America's Cup World Series
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America's Cup World Series
| Sport | Sailing |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country(ies) |  New Zealand United States France Sweden China South Korea Spain United Kingdom Italy |
| Related competitions | America's Cup, Louis Vuitton Cup |
The America's Cup World Series is a series of match race regattas leading up to the 2013 America's Cup.
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The Yachts
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The World Series uses AC45 catamarans, a one-design wingsail catamaran with foils designed specifically for the event by Mike Drummond and the Oracle Racing engineering team. The AC45 is intended as a smaller version to the larger AC72 class rule and has the following specifications:
- build: honeycombcore carbonfiber sandwich
- length: 13.45 m (44.1 ft)
- beam: 6.9 m (23 ft)
- weight: 1,290–1,320 kg (2,800–2,900 lb)
- maximum draught : 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
- air draught : 21.5 m (71 ft) without extension
- wing: 20 m (66 ft) 85 m2 (910 sq ft) mast element with three slotted flaps
- wing and flap extension: 4 m (13 ft) high, 8 m2 (86 sq ft) area
- jib area: 48 m2 (520 sq ft)
- gennaker area: 125 m2 (1,350 sq ft)
- builders: Core Builders (NZ), Cookson Boats (NZ)
- crew: 5 + 1 guest
Teams
- Oracle Racing fields two boats in the World Series.[1]
- Aleph-Équipe de France announced in April 2012 its withdrawal (citing financial reasons and lack of sponsorship) from both the 2012 ACWS and the 34th America's cup.
- The 2 teams of Luna Rossa joined the series in 2012 at the Naples venue, while Green Comm Racing did not compete.
- Ben Ainslie Racing will compete in the 2012-2013 ACWS, starting with the San Francisco 21-26 August event.
| Club | Team | Helmsman | Sail loft |
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| Sail Korea Yacht Club |
Team Korea | Chris Draper Nathan Outteridge |
Doyle Sailmakers |
| Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet |
Artemis Racing | Terry Hutchinson |
North Sails |
| Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron |
Emirates Team New Zealand | Dean Barker |
North Sails |
| Golden Gate Yacht Club |
Oracle Racing 4 | James Spithill |
North Sails |
| Oracle Racing 5 | Russell Coutts Darren Bundock |
North Sails | |
| Meĭ Fań Yacht Club |
China Team |  Mitch Booth Charlie Ogletree Frédéric Le Peutrec Philip Robertson |
North Sails |
| Yacht Club de France |
Energy Team | Loïck Peyron Yann Guichard |
Voilerie Incidences |
| Aleph Yacht Club |
Aleph-Equipe de France (defunct) |
Bertrand Pacé Pierre Pennec |
North Sails |
| Real Club Náutico de Valencia |
Green Comm Racing (defunct) |  Vasilij Žbogar |
North Sails |
| Circolo della Vela Sicilia |
Luna Rossa Piranha | Chris Draper |
North Sails |
| Luna Rossa Swordfish | Paul Campbell-James |
North Sails | |
| Royal Cornwall Yacht Club |
Ben Ainslie Racing[2] | Ben Ainslie |
AC45 World Series
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events
teams
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 Cascais6–14 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 | |
| Oracle Racing 4 |
10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 46 | 84 | ||
| Emirates Team New Zealand |
9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 80 | ||
| Artemis Racing |
8 | 9 | 8 | DNF 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 71 | ||
| Energy Team |
5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 65 | ||
| Team Korea |
7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 56 | ||
| Oracle Racing 5 |
6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 53 | ||
| Luna Rossa Piranha |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 34 | ||
| Aleph-Equipe de France |
3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| China Team |
3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 31 | ||
| Green Comm Racing |
4 | 6 | 4 | DNS 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| Luna Rossa Swordfish |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21 | ||
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events
teams
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San Francisco 21–26 August 2012 |
San Francisco 4–7 October 2012 |
Venice 16–21 April 2013 |
Naples 14–19 May 2013 |
Standings | ||||||
| match race | fleet race | match race | fleet race | match race | fleet race | match race | fleet race | match race | fleet race | total | |
| Team Korea |
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| Artemis Racing |
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| Emirates Team New Zealand |
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| Oracle Racing 4 |
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| Oracle Racing 5 |
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| Energy Team |
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| China Team |
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| Luna Rossa Piranha |
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| Luna Rossa Swordfish |
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| Ben Ainslie Racing |
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