.
The next Louis Vuitton Cup, America’s Cup Challenger
Series (July 4-Aug. 30, 2013) and America’s
Cup Finals (Sept. 7-21, 2013) will be held for the first
time in San Francisco Bay, a natural sailing arena where more than one million
spectators are expected.
The associated America’s Cup World Series is a global
circuit of events where the teams race AC45 catamarans for a season
championship. ORACLE TEAM USA won the 2011-12 title. The 2012-13 season opened
with events in San Francisco in August and October and continues in 2013 with races
in Naples, Italy (Apr. 16-21, 2013) and the USA.
No comments:
Post a Comment