2015–16 America's Cup World Series

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

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.[1] They were raced in AC45F catamarans, modified from the previous AC45 series to incorporate hydrofoiling capability for improved performance, in strict one-design. The series awards points exclusively for fleet races. The design is smaller than the AC50 class that will be used in the 2017 America's Cup.

Teams

ClubTeamHelmsman
United States Golden Gate Yacht ClubOracle Team USAAustralia James Spithill
United Kingdom Royal Yacht SquadronLand Rover BARUnited Kingdom Ben Ainslie
New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht SquadronEmirates Team New ZealandNew Zealand Peter Burling
Australia Glenn Ashby
Japan Kansai Yacht ClubSoftbank Team JapanNew Zealand Dean Barker
France Yacht Club de FranceGroupama Team FranceFrance Franck Cammas
New Zealand Adam Minoprio
Sweden Kungliga Svenska SegelsällskapetArtemis RacingAustralia Nathan Outteridge
Italy 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
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United Kingdom Land Rover BAR109CAN991612CAN16101881010181416CAN1812126CAN2014186101020181855101620141089141816512
United States Oracle Team USA971010141420161296912201814181851418129951820208671412107910161612493
New Zealand Team New Zealand81088182012182010752016121616207121616857161214995121018968181410485
Sweden Artemis Racing65752010182014758141210201010918201456612141010108201612876202014466
Japan Softbank Team Japan76671218141416696161014121416101610207881416166761814206105121018460
France Groupama Team France5856101610121058710182010201481012101079101012789101816557101220419
  • races cancelled for winds over 25kt: July 26th, 2015
  • races cancelled for winds under 6kt: October 17th, 2015; May 7th, 2016; June 11th, 2016 (June 10th, 2016 practice race used as substitute)

References

See also

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