2015–16 America's Cup World Series

America's Cup World Series

Sport	Sailing
Gegründet	2011
No. of teams	6
Land	Neuseeland Vereinigte Staaten Frankreich Schweden Vereinigtes Königreich Japan
Related competitions	America's Cup

Hydrofoiling AC45Fs in Bermuda, 2015

British and French teams, Portsmouth 2016

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 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 similar to the AC50 class that will be used in the 2017 America's Cup.

Teams

Club	Team	Helmsman
Golden Gate Yacht Club	Oracle Team USA	James Spithill
Royal Yacht Squadron	Land Rover BAR	Ben Ainslie
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron	Emirates Team New Zealand	Peter Burling Glenn Ashby
Kansai Yacht Club	Softbank Team Japan	Dean Barker
Yacht Club de France	Groupama Team France	Franck Cammas Adam Minoprio
Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet	Artemis Racing	Nathan Outteridge 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
	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	3	4	5	S	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Land Rover BAR	10	9	CAN		9	9	16	12	CAN		16	10	18	8	10	10	18	14	16	CAN		18	12	12	CAN		6	20	14	18	6	10	10	20	18	18									367
Oracle Team USA	9	7			10	10	14	14			20	16	12	9	6	9	12	20	18			14	18	18			5	14	18	12	9	9	5	18	20	20									366
Team New Zealand	8	10			8	8	18	20			12	18	20	10	7	5	20	16	12			16	16	20			7	12	16	16	8	5	7	16	12	14									357
Softbank Team Japan	7	6			6	7	12	18			14	14	16	6	9	6	16	10	14			12	14	16			10	16	10	20	7	8	8	14	16	16									328
Artemis Racing	6	5			7	5	20	10			18	20	14	7	5	8	14	12	10			20	10	10			9	18	20	14	5	6	6	12	14	10									315
Groupama Team France	5	8			5	6	10	16			10	12	10	5	8	7	10	18	20			10	20	14			8	10	12	10	10	7	9	10	10	12									292
races cancelled for winds over 25kt: July 26th, 2015 races cancelled for winds under 6kt: October 17th, 2015; May 7th, 2016; June 11th, 2016 (previous day practice race used as substitute)

References

• AC45 class rule v2.4
• AC45 Noticeboard
• AC45 results
• AC45 World Series replays

See also

• 2017 America's Cup