List of IACC regattas
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of regatta
s that involve IACC yachts. International America's Cup Class (IACC) yachts were designed for the America's Cup
, with specifications released in 1989 after the debacle of the 1988 America's Cup
. Since then they have been used for every America's Cup (except the 2010 America's Cup) as well as a series of other events, such as the IACC Worlds and the Louis Vuitton regattas
. The IACC class was not used during the 2010 America's Cup due to a disagreement between defender Alinghi and the challenger of record BMW Oracle. A deed of gift match was instead setup that favored newly designed multihulls, which was won by the trimaran design of BMW Oracle. The IACC class looks set to be finally revised after more than twenty years, just before the next America's Cup
, so that the yachts would bring out the best of the crew's sailing abilities over technology. Equalized IACC class yachts are still being match raced to this day and in the near future, through the Louis Vuitton Trophy.
Currently 100 sail numbers have been issued to IACC yachts.
Regatta
A regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas...
s that involve IACC yachts. International America's Cup Class (IACC) yachts were designed for the America's Cup
America's Cup
The America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...
, with specifications released in 1989 after the debacle of the 1988 America's Cup
1988 America's Cup
The 1988 America's Cup was the twenty-eighth running of the America's Cup regatta, and was contested between the defender, San Diego Yacht Club represented by Stars & Stripes, and the challenger, the Mercury Bay Boating Club represented by KZ-1...
. Since then they have been used for every America's Cup (except the 2010 America's Cup) as well as a series of other events, such as the IACC Worlds and the Louis Vuitton regattas
Louis Vuitton Acts
The Louis Vuitton Acts were a series of International America's Cup Class regattas leading up to the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup and 2007 America's Cup. Thirteen regattas or acts were held in total. These regattas involved all eleven challengers plus the holder of the America's Cup, Alinghi, and allowed...
. The IACC class was not used during the 2010 America's Cup due to a disagreement between defender Alinghi and the challenger of record BMW Oracle. A deed of gift match was instead setup that favored newly designed multihulls, which was won by the trimaran design of BMW Oracle. The IACC class looks set to be finally revised after more than twenty years, just before the next America's Cup
34th America's Cup
The 34th America's Cup will be sailed in 2013 in San Francisco, California with 72-foot wing-sail catamarans. Golden Gate Yacht Club is the defender of the America's Cup, after their racing team, BMW Oracle Racing defeated the Swiss Alinghi team of Société Nautique de Genève in the 2010 America's...
, so that the yachts would bring out the best of the crew's sailing abilities over technology. Equalized IACC class yachts are still being match raced to this day and in the near future, through the Louis Vuitton Trophy.
Currently 100 sail numbers have been issued to IACC yachts.
The List
| Year | Event | Winner | Yacht | Skipper | Runner Up | Yacht | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | World Championships |  Il Moro di VeneziaIl Moro di Venezia Il Moro di Venezia was the name for five International America’s Cup Class boats built for the 1992 Italian team, Il Moro Challenge, headed by industrialist Raul Gardini... |
ITA 15 | Paul Cayard Paul Cayard Paul Pierre Cayard is an American yachtsman and professional sailor. He has competed at multiple world championship level sailing events, including the America's Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race and the Olympic Games. In 1998 he was selected as the Rolex Yachtsmen of the Year... |
 NZ ChallengeTeam New Zealand Team New Zealand is a sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.Team New Zealand has become a household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup in 1995 and 2000... |
San Diego, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
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| 1992 | Louis Vuitton Cup 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup The 3rd Louis Vuitton Cup was held in San Diego, United States in 1992. The winner, Il Moro di Venezia, went on to challenge for the 1992 America's Cup.-The teams:... |
Il Moro di Venezia |
ITA 25 | Paul Cayard | NZ Challenge |
NZL 20 | San Diego, United States |
| 1992 | Citizen Cup 1992 Citizen Cup The 1992 Citizen Cup was the defender selection series regatta for the 1992 America's Cup, held in the United States. Two defense syndicates competed over four round robins in order earn a berth in the Citizen Cup finals; the winner earned the right to defend the America's Cup against the winner... |
 America³America³ America is the name of both a racing yacht and syndicate that vied for the America's Cup in 1992 and 1995.-1992 Cup victory:The program was operated by Bill Koch and Harry "Buddy" Melges in the 1992 America's Cup... |
USA 23 | Bill Koch Bill Koch (businessman) William Ingraham "Bill" Koch is an American businessman, sailor, and collector. His boat was the winner of the America's Cup in 1992. His last name is pronounced "coke." Per Forbes William Koch's net worth was $3.4 billion in 2010 on oil and other investments-Early life and business... , Buddy Melges Buddy Melges Harry "Buddy" Melges, Jr., is one of the most successful competitive sailors in history, with dozens of national and international championships in many different classes, including ice-boating as well as conventional sailing... |
Starts & Stripes Stars & Stripes (yacht) Stars & Stripes is the name of a series of racing yachts operated by Dennis Conner to compete in the America's Cup. The name "Stars & Stripes" refers to the nickname often used for the flag of the United States.- 12-metre class yachts :1987 America's Cup... |
USA 11 | San Diego, United States |
| 1992 | America's Cup 1992 America's Cup The 28th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1992 Citizen Cup defender selection series, America³, and the winner of the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup challenger selection series, Il Moro di Venezia.-Races:-America³:-Il Moro di Venezia:... |
America³ America³ America is the name of both a racing yacht and syndicate that vied for the America's Cup in 1992 and 1995.-1992 Cup victory:The program was operated by Bill Koch and Harry "Buddy" Melges in the 1992 America's Cup... |
USA 23 | Bill Koch, Buddy Melges | Il Moro di Venezia |
ITA 25 | San Diego, United States |
| 1994 | World Championships |  oneAustralia |
AUS 31 | John Bertrand | San Diego, United States | ||
| 1995 | Louis Vuitton Cup 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup The 4th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in San Diego, United States in 1995. The winner, Team New Zealand, went on to challenge for and win the 1995 America's Cup.-The teams:... |
Team New Zealand |
NZL 32 NZL 32 NZL-32 or Black Magic, is an International Americas Cup Class yacht that won the 1995 America's Cup. She beat the American defender Young America in a 5-0 victory off San Diego, California.-History:... |
Russell Coutts Russell Coutts Sir Russell Coutts, KNZM, CBE is a competitive sailor. His achievements include a Gold medal in the Finn Class in the 1984 Olympic Games, winning the America's Cup four times, the ISAF World Youth championships, three World Match Racing Championships, numerous international match race wins and... |
oneAustralia |
AUS 31 | San Diego, United States |
| 1995 | Citizen Cup 1995 Citizen Cup The 1995 Citizen Cup was the defender selection series regatta for the 1995 America's Cup, held in the United States. Three defense syndicates competed over four round robins and a semi-finals series in order earn a berth in the Citizen Cup finals; the winner earned the right to defend the... |
Stars & Stripes |
USA 34 | Dennis Conner Dennis Conner Dennis Conner is an American yachtsman, noted for winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, two Star World Championships, and four wins in the America's Cup.-America's Cup:... |
America³ |
USA 36 | San Diego, United States |
| 1995 | America's Cup 1995 America's Cup The 29th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1995 Citizen Cup, Team Dennis Conner, with the yacht Stars & Stripes , and the winner of the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, Team New Zealand, with the yacht Black Magic .-Races:-Team New Zealand:-Team Dennis Conner:-References:*... |
Team New Zealand |
NZL 32 | Russell Coutts | Starts & Stripes |
USA 36 | San Diego, United States |
| 1997 | Road to the America's Cup | Team New Zealand |
N/A | Russell Coutts |  Spirit of Britain Challenge |
N/A | Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
| 2000 | Louis Vuitton Cup 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup The 5th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand in 2000. The winner, Prada Challenge, went on to challenge for the 2000 America's Cup.-Details:... |
Prada Challenge |
ITA 45 | Francesco de Angelis Francesco de Angelis (yachtsman) Francesco de Angelis is an Italian yachtsman. de Angelis is the first Italian skipper to win a Louis Vuitton Cup, a feat he accomplished in 1999-2000 with Luna Rossa ITA45.... |
AmericaOne |
USA-61 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2000 | America's Cup 2000 America's Cup The 30th America's Cup was contested between the holder, Team New Zealand, and the winner of the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, Prada Challenge.-Races:-Team New Zealand:* Sailed in Race 5-Prada Challenge:-References:*... |
Team New Zealand |
NZL 60 | Russell Coutts, Dean Barker | Prada Challenge |
ITA 45 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2002 | Road to the America's Cup | Team New Zealand |
N/A | Dean Barker | One World One World One World may refer to:In film:* The Cheetah Girls: One World, the name for the 3rd movie in the Cheetah Girls series.In music:* One World * One World * One World... |
N/A | Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
| 2003 | Louis Vuitton Cup 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup The 6th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand in 2003. The winner, Alinghi, went on to challenge for the 2003 America's Cup.-The teams:The Yacht Club Punta Ala was the challenger of record.-Alinghi:... |
 AlinghiAlinghi Alinghi is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup. Bertarelli had raced several smaller yachts named Alinghi previously, but 2003 was his first attempt at the America's Cup... |
SUI 64 | Russell Coutts | BMW Oracle Racing BMW Oracle Racing Oracle Racing is an American sailboat racing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America’s Cup. They competed again in the 2007 event before winning the 33rd America's Cup regatta in 2010 - representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club.... |
USA 76 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2003 | America's Cup | Alinghi Alinghi Alinghi is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup. Bertarelli had raced several smaller yachts named Alinghi previously, but 2003 was his first attempt at the America's Cup... |
SUI 64 | Russell Coutts | Team New Zealand |
NZL 82 NZL 82 NZL 82 was a 2003-generation International America's Cup Class racing yacht. Raced by defenders Team New Zealand in the 2003 America's Cup Match , it was defeated 5-0 by challenger Alinghi .- Background :... |
Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2004 | Louis Vuitton ACC Championship Louis Vuitton Acts 1-3 |
Team New Zealand |
NZL 82 | Dean Barker | BMW Oracle Racing BMW Oracle Racing Oracle Racing is an American sailboat racing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America’s Cup. They competed again in the 2007 event before winning the 33rd America's Cup regatta in 2010 - representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club.... |
USA 76 | Marseille Marseille Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... Valencia, Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
| 2005 | Louis Vuitton ACC Championship Louis Vuitton Acts 4-9 |
Alinghi |
SUI 75 | Brad Butterworth Brad Butterworth Bradley William Butterworth, OBE is a world-renowned yachtsman known for the role he played as tactician and skipper in the America's Cup for Team New Zealand and the Alinghi team of Switzerland.He was born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand in 1959... , Ed Baird Ed Baird Ed Baird is an American sailor. He was a coach of the 1995 America's Cup-winning Team New Zealand and a helmsman for the 2007 America's Cup-winning Alinghi syndicate.... |
Team New Zealand |
NZL 82 | Valencia, Spain Malmo Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County... -Skåne Skåne County Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... Trapani Trapani Trapani is a city and comune on the west coast of Sicily in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.-History:... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
| 2006 | Louis Vuitton ACC Championship Louis Vuitton Acts 10-12 |
Team New Zealand |
NZL 84 | Dean Barker | Alinghi |
SUI 75 | Valencia, Spain |
| 2007 | Louis Vuitton Act 13 | Alinghi |
SUI 91 | Brad Butterworth, Ed Baird | Team New Zealand |
NZL 84 | Valencia, Spain |
| 2007 | Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia, Spain from April 16 to June 6 was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup. Eleven potential challengers competed in the competition which consisted of two round robins, two semi-finals and a final... |
Team New Zealand |
NZL 92 NZL-92 NZL-92 is an International America's Cup Class racing boat sailed by Emirates Team New Zealand that won the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 but was beaten in the 2007 America's Cup by the defender Alinghi team sailing SUI-100.-A short history:... |
Dean Barker | Luna Rossa Challenge |
ITA 94 | Valencia, Spain |
| 2007 | America's Cup 2007 America's Cup The 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race. The Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta and Match Race in the sport of sailing.... |
Alinghi |
SUI 100 | Brad Butterworth, Ed Baird | Team New Zealand |
NZL 92 | Valencia, Spain |
| 2008 | CNEV Regatta | Alinghi |
Luna Rossa |
Valencia, Spain | |||
| 2009 | Louis Vuitton Pacific Series Louis Vuitton Pacific Series The Louis Vuitton Pacific Series was a match race regatta in America's Cup Class yachts in Auckland, New Zealand during January and February 2009. Racing started on 30 January. The Louis Vuitton Pacific Series was organised in association with the New Zealand Government, Emirates Team New Zealand,... |
Team New Zealand |
N/A | Dean Barker | Alinghi |
N/A | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2009 | Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur The Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur was the first in a series of regattas that form the Louis Vuitton Trophy. The regatta was held in Nice between 7 and 22 November 2009... |
Azzurra |
Team New Zealand |
Nice, France | |||
| 2010 | Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland The Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland was the second in a scheduled series of regattas that form the Louis Vuitton Trophy. The regatta was held in Auckland between 7 - 21 March 2010... |
Team New Zealand |
Mascalzone Latino |
Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| 2010 | Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena The Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena was the third in a scheduled series of regattas that form the Louis Vuitton Trophy. The regatta occurred in La Maddalena between 22 May - 6 June 2010... |
Team New Zealand |
 Team Synergy |
La Maddalena, Italy |