Louis Vuitton ACWS, the Trophy will return in New York
America's CupEnglishIn evidenzaVela 9 Dicembre 2015 Zerogradinord 0
New York – America’s Cup racing will return to New York for the first time since 1920 with Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series racing on May 7-8, 2016.
The New York event is one of six events planned during 2016, each featuring thrilling, high-speed competition, as six America’s Cup teams, with the top sailors in the world, vie for points that count towards the final competition for the 35th America’s Cup in 2017.
This year, Emirates Team New Zealand’s star helmsman, Peter Burling, the youngest in the fleet, led his team to the top of the standings over current America’s Cup champion Jimmy Spithill’s Oracle Team USA, and the highly touted Land Rover BAR team led by Olympic hero Ben Ainslie.
But the competition was close. In fact, the opening three Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series events in 2015 featured three different event winners, and four different individual race winners. The 2016 calendar promises more hard-fought racing on the foiling AC45F catamarans that fly above the water.
“Everyone is going to want to start the New Year off well,” said skipper Jimmy Spithill. “But all the other teams have been out training with the same goal in mind, so nothing will come easy this year. The New York event is going to be spectacular. Racing on the lower Hudson River, in front of that Manhattan skyline, will be a huge hit. New Yorkers are massive sports fans and I think this will be something very special: thrilling, top-level racing right in the heart of the city. It’s going to be a great event for the America’s Cup and a great event for New York.”
Practice racing in New York is on May 6, with point-scoring races on the weekend of May 7-8.
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