2015–16 America's Cup World Series

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America's Cup World Series
Sport Sailing
Founded 2011
No. of teams 6
Country  New Zealand
 United States
 France
 Sweden
 United Kingdom
 Japan
Related competitions America's Cup

The second America's Cup World Series are held between 2015 and 2016 in the lead up to the 2017 America's Cup. They are raced in AC45 catamarans, modified from the previous series to incorporate hydrofoiling capability for improved performance, in strict one-design. The series awards points exclusively for fleet races.

Teams

Club Team Helmsman
United States Golden Gate Yacht Club Oracle Team USA Australia James Spithill
United Kingdom Royal Yacht Squadron Land Rover BAR United Kingdom Ben Ainslie
New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Emirates Team New Zealand New Zealand Peter Burling
Japan Kansai Yacht Club Softbank Team Japan New Zealand Dean Barker
France Yacht Club de France Groupama Team France France Franck Cammas
New Zealand Adam Minoprio
Sweden Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet Artemis Racing Australia Nathan Outteridge

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
TBD (Fukuoka)
Q4 2016
TBD
Q1 2017
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 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
New Zealand Team New Zealand 8 10 CAN 8 8 18 20 CAN 12 18 20 10 7 5 20 16 12 CAN 16 16 20 244
United States Oracle Team USA 9 7 10 10 14 14 20 16 12 9 6 9 12 20 18 14 18 18 236
United Kingdom Land Rover BAR 10 9 9 9 16 12 16 10 18 8 10 10 18 14 16 18 12 12 227
Japan Softbank Team Japan 7 6 6 7 12 18 14 14 16 6 9 6 16 10 14 12 14 16 203
Sweden Artemis Racing 6 5 7 5 20 10 18 20 14 7 5 8 14 12 10 20 10 10 201
France Groupama Team France 5 8 5 6 10 16 10 12 10 5 8 7 10 18 20 10 20 14 194
  • races cancelled for winds over 25kt: July 26th, 2015
  • races cancelled for winds under 6kt: October 17th, 2015; May 7th, 2016

References

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