2. America's Cup is the most
important competition of
sailing sport. Some
sources say it is the third
sport event that has great
economic impact for the
host country, after the
Olympics and World Cup.
3. The Ship.
The first of the two new designs that
will compete for the
34th America's Cup, is the
AC45 catamaran, made
his debut in Auckland (New Zealand)
on 17 January 2011.
4. The ship is an essential part in the
34th America's Cup, which takes
place on 72-foot catamaran in the Bay
of San Francisco in 2013.
The AC45 is a
racing
boat tech rigid
sail propelled by
a rising over 20
meters on deck.
6. Aleph, from France.
The team came together for the first
time in November 2009 to compete in
the nascent Louis Vuitton Trophy
regatta in Nice, France. The team
then went on to compete in the next
two Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas in
Auckland, New Zealand and La
Maddelena, Italy.
7. PEOPLE. The team’s best-known
personality is, without doubt, 1993
Vendée Globe, winner Alain Gautier.
Gautier skippered the ALEPH AC45 at
the ACWS Cascais regatta and finished
in 8th position in the fleet racing.
Gautier leads the technical direction of
the team.
8. Artemis Racing, from
Sweden.
Is the challenger of record for the
34th America’s Cup. Artemis Racing
competes in the America’s Cup World
Series, Extreme Sailing Series, RC44
Championship Tour and Vulcain
Trophy. Artemis Racing represents
the Royal Swedish Yacht Club
(KSSS).
9. The Royal Swedish Yacht Club,
(KSSS), is Sweden’s largest and
oldest sailing club. Founded in 1830,
KSSS is also the oldest club outside
the British Isles and 5th oldest in the
world and has more than 6,000
members. KSSS organizes racing, as
well as junior sailing and elite
training.
10. One of the world’s largest offshore races,
the Round Gotland Race, is also organized
by the KSSS, as was the Volvo Ocean Race
stopover in Stockholm in 2009.
11. BAR, from United
Kingdom.
Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) was
launched in January 2012.
BAR will compete in the 2012/13
America’s Cup World Series (ACWS),
with a long term vision to challenge
for the 35th America’s Cup following
the conclusion of the 34th Cup in San
Francisco in 2013.
12. The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club (RCYC)
was formed in 1871 and is the
15th oldest “Royal” yacht club in
England. The first patrons of the club
were Queen Victoria and the Duke of
Cornwall (the future King Edward
VII).
13. The RCYC is situated in an idyllic
waterfront setting in Falmouth, which
has long been a venue for major
regattas.
14. CHINA TEAM.
China Team is a true Chinese challenger
as it will be powered by mainly Chinese
sailors on a China-built boat. This is the
second challenge for China, led again
by chairman Wang Chaoyong. Thierry
Barot, CEO of China Team and a 25 year
America’s Cup veteran, is leading a
team of Chinese and Olympic/World
Champion international multihull
sailors.
15. China Team represents the spirit of sports in
China nowadays, as sailing, while still
relatively new in China, under the guidance of
Professional Olympics Coach Derek Clark,
Skipper Charlie Ogletree, and Helmsman
Andreas Hagara, the young Chinese sailors
will train and carry the hopes of the Chinese
nation.
16. Emirates Team New
Zealand.
Emirates Team New Zealand is a
professional sailing team competing in the
Volvo Ocean Race, on the Extreme Sailing
Series circuit and the America’s Cup
World Series.
In 2009 and 2010, the team competed
successfully on the Audi MedCup series,
winning the championship on both years.
17. Led by managing director Grant Dalton and
skipper Dean Barker, Emirates Team New
Zealand will once again carry the hopes of
their small island nation into battle in the
America’s Cup.
19. Green Comm Racing,
Spain.
Green Comm Racing team will
represent the Real Club Nautical of
Valencia, the seventh participant in
the challenge of Edition 34 of the
America’s Cup. The aim of
Green Comm Racing is to promote
and lead the Green Revolution, using
the media impact on the sporting
event which has the oldest sailing.
20. Green Comm Racing is
identifying different brands understand
that the world is changing towards a
"social economy" in which recommend
and co-branding is a central issue in the
daily lives of consumers.
21. Luna Rossa, Italy.
YACHT CLUB
CIRCOLO DELLA VELA SICILIA: founded in 1933, is
one of the oldest and most prestigious yacht
clubs of the Mediterranean. Its club house is in
Mondello, a few kilometers from the centre of
Palermo. Throughout the years the Circolo della
Vela Sicilia hosted many prestigious national
and international regattas, including the J 24
and Star Class European Championships, the
Italian Olympic classes Championship and the
“Palermo – Monte Carlo” offshore race.
24. Team Korea.
The team was founded by Kim
Dong-Young, an accomplished
sailor and the organizer of one of
the biggest prize money sailing
events in the world, The Korea
Match Cup. Young has realistic
ambitions for this first effort,
calling it a learning experience
with the aim of constant
improvement.
25. Structure of the
competition:
The competition can be divided
into two parts. First can be the
necessity to establish which
teams earn the right to compete
for the defense and the challenge
trophy. Subsequently, the two
winning teams meet in the America's
Cup.
26. Choosing defender
and challenger:
-The defending Cup club can choose the team
that will represent him in a race called
Defender Selection Series, and
that sponsorship reasons named Citizen Cup in
1992 and 1997.
-The challenger is the winner of
the Challenger Selection Series, which is called
Louis Vuitton Cup between 1983 and 2007 for
reasons of patronage. They fightwhen there is
more of a team aspiring to challenge America's
Cup. The fleet racesare known as Acts, and
the yacht to yacht racing as Match.
