2015–16 America's Cup World Series Explained

America's Cup World Series
Sport:Sailing
Founded:2011
Teams:6
Country:




Champion:Land Rover BAR
Related Comps:America's Cup

The second America's Cup World Series were held between 2015 and 2016 in the lead up to the 2017 America's Cup. The series was won by Land Rover BAR and confers two points towards the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup. The runner up was Oracle Team USA which confers one point toward the next competition.[1] The series awards points exclusively for fleet races. They were raced in AC45F catamarans, modified from the previous AC45 series to incorporate hydrofoiling capability for improved performance, in strict one-design. The design is smaller than the AC50 class that was used in the 2017 America's Cup.

Teams

ClubTeamHelmsman
Golden Gate Yacht ClubOracle Team USA James Spithill
Royal Yacht SquadronLand Rover BAR Ben Ainslie
Royal New Zealand Yacht SquadronEmirates Team New Zealand Peter Burling
Glenn Ashby
Kansai Yacht ClubSoftbank Team Japan Dean Barker
Yacht Club de FranceGroupama Team France Franck Cammas
Adam Minoprio
Royal Swedish Yacht ClubArtemis Racing Nathan Outteridge
Francesco Bruni

Standings

TeamPortsmouth
25–26 Jul 2015
Gothenburg
29–30 Aug 2015
Bermuda
17–18 Oct 2015
Muscat
27–28 Feb 2016
New York
7–8 May 2016
Chicago
11–12 Jun 2016
Portsmouth
23–24 Jul 2016
Toulon
10–11 Sep 2016
Fukuoka
19–20 Nov 2016
Standings
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Land Rover BAR109CAN991612CAN16101881010181416CAN1812126CAN2014186101020181855101620141089141816512
Oracle Team USA971010141420161296912201814181851418129951820208671412107910161612493
Team New Zealand81088182012182010752016121616207121616857161214995121018968181410485
Artemis Racing65752010182014758141210201010918201456612141010108201612876202014466
Softbank Team Japan76671218141416696161014121416101610207881416166761814206105121018460
Groupama Team France5856101610121058710182010201481012101079101012789101816557101220419
  • races cancelled for winds over 25kt: July 26, 2015
  • races cancelled for winds under 6kt: October 17, 2015; May 7, 2016; June 11, 2016 (June 10, 2016 practice race used as substitute)

References

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sailingworld.com/land-rover-bar-wins-americas-cup-world-series Land Rover BAR Wins America's Cup World Series