13 June 2016

America's Cup, One Year To Go, #RacetoBermuda Is On, Sailing Video

One year to go – the #RacetoBermuda is on:

In just one year, on May 26, 2017, the first races of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup. (Published May 26, 2016)

See also: JohnTheCrowd | Sailing News: Artemis Racing, Road to Bermuda, SE2/EP3, Sailing Video: In Sweden, construction of the Artemis Racing's America's Cup Class Yacht has begun.

Next year all six America’s Cup teams will race in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers, in new America’s Cup Class foiling catamarans, purpose-built for the racing in 2017. Qualifiers are scheduled to take place on Bermuda’s Great Sound.. If the defending champion, ORACLE TEAM USA, wins the opening series, it will earn a one-point lead in the America’s Cup Match series. If the winning team is a challenger, and they end up in the Match, they will have the advantage on the scoreboard.

#LVACWSChicago 2016:
  • Muscat, Oman,  Feb 27-28, 2016; 
  • New York, USA – May 6-8, 2016;
  • Chicago, USA – June 10-12, 2016;
  • Portsmouth, UK – July 22-24, 2016;
  • Toulon, France -- September 10-11, 2016.

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