America's Cup Racing Teams
The lineup, so far:
1. GGYC > ORACLE Racing (Defender, USA)
Club Nautico di Roma > Mascalzone Latino Audi (Challenger of Record, Italy)
2. Royal Swedish Yacht Club > Artemis Racing (New Challenger of Record, Sweden)
3. Aleph-Equipe de France (Challenger, France)
YuuZoo Big Boat Racing Team (Challenger, Australia)
4. Yacht Club de France > Energy Team (Challenger, France)
Multihull Yacht Club of Queensland > Team Australia (Challenger, Australia)
5. Mei Fan Yacht Club > China Team (Challenger, China)
6. Sail Korea Yacht Club > White Tiger Challenge (Challenger, Korea)
Club Canottieri di Lauria > Venezia Challenge (Challenger, Italy)
7. Emirates Team New Zealand (Challenger, New Zealand)
8. Real Club Nautico de Valencia > Green Comm Racing (Challenger, Spain)
9. Circolo della Vela Sicilia of Palermo > Luna Rossa (Challenger, Italy)
Spain's Green Comm, America's Cup Challenger, Withdraws from AC34
A second challenger for the 34th America's Cup, Green Comm, based in Spain, has announced it has withdrawn from the 34th America's Cup.
A spokesman for the team had previously stated that the team was 200% sure of having the necessary funding to continue through the America's Cup World Series and go onto the Regatta itself.
America's Cup Team Updates
Here's a roundup of America's Cup teams and challengers news.
French Team Aleph drops out of America's Cup
Aleph didn't give a reason but the current field of teams has dwindled down to 4 for the Louis Vuitton Cup in the fall of 2013.
SF Examiner: French sailing team drops out of America's Cup
Boating New Zealand: Aleph pull pin on America's Cup
Oracle has two teams competing at the America's Cup World Series
Defending champion Oracle Racing has two teams competing this spring and summer at the America's Cup World Series regattas. Oracle Racing Spithill is skippered by Jimmy Spithill and Oracle Racing Bundock will be skippered by Darren Bundock. Team Spithill swept the 2 championships at the World Series in San Diego last november.
Sail World: America’s Cup defense team Oracle Racing announce competing crews
Prada team Luna Rossa getting ready for America's Cup
Prada boss Patrizio Bertelli plans to put €40m into Luna Rossa's efforts to win the America's Cup in San Francisco in 2013. They are currently building the AC72 boat and will have 2 AC45's racing at the America's Cup World Series in Naples later this spring.
The Independent: Patrizio Bertelli confirms double bid for the America's Cup
Sports Illustrated: Luna Rossa introduces crews; French team out of AC
France's Energy Team concludes license agreement with Oracle Racing to purchase AC72 design package
This deal saves Energy Team some time and money and helps insure that they will indeed be giving a serious challenge at the Louis Vuitton Cup in San Francisco 2013.
Sail World: Energy Team signs up with Oracle Racing for an AC72
Emirates Team New Zealand's hidden advantage
Anyone watching the ORACLE Racing team’s celebrations at the 33rd America’s Cup could easily have missed the unassuming figure at the back. But although Glenn Ashby wasn’t on board as James Spithill sailed into the record books, the youthful skipper acknowledged the importance of the sailing coach and multihull expert in engineering the victory, saying: “There’s no way I would have been ready to sail without Glenn’s help. We had very limited time to get ready and he pushed us to go beyond our limits. He gave us an edge.”
This time, Ashby, an Olympic Silver medallist (2008) and 14-time world champion in multihull classes, is stepping out of the shadows, having joined Emirates Team New Zealand as wing trimmer. “It was closer to home than the US, and the sailing role was very attractive to me,” he explains of the switch. Read more »
Time running out for America's Cup challengers
The prospect of an America's Cup with just three challengers is growing stronger as the runway to build a monster multihull for the 2013 regatta gets shorter.
Only four teams have begun building the new 72-foot wing-sail catamarans that will duel for sport's oldest trophy in San Francisco in September next year. Emirates Team New Zealand is among those now building the new design, as is the Auld Mug defender, Oracle Racing. Read more »
Sailing in Marin: Hall-of-famer Cayard takes another shot at America's Cup with Swedish Artemis team
FOR A GUY who has achieved the highest awards in the sport of sailing, Paul Cayard must have just a small degree of frustration that the one prize that he's not been able to capture is the America's Cup.
The 52-year old, who was recently inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame, has a string of accolades behind him and has competed in events ranging from Round the World to the Olympics. But the Kentfield resident says he's still got plenty to achieve in the sport and he's working on it.
First, he'd like to win the America's Cup. Read more »
