America's Cup World Series
SportSailing
Founded2011
No. of teams8
Country New Zealand
 United States
 France
 Sweden
 Spain
 China
 South Korea
 United Kingdom
 Italy
Related
competitions
America's Cup, Louis Vuitton Cup

The inaugural America's Cup World Series were held between 2011 and 2013 in the lead up to the 2013 America's Cup. They were raced in AC45 catamarans. The competition was rocked by a cheating scandal in which Oracle Team USA had made an unauthorized modification by using additional ballast.[1] The team withdrew from the competition on 8 August 2013.[2] Penalties imposed included expelling three team members,[3] a $250,000 fine, and a one-point penalty for each of the first two races of the Match in which they would otherwise score a point.[4] This also affected boats on loan to Ben Ainslie Racing[2] and HS Racing, which withdrew from the competition. After reallocating points, overall winner for 2011/2012 was declared to be Team New Zealand, and for 2012/2013 it was Luna Rossa Piranha.[5]

Teams

ClubTeamHelmsmanSail loft
South Korea Sail Korea Yacht ClubTeam KoreaUnited Kingdom Chris Draper
Australia Nathan Outteridge
New ZealandPeter Burling
Doyle Sailmakers
Sweden Royal Swedish Yacht ClubArtemis Racing WhiteUnited States Terry Hutchinson
Sweden Charlie Ekberg
North Sails
Artemis Racing RedArgentina Santiago Lange
Australia Nathan Outteridge
North Sails
New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht SquadronTeam New ZealandNew Zealand Dean BarkerNorth Sails
United States Golden Gate Yacht ClubOracle Racing 4Australia James Spithill
Australia Tom Slingsby
North Sails
Oracle Racing 5
HS Racing
New Zealand Russell Coutts
Australia Darren Bundock
Austria Roman Hagara
North Sails
China Měi Fán Yacht ClubChina TeamNetherlands Mitch Booth
United States Charlie Ogletree
France Frédéric le Peutrec
New Zealand Philip Robertson
UK Sailmakers
France Yacht Club de FranceEnergy TeamFrance Loïck Peyron
France Yann Guichard
Voilerie Incidences
France Aleph Yacht ClubAleph Sailing Team (defunct)France Bertrand Pacé
France Pierre Pennec
North Sails
Spain Real Club Náutico de ValenciaGreen Comm Racing (defunct)Slovenia Vasilij ŽbogarNorth Sails
Italy Circolo della Vela SiciliaLuna Rossa PiranhaUnited Kingdom Chris DraperNorth Sails
Luna Rossa SwordfishUnited Kingdom Paul Campbell-James
Spain Iker Martínez de Lizarduy
ItalyFrancesco Bruni
North Sails
United Kingdom Royal Cornwall Yacht ClubBen Ainslie Racing[6]United Kingdom Ben AinslieNorth Sails

AC45 World Series

2011–12 AC45 World Series
Team Cascais
6–14 August 2011
Plymouth
10–18 September 2011
San Diego
12–20 November 2011
Naples
11–15 April 2012
Venice
15–20 May 2012
Newport
26 June – 1 July 2012
Standings
match
race
fleet
race
match
race
fleet
race
match
race
fleet
race
match
race
fleet
race
match
race
fleet
race
match
race
fleet
race
match
race
fleet
race
total
United States Oracle Racing 410861010104989DSQ (9)DSQ (9)(47)(55)(102)
New Zealand Team New Zealand91010989386858415293
Sweden Artemis Racing White898DNF 37510410774503282
France Energy Team5355986771063383674
United States Oracle Racing 56778538333DSQ (10)DSQ (5)(39)(29)(68)
South Korea Team Korea749646565437333366
Italy Luna Rossa Piranha91096810262652
Italy Luna Rossa Swordfish754546151631
France Aleph-Equipe de France353767121931
China China Team3334343332151631
Spain Green Comm Racing464DNS 333111223
2012–13 AC45 World Series
Team San Francisco
21–26 August 2012
San Francisco
2–7 October 2012
Naples
16–21 April 2013
Standings
match
race
fleet
race
match
race
fleet
race
match
race
fleet
race
match
race
fleet
race
total
United States Oracle Racing 4DSQ (9)DSQ (86)DSQ (10)DSQ (79)DSQ (10)DSQ (80)DSQ (29)DSQ (245)DSQ (274)
Italy Luna Rossa Piranha58513677013191204
United Kingdom Ben Ainslie RacingDSQ (3)DSQ (37)DSQ (4)DSQ (79)DSQ (8)DSQ (65)DSQ (15)DSQ (181)DSQ (196)
New Zealand Team New Zealand74395767122171193
Sweden Artemis Racing White84887254021160181
France Energy Team65554745815160175
Italy Luna Rossa Swordfish45112098014151165
United States Oracle Racing 5DSQ (10)DSQ (42)DSQ (6)DSQ (56)DSQ (16)DSQ (98)DSQ (114)
South Korea Team Korea2653405105110
Sweden Artemis Racing Red13875289098
China China Team11522823057378
United States HS RacingDSQ (3)DSQ (36)DSQ (3)DSQ (36)DSQ (39)
  • From the Newport AC45 World Series through all the second season of racing, all Oracle Racing boats (including those loaned to Ben Ainslie and HS Racing) were found to have raced out of measurement, with a 3 kg ballast surplus in the dolphin striker. All points are therefore subject to change and a new winner for both seasons to be declared.[7]

References

  1. Gavin Clarke, Oracle Team USA sailors admit breaking America's Cup rules, The Register, 12 Aug 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 America's Cup Jury, Jury Notice JN096, 8 August 2013
  3. "JURY CASE AC31, JURY NOTICE JN116, Allegation of Gross Misconduct, DECISION and PARTIAL LIFTING OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER" (PDF). Americas Cup Jury. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013. DECISIONS ON PENALTIES
    105. Bryce Ruthenberg is excluded from further participation in any role in the 34th America's Cup.…
    106. Andrew Walker is excluded from further participation in any role in the 34th America's Cup.…
    108. Matt Mitchell is excluded from sailing on a Yacht competing in the Match for the 34th America's Cup until 4 races have been completed.…
    109. Dirk de Ridder is excluded from further participation in any role in the 34th America's Cup.
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  4. "Jury Notice JN117", 3 September 2013,
  5. America’s Cup World Series Re-Scoring Archived 30 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, August 23, 2013
  6. "Ben Ainslie Racing Launch Press Release". Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  7. "breach of AC45 Class Rule" (PDF). 8 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

See also

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