2013 America's Cup
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2013 America's Cup
| 34th America's Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 7-22nd, 2013 |
| Defender |  Golden Gate Yacht Club |
| Challenger of Record |  Royal Swedish Yacht Club |
| Winner | TBD |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | TBA |
| Official Website | http://www.americascup.com/ |
The 34th America's Cup will be sailed in 2013 in San Francisco, California with 72-foot wing-sail catamarans. Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) is the defender of the America's Cup, after their racing team, BMW Oracle Racing defeated the Swiss Alinghi team of Société Nautique de Genève in the 2010 America's Cup. On May 12, 2011, the Italian Club Nautico di Roma withdrew as the Challenger of Record and was replaced by the Royal Swedish Yacht Club.[1][2][3]
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Build Up
On May 6, 2010, the Defender and the then Challenger of Record, Club Nautico di Roma, held a joint press conference to report on plans for the 34th Cup.[4] The planning process was to include: definition of new rules, an independent management team, definition of a new class of boats created in conjunction with all teams, regular racing in multiple venues and provision for much increased television and online coverage.
Planning Timeline
Intermediate dates were set on May 6, 2010 which included:
- November 1, 2010 until 31 March 2011 - Challenger registration period
- December 31, 2010 - Notice of Race & Sailing Instructions published
- December 31, 2010 - Venue to be confirmed
- September 7-22nd, 2013 - 34th America's Cup
Protocol
The Protocol for the 34th America's Cup was published on September 13, 2010.[5][6] The Cup challenge races will take place in September 2013.
Boats
Two new classes of boat were announced. AC72 wing-sail catamarans will be used for the America's Cup races and the AC45 class, a scaled-down one-design version of the AC72 will be used for the preliminary training and racing until boats built to the AC72 rules become available. The AC72 yachts are expected to sail upwind at 1.2 times the speed of the true wind, and downwind at 1.6 times the speed of the true wind.[7][8][9] The amended AC72 Class Rule version 1.1 was published on February 22, 2011.[10]
America's Cup World Series
Main article: America's Cup World Series
In order to increase global awareness and hence attract sponsors for the teams there will be an America’s Cup World Series of races in 2011-12 and 2012-13. The winner of each annual series will be declared the America’s Cup World Series Champion for that season. There will be three regattas in 2011, up to nine in 2012, and four in 2013. Each regatta will last for nine days and have approximately six days of racing, including official practice. Each AC World Series regatta will be a combination of match and fleet racing. Unless sea conditions are too rough, races can take place when the approximate average true wind speed is between 3 and 33 knots. AC45 one-design catamarans will be used for each World Series regatta.
- Event One: 6–14 August 2011, Cascais, Portugal
- Event Two: 10–18 September 2011, Plymouth, UK
- Event Three: 12–20 November 2011, San Diego, USA
- Event Four: 7–15 April 2012, Naples, Italy
- Event Five: 12–20 May 2012, Venice, Italy
- Event Six: 23 June - 1 July 2012, Newport RI, USA
(Event Four dates and venue to be confirmed)
Cost Reduction
In order to limit costs and hence attract challengers, there will be no-sail periods where on the water boat tuning and crew training is not allowed and limits imposed on the number of boats, sails, equipment and support boats which can used by each team. Crew size for the AC72s will be limited to 11.
Youth America's Cup
In addition to using the AC45 catamarans for the initial world series races they will also be used to introduce the nationality based 'Youth America's Cup' (YAC). The smaller scaled down AC45 version of the AC72 with similar characteristics to the AC72 will enable younger competition sailors to master the techniques used to sail this style of catamaran before they progress to the AC72 boats. The YAC will begin in 2012. The age category for this event has yet to be released, but if ISAF standards are observed this would make the cut-off point 18 years old.
Venue
On July 8, 2010 BMW Oracle Racing announced that San Francisco “is the only city in the USA under consideration to host the 34th America’s Cup” match.[11] At the time, KGO-TV and Gazzetta dello Sport, an Italian sports newspaper, reported that Rome-Fiumicino, Italy was challenging San Francisco to host the event.[12]
BMW Oracle Racing did confirm that San Diego, Newport[13] and Long Beach were considered earlier as possible venues for this event.
A key parameter in deciding the venue was reliability of the wind and weather patterns so that pre-published television schedules would be virtually guaranteed to show racing rather than suffering endless postponents which was a significant problem for TV audiences watching the 2010 America's Cup. The venue was to be confirmed by December 31, 2010.[4]
In early December 2010, BMW Oracle Racing became concerned that a full and final agreement with San Francisco would not be completed in time to comply with the requirement to announce the location of the cup venue on December 31, 2010. As a result negotiations were activated with Newport Rhode Island as a potential venue for the cup.[14]
On December 31, 2010 San Francisco, California, was officially awarded the right to host the 2013 America's Cup.[15]
Teams
A total of twelve clubs applied to challenge the America's Cup before the deadline though their names were not originally disclosed. Original Challenger of Record Club Nautico di Roma and Club Canottieri Roggero di Lauria withdrew and additional challengers applied subsequently after the deadline was pushed back un til June 2012. The challengers who applied automatically enrolled for the AC45 World Series.
As of April 2012, only three - Emirates Team New Zealand, Luna Rossa and Artemis - have paid their entry fees for the event.[16]
| defending club | |
|---|---|
| Golden Gate Yacht Club |
Oracle Racing |
| challenging clubs | |
| Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet |
Artemis Racing[17] |
 Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron |
Emirates Team New Zealand |
 Circolo della Vela Sicilia |
Luna Rossa Challenge[18] |
On November 26nd, 2010, the former Cup holder Alinghi formally confirmed that it would not participate in the 2013 America's Cup.[19]
On May 12nd, 2011, the Challenger of Record Club Nautico di Roma and their team Mascalzone Latino withdrew from the 2013 America's Cup.[1][2]
On July 24th, 2011, Club Canottieri Roggero di Lauria failed eligibility for the America's Cup.[20]
On April 3rd, 2012, Aleph Yacht Club withdrew from the AC45 World Series, from the Louis Vuitton Cup and from the America's Cup.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mascalzone Latino says goodbye to the 34° America's Cup". 2011-05-12. http://www.mascalzonelatino.it/eng/content/mascalzone-latino-says-goodbye-34°-americas-cup. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
- ^ a b "America's Cup: Challenger of Record pulls pin in unprecedented move". 2011-05-12. http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index.cfm?SEID=2&Nid=83410&SRCID=0&ntid=0&tickeruid=0&tickerCID=0. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
- ^ Swedish yacht club becomes Challenger of Record New Zealand Herald, 18 May 2011
- ^ a b new vision revealed 34th America’s Cup, 6 May 2010
- ^ "America's Cup transformed by radical changes". Golden Gate Yacht Club. 13 September 2010. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010. http://www.americascup.com/news/america%e2%80%99s-cup-transformed-by-radical-changes/. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ "The Protocol Governing the 34th America’s Cup". Golden Gate Yacht Club. 13 September 2010. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. http://cdn.americascup.com/AC34-Protocol-9-Sep-2010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ "AC34 Multihull Class Rule Concept Document". 34th America's Cup. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. http://www.cupinfo.com/downloads/ac34-class-rule-multihull-concept.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
- ^ "New high performance yachts for 34th America's Cup". 34th America's Cup. 2 July 2010. http://www.cupinfo.com/downloads/ggyc-press-ac34-rule-writing-070110.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
- ^ The monohull concept for the 34th America's Cup called for a design that would achieve 1.0 times true wind speed upwind and 1.4 times downwind, see "AC34 Monohull Class Rule Concept Document". 34th America's Cup. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. http://www.cupinfo.com/downloads/ac34-class-rule-canting-monohull-concept.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
- ^ "AC72 Class Rule". 34th America's Cup. http://www.americascup.com/media/files/m1701_2011_02_22_AC72_Class_Rule_V1_1.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ http://www.americascup.com/news/san-francisco-sole-usa-host-city-candidate-for-34th-americas-cup/
- ^ http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7774788
- ^ RI emissary has high hopes for America's Cup MercuryNews.com, 22 February 2010
- ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/americas-cup/news/article.cfm?c_id=531&objectid=10695594&ref=rss
- ^ "San Francisco Wins Right to Host 34th America's Cup". Golden Gate Yacht Club. 2010-12-31. http://www.americascup.com/2010/12/san-francisco-wins-right-to-host-2013-america%E2%80%99s-cup/. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ Deal keeps Team NZ in Cup hunt New Zealand Herald, 14 January 2012
- ^ "Artemis Racing". http://www.artemisracing.com/news/25573.
- ^ "Luna Rossa Challenge". http://www.lunarossachallenge.com/.
- ^ "Alinghi announces sailing program". 2010-11-26. http://new.alinghi.com/2010/10/alinghi-continues-to-battle-for-top-spot-in-oman-21/.
- ^ "Venezia Challenge excused from America's Cup". 2011-07-24. http://www.americascup.com/en/Latest/News/2011/7/VENEZIA-CHALLENGE-EXCUSED-FROM-AMERICAS-CUP/.
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