2000 Louis Vuitton Cup
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| 5th Louis Vuitton Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 October 1999 - 6 February 2000 |
| Winner |  Prada Challenge |
| Location | 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... |
The 5th Louis Vuitton Cup
Louis Vuitton Cup
The Louis Vuitton Cup is a yachting competition connected with the America's Cup. The Louis Vuitton Cup was used as the selection series to select the team to sail as the challenger in the America's Cup...
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...
, 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...
in 2000. The winner, Prada Challenge, went on to challenge for the 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:*...
.
Details
After winning the 29th America's Cup, Team New Zealand immediately accepted the challenge from the New York Yacht ClubNew York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. The organization has over 3,000 members as of 2011. ...
and announced that the next Cup would be in 2000, with the Louis Vuitton Cup being in late 1999. This delay was to avoid conflicting with the 1997/98 Whitbread Round the World Race and give Auckland the time to build the necessary infrastructure to host the cup.
The teams
The New York Yacht ClubNew York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. The organization has over 3,000 members as of 2011. ...
was the challenger of record. By 31 January 1998 16 teams from 10 nations had made the $US 250,000 deposit to officially challenge for the America's Cup. In the end only 11 challenges from seven nations competed for the Louis Vuitton Cup. Hong Kong, British and Russian challenges withdrew while an American team and a French team merged into existing challenges.
| Club | Team | Skipper | Yachts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yacht Club Punta Ala |
Prada Challenge | 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.... |
ITA-45 & ITA 48 |
 St. Francis Yacht Club |
America One | 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... |
USA-49 |
| Waikiki Yacht Club |
Aloha Racing | John Kolius John Kolius John Kolius is an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling Class with Walter Glasgow and Richard Hoepfner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In 1987 and 2000 he competed at the Louis Vuitton Cup .-References:... |
USA-50 & USA-54 |
| San Francisco Yacht Club |
America True | Dawn Riley Dawn Riley Dawn Riley is an America’s Cup and Around the World Sailboat racer who is also an accomplished businesswoman, community leader and youth sports advocate, author, speaker, TV commentator and committed philanthropist.... |
USA-51 |
 Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona |
Desafio Espanol | Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo |
ESP-47 & ESP-56 |
 Club Nautique de Morges |
Fast 2000 |  Marc PajotMarc Pajot Yves Pajot is a French sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with his brother Yves at the 1972 Summer Olympics. From 1987 to 2000 he competed four times at the Louis Vuitton Cup .-References:... |
SUI-59 |
| Union Nationale Pour La Course au Large Union Nationale pour la Course au Large The Union Nationale pour la Course au Large also called UNCL is a French yacht clubUNCL was established in 1971 through a merger of the Union Nationale des Croiseurs , and the Groupe des Croiseurs Légers . UNC itself was formed at Brest in 1913 to organise offshore racing in France as this was... |
Le Defi BTT | Bertrand Pacé |
FRA-46 |
 Nippon Yacht Club |
Nippon Challenge | Peter Gilmour Peter Gilmour Peter Gilmour is an Australian sailing skipper of great note. He is an America's Cup veteran and was named Western Australian Sportsman of the Year in 1987. He is also the only 4 time World Match racing Tour Champion... |
JPN-44 & JPN-52 |
| San Diego Yacht Club San Diego Yacht Club San Diego Yacht Club is a yacht club located in San Diego Bay. Its address is 1011 Anchorage Lane, San Diego, CA 92106. It is located in Point Loma across from a spit of land known as Shelter Island.- Facilities :... |
Team Dennis Conner 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... |
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:... |
USA-55 |
| New York Yacht Club New York Yacht Club The New York Yacht Club is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. The organization has over 3,000 members as of 2011. ... |
Young America Young America -Geography:United States*Young America, Indiana*Young America, Wisconsin*Norwood Young America, Minnesota*Young America Township, Carver County, Minnesota*Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois*Young America Lake, a lake in Minnesota- Films :... |
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.... |
USA-53 & USA-58 |
| Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Cruising Yacht Club of Australia The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, established in 1944 is known as one of Australia's premier yacht clubs, and is acknowledged as one of the leaders in ocean racing in the country... |
Young Australia | James Spithill James Spithill James Spithill is an Australian yachtsman. He was born in Sydney.After some junior match race titles, in 1998 he arrived third in the Sydney-Hobart and first in the Kenwood Cup.... |
AUS-31 |
Prada Challenge (ITA)
A strong two boat challenge sponsored by PradaPrada
Prada S.p.A. is an Italian fashion label specializing in luxury goods for men and women , founded by Mario Prada.-Foundations:...
, the team was formed in 1997 and became an early favourite in Auckland. The team used designer German Frers who worked for Il Moro di Venezia
Il 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...
in 1992. 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....
was the skipper with Rod Davis acting as the sailing coach. Prada originally acquired two boats from the America3 syndicate before building ITA 45 and ITA 48.
AmericaOne (USA)
Skippered by Paul CayardPaul 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...
, AmericaOne was one of two syndicates from the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
in 2000. AmericaOne purchased OneAustralia as a training boat before developing USA-49 and USA-61. The team included Tactician John Kostecki
John Kostecki
John Paul Kostecki is an American competitive sailor.-Career:Kostecki started his sailing career in the windy and tide-swept waters of San Francisco Bay, California....
and Navigator Terry Hutchinson.
Aloha Racing (USA)
Funded by Dr Jim AndrewsJames Andrews (physician)
James Rheuben Andrews, M.D., born 1942 in Homer, Louisiana, is an orthopedic surgeon who practices at the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Florida. He also practices in Birmingham, Alabama at the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center located at St....
, Aloha Racing built on there ocean racing history to launch an America's Cup challenge from Hawaii. Skippered by veteran John Kolius
John Kolius
John Kolius is an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling Class with Walter Glasgow and Richard Hoepfner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In 1987 and 2000 he competed at the Louis Vuitton Cup .-References:...
, the team secured sponsorship from HealthSouth
HealthSouth
HealthSouth Corporation , based in Birmingham, Alabama, is the nation’s largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitative hospitals. Operating in 26 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, HealthSouth serves patients through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals , outpatient...
to ensure there participation. The team built USA-50 and USA-54, both called Abracadabra 2000, and opted to train in Hawaii, rather than Auckland, before the Cup.
America True (USA)
America True was one of two syndicates from the San Francisco Bay AreaSan Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
in 2000. The team was led by CEO Dawn Riley
Dawn Riley
Dawn Riley is an America’s Cup and Around the World Sailboat racer who is also an accomplished businesswoman, community leader and youth sports advocate, author, speaker, TV commentator and committed philanthropist....
and John Cutler
John Cutler (yachtsman)
John Cutler is a competitive sailor for New Zealand who won a bronze medal in the Finn Class at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. He was also selected for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and was a sailing coach for the New Zealand team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...
served as Helmsman. The team was funded largely with private funding provided by G. Christopher Coffin, which allowed them to purchase Tag Heuer before developing USA-51. The design team also benefited from America3's design information. The crew included 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...
and Leslie Egnot
Leslie Egnot
Leslie Jean Egnot is an American-born yachtswoman who competed for New Zealand at two Olympic Games and won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
.
Desafio Espanol (ESP)
Skippered by Pedro Campos, as in 1992 and 1995, the team added Olympic medal winning sailor Luis DoresteLuis Doreste
Luis Doreste Blanco is a Spanish sailor who won gold medal both in the 1984 Summer Olympics , and in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona ....
to the crew in 2000. Backed by the government, royal family and major sponsor Telefornica. The team built ESP 47 and ESP 56.
FAST 2000 (SUI)
Led by experienced French campaigner Marc PajotMarc Pajot
Yves Pajot is a French sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with his brother Yves at the 1972 Summer Olympics. From 1987 to 2000 he competed four times at the Louis Vuitton Cup .-References:...
and with German Jochen Schumann
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....
as helmsman, the FAST 2000 team was the countries first America's Cup challenge. SUI 59 was an unknown quantity when it arrived in Auckland but the syndicate ended up with a disappointing 2 wins over the course of the Cup.
Le Defi BTT (FRA)
Le DefiLE DEFI
Le Défi was a French America's Cup team that competed in the 1992, 1995, 2000 and 2003 Louis Vuitton Cups and in the first few Acts of the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup. After 2005 Le Défi supported China Team.-History:...
Bouygues Telecom
Bouygues Telecom
Bouygues Telecom is a French mobile phone and Internet service provider company, part of the Bouygues group. Its headquarters, designed by Arquitectonica, are located at the border of Paris and Issy-les-Moulineaux near the River Seine....
Transiciel was a one boat challenge from France led by Syndicate head Luc Gelluseau. The team was skippered by Bertrand Pacé, who replaced Marc Pajot
Marc Pajot
Yves Pajot is a French sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with his brother Yves at the 1972 Summer Olympics. From 1987 to 2000 he competed four times at the Louis Vuitton Cup .-References:...
from the 1995 challenge, and Thierry Peponnet
Thierry Peponnet
Thierry Peponnet is a French sailor and Olympic champion.He won a gold medal in the 470 Class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Luc Pillot. They received bronze medals in 1984.-References:...
was the teams tactician. Two other French syndicates attempted to form challenges and almost competed as Le Defi Sud, but in the end lacked the money required to charter a boat to compete.
Nippon Challenge (JAP)
The third challenge from the Japanese syndicate funded by S&B foods chairman Tatsumitsu Yamasaki. The team was led by Australian Peter Gilmour. Team team was hit early on by the loss of former syndicate head Makoto Namba, who was lost at sea, and the Asian financial crisis, which severely limited the team's budget. The team launched JPN 44 and JPN 52 for the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup.Team Dennis Conner (USA)
Team Dennis Conner was Dennis ConnerDennis 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:...
's eighth America's Cup challenge or defence. The team was sponsored by Citizen Watches and USA-55 adopted the familiar name of Stars & 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...
, common to all of Conner's boats. The team was representing the San Diego Yacht Club
San Diego Yacht Club
San Diego Yacht Club is a yacht club located in San Diego Bay. Its address is 1011 Anchorage Lane, San Diego, CA 92106. It is located in Point Loma across from a spit of land known as Shelter Island.- Facilities :...
and included Peter Isler and Ken Read
Ken Read (sailor)
Ken Read is one of the world’s most accomplished and celebrated sailors. He was named “United States Rolex Yachtsman of the Year” twice and has over 40 World, North American, and National Championships to his credit in a variety of classes including the J/24 and Etchells 22. While sailing at...
in the afterguard. Peter Holmberg
Peter Holmberg
Peter Holmberg is a sailor from the U.S. Virgin Islands, who won a silver medal in Men's Finn Class in the 1988 Summer Olympics, his country's only Olympic medal so far. He was born on Saint Thomas.-External links:*...
also joined the team as a tactician, merging the US Virgin Islands Challenge into the team after the syndicate ran out of funds.
Young America (USA)
Representing the New York Yacht Club, the challenger of record, Young America built on John MarshallJohn Marshall (sailor)
John Marshall is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, together with Donald Cohan and Charles Horter.-References:...
's PACT '95 syndicate. The team's yacht's USA 53 and USA 58 were designed by Bruce Farr
Bruce 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...
and built on the 1995 Cup defender Young America. The Helmsman was 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....
.
Young Australia (AUS)
Young Australia was Syd FischerSyd Fischer
Syd Fischer, OBE is an Australian businessman and property developer and sailor.Most noted for his sailing, Fischer is described as Australia's most successful offshore sailor...
's final America's Cup challenge and currently was the most recent America's Cup entry from Australia. The young crew was led by James Spithill
James Spithill
James Spithill is an Australian yachtsman. He was born in Sydney.After some junior match race titles, in 1998 he arrived third in the Sydney-Hobart and first in the Kenwood Cup....
, then just 19. The syndicate sailed with two old boats, Sydney '95 (AUS-29) and oneAustralia (AUS-31) which were not competitive against some of the newer designs sailed by competitive syndicates. Involved in the campaign were experienced sailors and America's Cup campaigners Sir James Hardy and Iain Murray
Iain Murray (sailor)
Iain Murray is an Australia sailor. He is most noted for his appearances in 12-Metre Class yachts in the 1983 and 1987 America's Cup regattas, but is also a champion 18ft Skiff skipper. The modern version of the 18ft Skiff was designed by Murray...
.
Round robin
| Team name | Races | Won | RR1 Pts. | RR2 Pts. | RR3 Pts. | Total Pts. | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prada Challenge |
29 | 26 | 10 | 36 | 63 | 109 | 1 |
| Nippon Challenge |
30 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 72 | 102 | 2 |
| America True |
30 | 21 | 6 | 32 | 63 | 101 | 3 |
| AmericaOne |
30 | 22 | 8 | 28 | 63 | 99 | 4 |
| Team Dennis Conner |
30 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 54 | 87 | 5 |
| Le Defi BTT |
29 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 63 | 77 | 6 |
| Desafio Espanol |
30 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 71 | 7 |
| Young America |
30 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 60 | 8 |
| Aloha Racing |
30 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 9 |
 Young Australia |
30 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 10 |
| Fast 2000 |
30 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
Three round robin series (RR1-RR3) were held.
During RR1 a team scored 1 point per win.
During RR2 a team scored 4 points per win.
During RR3 a team scored 9 points per win.
Semi finals
| Team name | Races | Won/Pts. | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| AmericaOne |
10 | 8 | 1 |
| Prada Challenge |
10 | 7 | 2 |
| Team Dennis Conner |
10 | 7 | 3 |
| Nippon Challenge |
10 | 5 | 4 |
| America True |
10 | 3 | 5 |
| Le Defi BTT |
10 | 2 | 6 |
Final
| Team Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prada Challenge |
W (0:25) | L | W | W | L | L | L | W (0:37) | W (0:49) | 5 |
| AmericaOne |
L | W (1:33) | DNF | DNF | W (0:34) | W (0:09) | W (1:06) | L | L | 4 |