2015–16 America's Cup World Series

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. 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.

America's Cup World Series

Sport	Sailing
Founded	2011
No. of teams	6
Country	New Zealand United States France Sweden United Kingdom Japan
Most recent champion(s)	Land Rover BAR
Related competitions	America's Cup

AC45Fs in Bermuda, left, and Portsmouth, right

Teams

Club	Team	Helmsman
Golden Gate Yacht Club	Oracle Team USA	James Spithill
Royal Yacht Squadron	Land Rover BAR	Ben Ainslie
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron	Emirates Team New Zealand	Peter Burling Glenn Ashby
Kansai Yacht Club	Softbank Team Japan	Dean Barker
Yacht Club de France	Groupama Team France	Franck Cammas Adam Minoprio
Royal Swedish Yacht Club	Artemis Racing	Nathan Outteridge Francesco Bruni

Standings

Team	Portsmouth 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
	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	3	4	5	S	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	3	4	5	6
Land Rover BAR	10	9	CAN		9	9	16	12	CAN		16	10	18	8	10	10	18	14	16	CAN		18	12	12	6	CAN		20	14	18	6	10	10	20	18	18	5	5	10	16	20	14	10	8	9	14	18	16	512
Oracle Team USA	9	7			10	10	14	14			20	16	12	9	6	9	12	20	18			14	18	18	5			14	18	12	9	9	5	18	20	20	8	6	7	14	12	10	7	9	10	16	16	12	493
Team New Zealand	8	10			8	8	18	20			12	18	20	10	7	5	20	16	12			16	16	20	7			12	16	16	8	5	7	16	12	14	9	9	5	12	10	18	9	6	8	18	14	10	485
Artemis Racing	6	5			7	5	20	10			18	20	14	7	5	8	14	12	10			20	10	10	9			18	20	14	5	6	6	12	14	10	10	10	8	20	16	12	8	7	6	20	20	14	466
Softbank Team Japan	7	6			6	7	12	18			14	14	16	6	9	6	16	10	14			12	14	16	10			16	10	20	7	8	8	14	16	16	6	7	6	18	14	20	6	10	5	12	10	18	460
Groupama Team France	5	8			5	6	10	16			10	12	10	5	8	7	10	18	20			10	20	14	8			10	12	10	10	7	9	10	10	12	7	8	9	10	18	16	5	5	7	10	12	20	419
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

• AC45 class rule v2.4
• AC45 Noticeboard
• AC45 results
• AC45 World Series replays

See also

• 2017 America's Cup