2011–13 America's Cup World Series


The inaugural America's Cup World Series were held between 2011 and 2013 in the lead up to the 2013 America's Cup. They were raced in AC45 catamarans. The competition was rocked by a cheating scandal in which Oracle Team USA had made an unauthorized modification by using additional ballast. The team withdrew from the competition on 8 August 2013. Penalties imposed included expelling three team members, a $250,000 fine, and a one-point penalty for each of the first two races of the Match in which they would otherwise score a point. This also affected boats on loan to Ben Ainslie Racing and HS Racing, which withdrew from the competition. After reallocating points, overall winner for 2011/2012 was declared to be Team New Zealand, and for 2012/2013 it was Luna Rossa Piranha.

Teams

ClubTeamHelmsmanSail loft
Sail Korea Yacht ClubTeam Korea Chris Draper
Nathan Outteridge
Peter Burling
Doyle Sailmakers
Kungliga Svenska SegelsällskapetArtemis Racing White Terry Hutchinson
Charlie Ekberg
North Sails
Kungliga Svenska SegelsällskapetArtemis Racing Red Santiago Lange
Nathan Outteridge
North Sails
Royal New Zealand Yacht SquadronTeam New Zealand Dean BarkerNorth Sails
Golden Gate Yacht ClubOracle Racing 4 James Spithill
Tom Slingsby
North Sails
Golden Gate Yacht ClubOracle Racing 5
HS Racing
Russell Coutts
Darren Bundock
Roman Hagara
North Sails
Měi Fán Yacht ClubChina Team Mitch Booth
Charlie Ogletree
Frédéric Le Peutrec
Philip Robertson
UK Sailmakers
Yacht Club de France:fr:Energy Team|Energy Team Loïck Peyron
:fr:Yann Guichard|Yann Guichard
:fr:Incidences|Voilerie Incidences
Aleph Yacht ClubAleph Sailing Team Bertrand Pacé
:fr:Pierre Pennec|Pierre Pennec
North Sails
:es:Real Club Náutico de Valencia|Real Club Náutico de Valencia:es:Green Comm Racing|Green Comm Racing Vasilij ŽbogarNorth Sails
Circolo della Vela SiciliaLuna Rossa Piranha Chris DraperNorth Sails
Circolo della Vela SiciliaLuna Rossa Swordfish Paul Campbell-James
Iker Martínez de Lizarduy
Francesco Bruni
North Sails
Royal Cornwall Yacht ClubBen Ainslie Racing Ben AinslieNorth Sails

AC45 World Series