2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup Explained

2nd Youth Americas Cup
Dates:June 12 to June 21, 2017
Countries:-->
Boats:Land Rover BAR Academy
Team Tilt
Team France Jeune
Sail Team NZL
Spanish Impulse by IBEROSTAR
SVB Team Germany
Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Youth Racing
Team BDA
Youth Vikings Denmark
Kaijin Team Japan
Next Generation USA
Candidate Sailing Team
Host City:Bermuda
Previous:2013
Winner:Land Rover BAR Academy
Next:2024

The 2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup was the 2nd Youth Americas Cup and was held in Bermuda from 12 - 21 June. The Youth America's Cup used the America's Cup 45 AC45F class, a one-design foiling wingsail catamaran designed by Oracle Racing. The yachts have 6 crew onboard with teams having one additional substitute (skipper, helm, strategist, main trimmer, jib trimmer and bow). All athletes were aged between 19-24, and teams could choose to include female athletes, although, only Land Rover BAR did so.

Teams

Twelve teams are split into two pools of six for an initial fleet racing series.The 6 clubs that entered the America's Cup challenger series of that year and 6 have been invited to participate. The top four of each division then progress to the final series of 6 fleet races.

Group A

TeamYacht ClubSkipperCrew
Artemis Youth RacingGustav PetterssonMarcus Anjemark, Julius Hallström, Fritiof Hedstrom, Marcus Höglander, Eddie Klemets Vänersborgs, Axel Munkby, Gustav Pettersson and Rasmus Rosengren[1]
SVB Team GermanyMax KohlhoffMoritz Burmester, Frederick Eichhorst, Phillip Kasüske, Johann Kohlhoff, Paul Kohlhoff and Magnus Simon[2]
Team TiltSebastien SchneiterJérémy Bachelin, Arthur Cevey, Jocelyn Keller, Guillaume Rigot, Nils Theuninck and Florian Trüb[3]
Team France JeuneRobin FollinJean-Baptiste Ducamin, Sandro Lacan, Timothé Lapauw, Bruno Mourniac, Solune Robert, Antoine Rucard and Valentin Sipan[4]
Youth Vikings DenmarkDaniel BjørnholtMads Emil Stephensen Lübeck, Nicolaj Bjørnholt, Christopher Falholt, Anders Kronborg Kjær, Mathias Bruun Borreskov and Stig Steinfurth[5]
Kaijin Team JapanIbuki KoizumiHajime Kokumai, Timothy Morishima, Federico Sampei, Leonard Takahashi, Mikiya Tsuji and Shota Usami[6]

Group B

TeamYacht ClubSkipperCrew
Candidate Sailing TeamLukas HöllwerthStefan Scharnagl, Maximilian Stelzl, Matthäus Hofer, Emil Huber, Raphael Hussl, Konstantin Kobale, Constantin Marsano, Martin Neidhardt and Helmut Schulz[7]
Land Rover BAR AcademyRob BunceChris Taylor, Annabel Vose, Elliot Hanson, Sam Batten, Neil Hunter and Adam Kay[8]
Spanish Impulse by IBEROSTARJordi XammerDiego Botin, Luis Bugallo, Florian Trittel, Joan Cardona, Joel Rodriguez, Juan Kevin Cabrera González and Santiago Alegre[9] [10]
Next Generation USACarson CrainReed Baldridge, Markus Edegran, Scott Ewing, Preston Farrow, Ian Storck and Matthew Whitehead[11]
Team BDA Mackenzie CooperDimitri Stevens, Owen Siese, Mustafa Ingham, Mackenzie Cooper, Peter Dill and Philip Hagen[12]
Sail Team NZLLogan Dunning BeckStewart Dodson, Harry Hull, Isaac McHardie, Matthew Kempkers, Josh Salthouse, Luca Brown, Micah Wilkinson.[13]

Results

Points are awarded to each of the finishing boats with 1st place awarded 10 pts, 2nd awarded 9, 3rd 8, 4th 7, 5th 6 and 6th 5.

Qualification Series

Group A

Team
R1R2R3R4R5R6Points
1 Artemis Youth Racing31111455
2 SVB Team Germany22523247
3 Team Tilt43226546
4 Team France Jeune13346346
5 Youth Vikings Denmark64434543
6 Kaijin Team Japan46665633
Citation:[14] [15]

Group B

Team
R1R2R3R4R5R6Points
1 Sail Team NZL51314151
2 Land Rover BAR Academy14452251
3 Spanish Impulse by IBEROSTAR22431351
4 Team BDA43226445
5 Next Generation USA35635638
6 Candidate Sailing Team66566532
Citation:[16] [17]

Final Series

Team
R1R2R3R4R5R6Points
1 Land Rover BAR Academy221250
2 Sail Team NZL76211148
3 Team Tilt53442
4 Artemis Youth Racing64337
5 Team France Jeune41735
6 Spanish Impulse by IBEROSTAR37834
7 SVB Team Germany85533
8 Team BDA18633
Citation:[18] [19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ARTEMIS YOUTH RACING GETTING READY FOR BERMUDA. Artemis Racing. en. 12 April 2017. 11 October 2024.
  2. Web site: Meet Germany’s Youth America’s Cup Team. BerNews. en. 23 May 2017. 11 October 2024.
  3. Web site: Meet Switzerland’s Youth America’s Cup Team. BerNews. en. 23 May 2017. 11 October 2024.
  4. Web site: Meet France’s Youth America’s Cup Team. BerNews. en. 8 June 2017. 11 October 2024.
  5. Web site: Meet Denmark’s Youth America’s Cup Team. BerNews. en. 6 June 2017. 11 October 2024.
  6. Web site: Meet Japan’s Youth America’s Cup Team. BerNews. en. 5 June 2017. 11 October 2024.
  7. Web site: Meet Austria’s Youth America’s Cup Team. BerNews. en. 22 May 2017. 11 October 2024.
  8. Web site: Britain's Land Rover BAR Academy win Red Bull Youth America's Cup. Yachts and Yachting. en. 21 June 2017. 11 October 2024.
  9. Web site: 2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup: Land Rover BAR Academy Lead Pool B But Team BDA Steal The Headlines. Press Mare Italia. en. 1 August 2017. 11 October 2024.
  10. Web site: Meet Spain’s Youth America’s Cup Team. BerNews. en. 7 June 2017. 11 October 2024.
  11. Web site: Meet USA’s Youth America’s Cup Team. BerNews. en. 9 June 2017. 11 October 2024.
  12. Web site: TeamBDA To Make History In Youth AC Regatta. BerNews. en. 5 June 2017. 11 October 2024.
  13. Web site: NZL Sailing Team - Red Bull Youth America's Cup 2017. givealittle. en. 11 October 2024.
  14. Web site: 2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup - Pool A Qualifiers Day 1. Sail-World. en. 16 June 2017. 9 October 2024.
  15. Web site: 2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup - Final eight confirmed. Sail-World. en. 17 June 2017. 9 October 2024.
  16. Web site: Red Bull Youth America’s Cup - Bermuda, June 2017. 48° North. en. 28 June 2017. 11 October 2024.
  17. Web site: TeamBDA light-up Bermuda as they headway into Red Bull Youth AC Finals. Sail-World. en. 14 June 2017. 11 October 2024.
  18. Web site: Young Brits win sailing title in last-minute upset. Sail-World. en. 26 June 2017. 9 October 2024.
  19. Web site: Red Bull Youth America’s Cup 2017 @Bermuda: Finals Day 1 Results. Catamaran Racing: News and Design. en. 11 October 2024.

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