Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland
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| Team New Zealand Team 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... |
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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
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...
between 7 - 21 March 2010. The regatta used loaned International America's Cup Class yachts.
The Louis Vuitton Trophy series was formed after the legal battles around the 2010 America's Cup and the success of the 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,...
in Auckland in 2009. The Auckland event was hosted by Team New Zealand
Team 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...
and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is one of New Zealand's more prestigious yacht clubs, and the club behind New Zealand's America's Cup campaigns, under the guise of Team New Zealand....
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The Yachts
The event used two International America's Cup Class yachts loaned specifically for the event; Team New Zealand's NZL-92NZL-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:...
and NZL-84. One of 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....
's old boats, USA-87, was on standby to be used as a backup in case of damage, but was not required.
Teams
Eight teams competed in the Auckland event. BMW Oracle RacingBMW 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....
did not compete due to the pressures of the 2010 America's Cup.
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| 1 | Team New Zealand Team 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... |
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is one of New Zealand's more prestigious yacht clubs, and the club behind New Zealand's America's Cup campaigns, under the guise of Team New Zealand.... |
Dean Barker | Host | |
| 2 | Mascalzone Latino | Club Nautico di Roma Club Nautico di Roma Club Nautico di Roma is a private yacht club located in Rome, Italy.It was established in November 2006.It promotes and organizes various water-sports related events, in sailing, motor boating, fishing and scuba diving.... |
Gavin Brady | ||
| 3 | Azzurra Azzurra Azzurra is a yacht racing team that competes in America's Cup style sailing out of the yacht club Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.-Early history:Managed by Luca Cordero di Montezemolo and funded by Aga Khan IV and Gianni Agnelli, Azzurra began to compete in 1982... |
Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Yacht Club Costa Smeralda was established by the Aga Khan in 1967. It is situated at Porto Cervo in Costa Smeralda, northern Sardinia and provides services for recreational sailors.... |
Francesco Bruni Francesco Bruni (sailor) Francesco Bruni is a professional sailor from Italy.Career Results Highlights* 12th at the 1996 Olympics in the Laser* 11th at the 2000 Olympics in the 49er* 7th at the 2004 Olympics in the Star-Reference:... |
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| 4 | Team Artemis Team Artemis Artemis Racing is a professional sailing team challenging for the 34th America’s Cup. Artemis Racing is competing in the America’s Cup World Series, the Extreme Sailing Series and on the RC44 Championship Tour... |
Royal Swedish Yacht Club | 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... |
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| 5 | Team Origin Team Origin Team Origin is Great Britain's bid to compete in the 33rd and 34th America's Cups. The syndicate was founded by Sir Keith Mills, the man behind London's successful 2012 Olympic bid... |
Royal Thames Yacht Club Royal Thames Yacht Club The Royal Thames Yacht Club is the oldest sailing club in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters are located at 60 Knightsbridge, London, England, overlooking Hyde Park.... |
Ben Ainslie Ben Ainslie Charles Benedict Ainslie, CBE is an English sailor and three-times Olympic gold medalist. He started sailing at the age of 8 and first competed at the age of 10... |
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| 6 | ALL4ONE | Cercle de la Voile de Paris | Jochen Schümann Jochen Schümann Jochen Schümann is a German sailor and olympic champion.He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in the finn class.... /Sébastien Col |
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| 7 | Aleph | Bertrand Pacé | |||
| 8 | Team Synergy Team Synergy Team Synergy is a Russian yacht racing team that competes in America's Cup style sailing.-Early years:The team was founded in 2004 and competed in various sailing events, including the TP52 and MedCup circuits... |
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Round Robin
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Elimination Finals
17 - 20 MarchThe final series used the McIntyre Final Eight System
McIntyre Final Eight System
The McIntyre Final Eight System was devised by Ken McIntyre in addition to the McIntyre Four, Five and Six systems. It is a playoff system of the top 8 finishers in a competition to determine which two teams will play in the Grand Final. The teams play each other over three weeks, with two teams...
, with all teams competing in the first elimination round. Team New Zealand and Mascalzone Latino Audi Team both earned a bye during the second elimination round. The second elimination round was scheduled for a best of three but was reduced to just one race due to low winds in the morning of the 18 March. As top seed after the first elimination round, Team New Zealand decided to face Azzurra in the Semifinals.
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The Final
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| Mascalzone Latino Audi Team | L | L | X | X | X | 0 |
| Team New Zealand | W (00:12) | W | X | X | X | 2 |
Due to light wind the Final series was reduced to a best of three series.
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Television
Large TV screens were set up in the Viaduct Harbour for spectators to watch. Coverage was also be streamed online.TVNZ featured the early round robin results in there One News sports coverage, as did TV3
TV3 (New Zealand)
TV3 is a New Zealand commercial television network, owned by MediaWorks New Zealand. Launched on 26 November 1989, the first private television network in New Zealand...
's 3 News
3 News
3 News is the television, internet and radio news service of New Zealand's TV3. Its flagship bulletin, which airs every evening at 6:00pm, is anchored by Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts. Carolyn Robinson and Simon Shepherd are weekend and substitute anchors...
. From the elimination stage TV One had a nightly half hour report and the two final days featured live broadcasts on TV One.
Radio
The event was broadcast on a special radio station set up for the event, LiveSport Sailing 103.0 FM.Junior Series
A Junior series for under-15's was again be run at the same time as the main regatta. The competition used O'pen BICO'pen BIC
The O'pen Bic is a single handed sailboat designed for younger sailers. Developed by Vitali Design, the boat was launched in 2006. It is an International Class, as recognized by the International Sailing Federation , and as of 2010, 3,500 boats have been sold .The thermoformed polyethylene hull...
yachts around a short course in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour. The winner received the opportunity to be 18th man on one of the boats boat during the Cup Final races and an O'pen Bic yacht. The event was sponsored by the New Zealand Herald.
Auckland Festival of Sail
The Louis Vuitton Trophy is part of an "Auckland Festival of Sail", as the event was preceded by the Omega Auckland match-race regatta and followed by the BMW World Sailing Cup final. The Auckland International Boat Show also took place from the 11 - 14 March.A one day superyacht regatta was also planned to be held alongside the Louis Vuitton event.
The New Zealand Government committed NZ$1.5 million to help fund the Festival and the Auckland City Council
Auckland City Council
Auckland City Council was the local government authority representing Auckland City, New Zealand, and was amalgamated into the Auckland Council on 1 November 2010. It was an elected body representing the 404,658 residents of the city...
contributed $650,000.
Match Racing Regatta
The Auckland Match Racing Regatta was held from the 3 March until the 6 March and included ten well known skippers. The teams of five sailed in identical Bruce FarrBruce Farr
Bruce K. Farr OBE is a designer of racing and cruising yachts.Farr began building boats at 13 in Warkworth near Auckland,New Zealand.His first boats were plywood hard chine Moth class designs.He later designed and built variants of Cherubs and especially Flying 18s.His early designs were built in...
designed MRX's. The regatta was won by Dean Barker who defeated Ben Ainslie
Ben Ainslie
Charles Benedict Ainslie, CBE is an English sailor and three-times Olympic gold medalist. He started sailing at the age of 8 and first competed at the age of 10...
in the final. The winning crew consisted of Barker, Ray Davies, Jeremy Lomas, Don Cowie, James Dagg & Tony Rae.
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BMW Sailing Cup world final
The BMW Sailing Cup world final was held from the 22 March until the 25 March and included seven amateur national teams sailing in Farr MRX's. The regatta was won by New Zealand, who became the first country to win back to back titles.EWLINE
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