2011–2013 America's Cup World Series

The inaugural America's Cup World Series were held between 2011 and 2013 in the lead up to the 2013 America's Cup. They were raced in AC45 catamarans. The competition was rocked by a cheating scandal in which Oracle Team USA had made an unauthorized modification by using additional ballast.[1] The team withdrew from the competition on 8 August 2013.[2] Penalties imposed included expelling three team members,[3] a $250,000 fine, and a one-point penalty for each of the first two races of the Match in which they would otherwise score a point.[4] This also affected boats on loan to Ben Ainslie Racing[2] and HS Racing, which withdrew from the competition. After reallocating points, overall winner for 2011/2012 was declared to be Team New Zealand, and for 2012/2013 it was Luna Rossa Piranha.[5]

America's Cup World Series
SportSailing
Founded2011
No. of teams8
Country New Zealand
 United States
 France
 Sweden
 Spain
 China
 South Korea
 United Kingdom
 Italy
Related
competitions
America's Cup, Louis Vuitton Cup

Teams

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Club Team Helmsman Sail loft
  Sail Korea Yacht Club Team Korea   Chris Draper
  Nathan Outteridge
 Peter Burling
Doyle Sailmakers
  Royal Swedish Yacht Club Artemis Racing White   Terry Hutchinson
  Charlie Ekberg
North Sails
Artemis Racing Red   Santiago Lange
  Nathan Outteridge
North Sails
  Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Team New Zealand   Dean Barker North Sails
  Golden Gate Yacht Club Oracle Racing 4   James Spithill
  Tom Slingsby
North Sails
Oracle Racing 5
HS Racing
  Russell Coutts
  Darren Bundock
  Roman Hagara
North Sails
  Měi Fán Yacht Club China Team   Mitch Booth
  Charlie Ogletree
  Frédéric le Peutrec
  Philip Robertson
UK Sailmakers
  Yacht Club de France Energy Team   Loïck Peyron
  Yann Guichard
Voilerie Incidences
  Aleph Yacht Club Aleph Sailing Team (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
  Iker Martínez de Lizarduy
 Francesco Bruni
North Sails
  Royal Cornwall Yacht Club Ben Ainslie Racing[6]   Ben Ainslie North Sails

AC45 World Series

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2011–12 AC45 World Series
Team Cascais
6–14 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
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  Oracle Racing 4 10 8 6 10 10 10 4 9 8 9 DSQ (9) DSQ (9) (47) (55) (102)
  Team New Zealand 9 10 10 9 8 9 3 8 6 8 5 8 41 52 93
  Artemis Racing White 8 9 8 DNF 3 7 5 10 4 10 7 7 4 50 32 82
  Energy Team 5 3 5 5 9 8 6 7 7 10 6 3 38 36 74
  Oracle Racing 5 6 7 7 8 5 3 8 3 3 3 DSQ (10) DSQ (5) (39) (29) (68)
  Team Korea 7 4 9 6 4 6 5 6 5 4 3 7 33 33 66
  Luna Rossa Piranha 9 10 9 6 8 10 26 26 52
  Luna Rossa Swordfish 7 5 4 5 4 6 15 16 31
  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
2012–13 AC45 World Series
Team San Francisco
21–26 August 2012
San Francisco
2–7 October 2012
Naples
16–21 April 2013
Standings
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  Oracle Racing 4 DSQ (9) DSQ (86) DSQ (10) DSQ (79) DSQ (10) DSQ (80) DSQ (29) DSQ (245) DSQ (274)
  Luna Rossa Piranha 5 85 1 36 7 70 13 191 204
  Ben Ainslie Racing DSQ (3) DSQ (37) DSQ (4) DSQ (79) DSQ (8) DSQ (65) DSQ (15) DSQ (181) DSQ (196)
  Team New Zealand 7 43 9 57 6 71 22 171 193
  Artemis Racing White 8 48 8 72 5 40 21 160 181
  Energy Team 6 55 5 47 4 58 15 160 175
  Luna Rossa Swordfish 4 51 1 20 9 80 14 151 165
  Oracle Racing 5 DSQ (10) DSQ (42) DSQ (6) DSQ (56) DSQ (16) DSQ (98) DSQ (114)
  Team Korea 2 65 3 40 5 105 110
  Artemis Racing Red 1 38 7 52 8 90 98
  China Team 1 15 2 28 2 30 5 73 78
  HS Racing DSQ (3) DSQ (36) DSQ (3) DSQ (36) DSQ (39)
  • From the Newport AC45 World Series through all the second season of racing, all Oracle Racing boats (including those loaned to Ben Ainslie and HS Racing) were found to have raced out of measurement, with a 3 kg ballast surplus in the dolphin striker. All points are therefore subject to change and a new winner for both seasons to be declared.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Gavin Clarke, Oracle Team USA sailors admit breaking America's Cup rules, The Register, 12 Aug 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b America's Cup Jury, Jury Notice JN096, 8 August 2013
  3. ^ "JURY CASE AC31, JURY NOTICE JN116, Allegation of Gross Misconduct, DECISION and PARTIAL LIFTING OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER" (PDF). Americas Cup Jury. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013. DECISIONS ON PENALTIES
    105. Bryce Ruthenberg is excluded from further participation in any role in the 34th America's Cup.…
    106. Andrew Walker is excluded from further participation in any role in the 34th America's Cup.…
    108. Matt Mitchell is excluded from sailing on a Yacht competing in the Match for the 34th America's Cup until 4 races have been completed.…
    109. Dirk de Ridder is excluded from further participation in any role in the 34th America's Cup.
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  4. ^ "Jury Notice JN117", 3 September 2013,
  5. ^ America’s Cup World Series Re-Scoring Archived 30 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, August 23, 2013
  6. ^ "Ben Ainslie Racing Launch Press Release". Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  7. ^ "breach of AC45 Class Rule" (PDF). 8 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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See also

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