2013 Louis Vuitton Cup

**8th Louis Vuitton Cup**
Event information
Type	challenge race for America's Cup
Dates	July 4 – September 1, 2013
Host city	San Francisco, California, United States of America
Boats	Artemis Racing ; Emirates Team New Zealand ; Luna Rossa Challenge
Distance	seven-leg course
Website	www.americascup.com
Results
Winner	Emirates Team New Zealand
Succession
Previous	2007 Louis Vuitton Cup
Next	2017 Louis Vuitton Challenger's Trophy

The 8th Louis Vuitton Cup was held during July and August 2013, in San Francisco, California, United States of America.^[1] The three contenders were Artemis Racing (Sweden), Emirates Team New Zealand (New Zealand), and Luna Rossa Challenge (Italy). After a preliminary round robin to determine seeding, Artemis Racing was eliminated in the semi-final round by Luna Rossa Challenge by four races to none. In the final, Emirates Team New Zealand beat Luna Rossa Challenge by seven races to one, and went on to challenge Oracle Team USA for the 2013 America's Cup.^[2]

The teams

Twelve yacht clubs applied to challenge the America's Cup before the deadline, though their names were not originally disclosed. They included:

Club Nautico di Roma (the original challenger of record, withdrew)
Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet
Circolo della Vela Sicilia
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
Aleph Yacht Club (withdrew)
Yacht Club de France (withdrew)^[3]
Měi Fán Yacht Club
Real Club Náutico de Valencia
Club Canottieri Roggero di Lauria (failed eligibility)^[4]
Sail Korea Yacht Club

On August 2, 2012, the America's Cup Event Authority announced that, following withdrawals or failure to meet the eligibility criteria, only four challenging teams would compete: Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet's Artemis Racing, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's Team New Zealand, Circolo della Vela Sicilia's Luna Rossa Challenge and Sail Korea Yacht Club's Team Korea^[5]^[6]

In March, 2013, Team Korea withdrew, leaving three challengers. Shown in the order in which they applied, they were:^[7]

Club	Team	Skipper	Reference
Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet	Artemis Racing	Iain Percy	^[8]
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron	Emirates Team New Zealand	Dean Barker	^[9]
Circolo della Vela Sicilia	Luna Rossa Challenge	Massimiliano “Max” Sirena	^[10]

Artemis Racing (SWE)

The Challenger of Record, Artemis Racing represented the Royal Swedish Yacht Club and was led by skipper Iain Percy, helmsman Loïck Peyron and America's Cup veteran Paul Cayard as tactician and CEO. The crew included Rodney Ardern, Magnus Augustson, Stuart Bettany, Curtis Blewett, Chris Brittle, Sean Clarkson, Juliean Cressant, Rodney Daniel, Andy Fethers, Thierry Fouchier, John Gimson, Kevin Hall, Phil Jameson, Iain Jensen, Santiago Lange, Andrew McLean, Craig Monk, Nathan Outteridge, Troy Tindill and coach Andrew Palfrey. Tom Schnackenberg was in charge of performance & design.^[11]

Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL)

Led by Grant Dalton and skippered by Dean Barker, Team New Zealand won the America's Cup in 1995 and 2000 and the Louis Vuitton Cup in 1995 and 2007.

Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA)

Funded by Patrizio Bertelli, the Italian team previously won the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2000 and were runners-up in 2007. The crew included skipper Massimiliano Sirena, helmsman Paul Campbell-James, Chris Draper, Giulio Giovanella, Benjamin Durham, Pierluigi De Felice, Dave Carr, Giles Scott, Nick Hutton, Matteo Plazzi, Alister Richardson, Simone de Mari, Emanuele Marino, Manuel Modena, Marco Montis, Wade Morgan, Francesco Bruni and Olympian Xabier Fernández.^[12]^[13]

Steven Erickson was the team's sailing co-ordinator and Umberto Panerai was a trainer.

Round Robins

The three yachts were scheduled to race ten times each, match-racing each competitor five times on a seven-leg course, with the winner of the Round Robins advancing to the final and the other two advancing into the semi-final.

On May 9, 2013, Team Artemis Racing's main boat capsized in strong winds, resulting in the death of crewmember Andrew Simpson.^[14] Artemis Racing forfeited its ten Round Robin races, entering the competition in the semi-finals stage.

Per rules 60.5 and 44.1c, the Artemis boat was deemed to have abandoned each race after the event had run for 10 minutes.^[15] While the Emirates and Luna Rossa boats earned black flag victories against Artemis, both boats chose to run a five-leg course for some (Luna Rossa) or all (Emirates, including one seven-leg) of these black flag races. Emirates and Luna Rossa only raced nine times, each forfeiting their final race against the missing Artemis as it could not change the final first-second standings of the Round Robins.

Emirates Team New Zealand won the Round Robins with nine points (4 race wins, 5 forfeit wins) to Luna Rossa Challenge's four points (4 forfeit wins) and Artemis Racing's zero points.

Round Robin	Date	Emirates Team New Zealand		Luna Rossa Challenge		Artemis Racing	delta
1	July 7, 2013	46'26"	1	forfeit	0
	July 9, 2013	45'28"	2		0	forfeit
	July 11, 2013		2	28'58" (5-leg course)	1	forfeit
2	July 13, 2013	43'52"	3	DNF (49'15")	1		5'23"
	July 14, 2013	25'56" (5-leg course)	4		1	forfeit
	July 16, 2013		4	43'06" (5-leg course)	2	forfeit
3	July 18, 2013	23'01" (5-leg course)	5		2	forfeit
	July 20, 2013		5	won (10' black flag)	3	forfeit
	July 21, 2013	48'10"	6	50'29"	3		2'19"
4	July 23, 2013	46'53"	7	DNF (54'07")	3		7'14"
	July 25, 2013		7	won (10' black flag)	4	forfeit
	July 27, 2013	30'59" (5-leg course)	8		4	forfeit
5	July 28, 2013	45'05"	9	48'26"	4		3'21"
	July 30, 2013	forfeit	9		4	forfeit
	August 1, 2013		9	forfeit	4	forfeit

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were a best-of-seven event held over the seven-leg course and won 4-nil by Luna Rossa Challenge over Artemis Racing.

Date	Luna Rossa Challenge	Artemis Racing	Delta	Score
August 6, 2013	43'20"	45'20"	2'00"	1-0
August 7, 2013	54'26"	56'32"	2'06"	2-0
August 9, 2013	47'36"	48'54"	1'18"	3-0
August 10, 2013	47'11"	49'23"	2'11"	4-0

Finals

The finals were a best-of-thirteen event held over the five-leg course won by Team New Zealand over Luna Rossa.

Date	Emirates Team New Zealand	Luna Rossa Challenge	Delta	Score
August 17, 2013	31'03"	DNF		1-0
August 18, 2013	DSQ	25'34"		1-1
August 19, 2013	22'28"	DNF		2-1
August 21, 2013	25'39"	27'57"	2'18"	3-1
August 21, 2013	24'26"	25'53"	1'27"	4-1
August 23, 2013	28'03"	30'00"	1'57"	5-1
August 24, 2013	23'38"	25'36"	1'58"	6-1
August 25, 2013	33'49"	37'09"	3'20"	7-1

References

^ "America's Cup | Louis Vuitton Cup". Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
^ Format defined for Louis Vuitton Cup Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine americascup.com, July 2, 2011
^ "Energy Decides Not to Challenge This Time, Looks Toward 35th Defense". August 1, 2012.
^ "Venezia Challenge excused from America's Cup". July 24, 2011. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
^ Archived copy Archived August 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Field of America's Cup challengers finalized for San Francisco races
^ Press Pack Challenge Deadline ^{[permanent dead link‍]} 2013 America's Cup program includes 55 days of racing/Four challengers entered in Louis Vuitton Cup Defender Trials to determine defense team.
^ "Challengers for the 2013 America's Cup in Order of Entry". CupInfo.com. May 12, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
^ "Artemis Racing".^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Emirates Team New Zealand".
^ Team, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. "Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team". Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team.
^ "Error 404". www.tvnz.co.nz.
^ "Luna Rossa".
^ "Louis Vuitton Cup 2013 - Semi-Final Crew Lists Luna Rossa (Italy) and Artemis Racing (Sweden) - from CupInfo.com". www.cupinfo.com.
^ "Andrew Simpson, GB Olympian, dies as America's Cup boat capsizes". BBC News. May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
^ Carlo Borlenghi and Luna Rossa (July 21, 2013). "America's Cup - Luna Rossa scores a Black Flag win in Round Robin 3". TetraMedia Pty. Ltd. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

[1] "America's Cup | Louis Vuitton Cup". Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.

[2] Format defined for Louis Vuitton Cup Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine americascup.com, July 2, 2011

[3] "Energy Decides Not to Challenge This Time, Looks Toward 35th Defense". August 1, 2012.

[4] "Venezia Challenge excused from America's Cup". July 24, 2011. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2013.

[5] Archived copy Archived August 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Field of America's Cup challengers finalized for San Francisco races

[6] Press Pack Challenge Deadline ^{[permanent dead link‍]} 2013 America's Cup program includes 55 days of racing/Four challengers entered in Louis Vuitton Cup Defender Trials to determine defense team.

[7] "Challengers for the 2013 America's Cup in Order of Entry". CupInfo.com. May 12, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.

[8] "Artemis Racing".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[9] "Emirates Team New Zealand".

[10] Team, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. "Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team". Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team.

[11] "Error 404". www.tvnz.co.nz.

[12] "Luna Rossa".

[13] "Louis Vuitton Cup 2013 - Semi-Final Crew Lists Luna Rossa (Italy) and Artemis Racing (Sweden) - from CupInfo.com". www.cupinfo.com.

[14] "Andrew Simpson, GB Olympian, dies as America's Cup boat capsizes". BBC News. May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

[15] Carlo Borlenghi and Luna Rossa (July 21, 2013). "America's Cup - Luna Rossa scores a Black Flag win in Round Robin 3". TetraMedia Pty. Ltd. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

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2013 Louis Vuitton Cup

The teams

Artemis Racing (SWE)

Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL)

Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA)

Round Robins

Semi-finals

Finals

References

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