2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup

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.

2nd Youth Americas Cup
Event information
DatesJune 12 to June 21, 2017
Host cityBermuda
Boats Land Rover BAR Academy United Kingdom
Team Tilt Switzerland
Team France Jeune France
Sail Team NZL New Zealand
Spanish Impulse by IBEROSTAR Spain
SVB Team Germany Germany
Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Youth Racing Sweden
Team BDA Bermuda
Youth Vikings Denmark Denmark
Kaijin Team Japan Japan
Next Generation USA United States
Candidate Sailing TeamAustria
Results
WinnerLand Rover BAR Academy
Succession
Previous2013 Red Bull Youth America's Cup
Next2024 Unicredit Youth America's Cup

Teams

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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

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Team Yacht Club Skipper Crew
  Artemis Youth Racing   Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet Gustav Pettersson Marcus Anjemark, Julius Hallström, Fritiof Hedstrom, Marcus Höglander, Eddie Klemets Vänersborgs, Axel Munkby, Gustav Pettersson and Rasmus Rosengren[1]
  SVB Team Germany    Max Kohlhoff Moritz Burmester, Frederick Eichhorst, Phillip Kasüske, Johann Kohlhoff, Paul Kohlhoff and Magnus Simon[2]
  Team Tilt    Sebastien Schneiter Jérémy Bachelin, Arthur Cevey, Jocelyn Keller, Guillaume Rigot, Nils Theuninck and Florian Trüb[3]
  Team France Jeune    Robin Follin Jean-Baptiste Ducamin, Sandro Lacan, Timothé Lapauw, Bruno Mourniac, Solune Robert, Antoine Rucard and Valentin Sipan[4]
  Youth Vikings Denmark    Daniel Bjørnholt Mads Emil Stephensen Lübeck, Nicolaj Bjørnholt, Christopher Falholt, Anders Kronborg Kjær, Mathias Bruun Borreskov and Stig Steinfurth[5]
  Kaijin Team Japan    Ibuki Koizumi Hajime Kokumai, Timothy Morishima, Federico Sampei, Leonard Takahashi, Mikiya Tsuji and Shota Usami[6]


Group B

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Team Yacht Club Skipper Crew
  Candidate Sailing Team    Lukas Höllwerth Stefan Scharnagl, Maximilian Stelzl, Matthäus Hofer, Emil Huber, Raphael Hussl, Konstantin Kobale, Constantin Marsano, Martin Neidhardt and Helmut Schulz[7]
  Land Rover BAR Academy   Royal Yacht Squadron Rob Bunce Chris Taylor, Annabel Vose, Elliot Hanson, Sam Batten, Neil Hunter and Adam Kay[8]
  Spanish Impulse by IBEROSTAR    Jordi Xammer Diego Botin, Luis Bugallo, Florian Trittel, Joan Cardona, Joel Rodriguez, Juan Kevin Cabrera González and Santiago Alegre[9][10]
  Next Generation USA    Carson Crain Reed Baldridge, Markus Edegran, Scott Ewing, Preston Farrow, Ian Storck and Matthew Whitehead[9][11]
  Team BDA    Mackenzie Cooper Dimitri Stevens, Owen Siese, Mustafa Ingham, Mackenzie Cooper, Peter Dill and Philip Hagen[12]
  Sail Team NZL   Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Logan Dunning Beck Stewart Dodson, Harry Hull, Isaac McHardie, Matthew Kempkers, Josh Salthouse, Luca Brown, Micah Wilkinson.[9][13]


Results

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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

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Group A

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Pos Team
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Points
1   Artemis Youth Racing 3 1 1 1 1 4 55
2   SVB Team Germany 2 2 5 2 3 2 47
3   Team Tilt 4 3 2 2 6 5 46
4   Team France Jeune 1 3 3 4 6 3 46
5   Youth Vikings Denmark 6 4 4 3 4 5 43
6   Kaijin Team Japan 4 6 6 6 5 6 33
Citation:[14][15]

Group B

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Pos Team
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Points
1   Sail Team NZL 5 1 3 1 4 1 51
2   Land Rover BAR Academy 1 4 4 5 2 2 51
3   Spanish Impulse by IBEROSTAR 2 2 4 3 1 3 51
4   Team BDA 4 3 2 2 6 4 45
5   Next Generation USA 3 5 6 3 5 6 38
6   Candidate Sailing Team 6 6 5 6 6 5 32
Citation:[16][9][17]

Final Series

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Pos Team
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Points
1   Land Rover BAR Academy 2 2 1 2 50
2   Sail Team NZL 7 6 2 1 1 1 48
3   Team Tilt 5 3 4 42
4   Artemis Youth Racing 6 4 3 37
5   Team France Jeune 4 1 7 35
6   Spanish Impulse by IBEROSTAR 3 7 8 34
7   SVB Team Germany 8 5 5 33
8   Team BDA 1 8 6 33
Citation:[18][19][16]

References

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  6. ^ "Meet Japan's Youth America's Cup Team". BerNews. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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  8. ^ "Britain's Land Rover BAR Academy win Red Bull Youth America's Cup". Yachts and Yachting. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d "2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup: Land Rover BAR Academy Lead Pool B But Team BDA Steal The Headlines". Press Mare Italia. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Meet Spain's Youth America's Cup Team". BerNews. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Meet USA's Youth America's Cup Team". BerNews. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  12. ^ "TeamBDA To Make History In Youth AC Regatta". BerNews. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  13. ^ "NZL Sailing Team - Red Bull Youth America's Cup 2017". givealittle. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  14. ^ "2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup - Pool A Qualifiers Day 1". Sail-World. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  15. ^ "2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup - Final eight confirmed". Sail-World. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Red Bull Youth America's Cup - Bermuda, June 2017". 48° North. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  17. ^ "TeamBDA light-up Bermuda as they headway into Red Bull Youth AC Finals". Sail-World. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Young Brits win sailing title in last-minute upset". Sail-World. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Red Bull Youth America's Cup 2017 @Bermuda: Finals Day 1 Results". Catamaran Racing: News and Design. Retrieved 11 October 2024.