The 2013 Red Bull Youth America's Cup was the inaugural Youth Americas Cup and was held in San Francisco, California from 1–4 September alongside the 34th America's Cup. 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 on board with teams having one additional substitute (skipper, helm, strategist, main trimmer, jib trimmer and bow). All athletes were aged between 19 and 24 years old.
| Event information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 12 to June 21, 2013 |
| Host city | San Francisco, California |
| Boats | Team Tilt  Next World Energy  Sail Team NZL with Emirates Team New Zealand  Full Metal Jacket Racing All In Racing  Swedish Youth Challenge  ROFF/Cascais Sailing Team  Objective Australia  American Youth Sailing Force  USA45 Racing |
| Results | |
| Winner | Sail Team NZL with Emirates Team New Zealand |
| Succession | |
| Next | 2017 Red Bull Youth America's Cup |
Teams
editFive teams were selected as they were sponsored by the teams competing in the America's Cup World Series and the other five were selected from other nations worldwide.
10 teams entered into a total of 8 fleet races, although the eighth race was cancelled due to wind speed exceeding the 18-knot limit.
| Team | Yacht Club | Skipper | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Youth Challenge
|
 Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet
|
Charlie Ekberg | Charlie Ekberg, Niclas Düring, Nils Åkervall, Andreas Axelsson, Jonathan Ameln, Tom Gross[1] |
| All In Racing
|
|
Phillipp Buhl[2] or Erik Heil [3] | Max Kohlhoff |
| Team Tilt
|
Société Nautique de Genève
|
Lucien Cujean[2] | |
| Next World Energy
|
Yacht Club de France
|
Arthur Ponroy[3] | Antoine Lauriot-Prevost[4] |
| Objective Australia
|
 Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club
|
Jason Waterhouse[2] | |
| ROFF/Cascais Sailing Team
|
Naval Club of Cascais
|
Barnardo Freitas[2] | |
| Sail Team NZL with Emirates Team New Zealand
|
Yachting New Zealand
|
Peter Burling (sailor) | Blair Tuke, Jono Spurdle, Guy Endean, Andy Maloney, Sam Meech and Jason Saunders[5] |
| Full Metal Jacket Racing
|
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
|
Will Tiller[2] | |
| American Youth Sailing Force
|
Richmond Yacht Club
|
Mike Menninger [3] or Ian Andrewes[6] | Mikey Radziejowski |
| USA45 Racing
|
San Diego Yacht Club
|
Charlie Buckingham[3] |
Results
editPoints 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.
| Pos | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Points | |||
| 1 | Sail Team NZL with Emirates Team New Zealand
|
2 | RDG* | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 57 | |
| 2 | Full Metal Jacket Racing
|
7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | - | 45 | |
| 3 | ROFF/Cascais Sailing Team
|
3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | - | 44 | |
| 4 | Team Tilt
|
8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | - | 43 | |
| 5 | American Youth Sailing Force
|
1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | - | 42 | |
| 6 | Swedish Youth Challenge
|
6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | - | 39 | |
| 7 | Object Australia
|
RDG | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | DNS** | - | 38 | |
| 8 | Next World Energy
|
4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | - | 37 | |
| 9 | All in Racing
|
5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 | - | 30 | |
| 10 | USA45 Racing
|
9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | - | 15 | |
| Citation:[5] | |||||||||||
* RDG - Redress awarded by international jury
** DNS - Did Not Start (team awarded no points)
References
edit- ^ "Bon Voyage and thanks to Swedish Youth Challenge". Nordstjernan. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Setting sail for the Red Bull Youth America's Cup". Red Bull. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Watch the Red Bull Youth America's Cup". Sailing Scuttlebutt. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Red Bull Youth America's Cup - New Zealand Sailing take lead". Sail-World. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Red Bull Youth America's Cup - Overall". Sail-World. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Red Bull Youth America's Cup, teams begin training in San Francisco". zero gradinord. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2024.