2003 Louis Vuitton Cup

5th Louis Vuitton Cup Challenge race for America's Cup Alinghi CHE GBR Challenge UKLe Defi Areva FRAMascalzone Latino ITAOneWorld USAOracle BMW Racing USAPrada Challenge ITATeam Dennis Conner USAVictory Challenge SWE 1 October 2002 – 19 January 2003 Alinghi CHE 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 Louis Vuitton CupSailing event June 2020 The 6th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2003. The winner, Alinghi, went on to challenge for and win the 2003 America's Cup. Teams The Yacht Club Punta Ala was the challenger of record. ClubTeamSkipperYachtsSUI Société Nautique de GenèveAlinghiNZ Russell CouttsSUI-64UK Royal Ocean Racing ClubGBR ChallengeUK Ian WalkerGBR-70FRA Union Nationale Pour La Course au LargeLe Defi ArevaFRA Luc PillotFRA-69ITA Reale Yacht Club Canottieri SavoiaMascalzone LatinoITA Vincenzo OnoratoITA-72US Seattle Yacht ClubOneWorldAUS Peter GilmourUSA-65 & USA-67US Golden Gate Yacht ClubOracle BMW RacingUS Peter HolmbergNZ Chris DicksonUSA-76ITA Yacht Club Punta AlaPrada ChallengeITA Francesco de AngelisITA-74US New York Yacht ClubTeam Dennis ConnerUS Dennis ConnerUSA-66 & USA-77SWE Gamla Stans Yacht SallskapVictory ChallengeSWE Mats JohanssonSWE-63 & SWE-73 Alinghi Founded by Swiss businessman Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi featured Russell Coutts and Brad Butterworth who had both joined from Team New Zealand. Jochen Schümann was also involved in the team.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/spl/hi/other_sports/02/americas_cup/team_guide/html/switz.stm BBC Sport | America's Cup BBC News 2017-07-18 GBR Challenge Put together by Peter Harrison and New Zealander David Barnes, the team was skippered by Ian Walker and included Jim Turner.https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/sailor/jim-turner Jim Turner www.yachtingnz.org.nz 20 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170728083731/https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/sailor/jim-turner 28 July 2017 deadhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/spl/hi/other_sports/02/americas_cup/team_guide/html/gbr.stm BBC Sport | America's Cup BBC News 2017-07-18 GBR 70 was known as Wight Lightning while GBR 78 was called Wight Magic. Le Defi Areva Despite 2000 skipper Bertrand Pacé joining Team New Zealand, Le Defi returned in 2003 with Luc Pillot skippering FRA 79.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/spl/hi/other_sports/02/americas_cup/team_guide/html/france.stm BBC Sport | America's Cup BBC News 2017-07-18 Mascalzone Latino Headed by shipping magnate Vincenzo Onorato, Mascalzone Latino featured an all-Italian crew. The syndicate was only established in 2001 and Paolo Cian served as helmsman and the crew included Flavio Favini,http://www.mascalzonelatino.it/eng/content/flavio-favini FLAVIO FAVINI – Mascalzone Latino www.mascalzonelatino.it 31 July 2017 Shannon Falcone,http://tvnz.co.nz/americas-cup-team-news/oracle-usa-5456412 Oracle Team USA 31 July 2017 TVNZ Giuseppe Brizzi,http://www.mascalzonelatino.it/eng/content/santino-brizzi SANTINO BRIZZI – Mascalzone Latino www.mascalzonelatino.it 31 July 2017 Davide Scarpa,http://www.mascalzonelatino.it/eng/content/davide-scarpa DAVIDE SCARPA – Mascalzone Latino www.mascalzonelatino.it 31 July 2017 and Pierluigi De Felice.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/spl/hi/other_sports/02/americas_cup/team_guide/html/italy1.stm BBC Sport | America's Cup BBC News 2017-07-18 and Francesco De vita OneWorld Part-financed by Microsoft mogul Paul Allen, OneWorld was based in Seattle. Skippered by Peter Gilmour, the team was docked one Louis Vuitton point by an arbitration panel for being in possession of design secrets from another team.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/spl/hi/other_sports/02/americas_cup/team_guide/html/us3.stm BBC Sport | America's Cup BBC News 2017-07-18 The design team included Laurie Davidson, Bruce Nelson and Phil Kaiko and the sailing team included 10 Olympic medallists, three round-the-world winners, 60 world championship titles in various classes, and 16 America's Cup winners.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=233552 One World 31 July 2017 The crew included Kevin Shoebridge as a trimmer, Mark Mendelblatt as backup helmsman, Kevin Hall, Rick Dodson,Johannsen Dana http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11551690 Finding their sea legs again: Former Team NZ hero and his Paralympics bid The New Zealand Herald 2017-07-18 David Endean, Grant Spanhake, Peter Waymouth, Matt Mason, Joey Newton, James Spithill, Jeremy Scantlebury, Alan Smith,http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Prada--OneWorld-=-Luna-Rossa-Challenge/14969 Prada + OneWorld = Luna Rossa Challenge Andy Fethers, Andrew Taylor, Scott Crawford,http://www.mascalzonelatino.it/eng/content/scott-crawford SCOTT CRAWFORD – Mascalzone Latino www.mascalzonelatino.it 31 July 2017 and Olympians Craig Monk, Don Cowie, Ben Ainslie, Kelvin Harrap, Charles and Jonathan McKee.http://tvnz.co.nz/content/63458/2591764.xhtml Kiwi in America's Cup spy scandal TVNZ 20 July 2017http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0406/S00091.htm Grant Dalton introduces the team – Scoop News Scoop.co.nzhttp://www.sailingworld.com/racing/ Sailboat Racing Sailingworld.comhttp://www.seattletimes.com/sports/americas-cup-seattle-seasoning-adds-spice-to-italian-crew/ America's Cup | Seattle seasoning adds spice to Italian crew The Seattle Times 2007-06-01 2017-07-18 Oracle BMW Racing Founded by Larry Ellison who bought the assets of 2000 syndicate AmericaOne. The team was skippered by Peter Holmberg and also featured Paul Cayard, Matt Welling, Bob Wylie,http://www.mascalzonelatino.it/eng/content/matthew-welling MATTHEW WELLING – Mascalzone Latino www.mascalzonelatino.it 31 July 2017 John Cutler, Phil Jameson, Brad Webb, Brian MacInnes, Cameron Dunn,http://www.mascalzonelatino.it/eng/content/cameron-dunn CAMERON DUNN – Mascalzone Latino www.mascalzonelatino.it 31 July 2017 and Chris Dickson. USA 71 and USA 76 were designed by Bruce Farr.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/spl/hi/other_sports/02/americas_cup/team_guide/html/us1.stm BBC Sport | America's Cup BBC News 2017-07-18 Roy Heiner sailed the trial boat. Prada Challenge Founded by Patrizio Bertelli, Prada's crew included members of the 2000 Young America syndicate. They were again skippered by Francesco de Angelis and Rod Davis, Pietro D'Alì, Thomas Burnham, Hartwell Jordan, Piero Romeo,http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=228678 Yachting: Mamma mia Prada's back in force Gavin Brady,http://www.sailing.org/news/18708.php#.WXALHVFLftQ Match Race Sailors Awarded Sweden-s Top Sailing Honour sailing.org 20 July 2017 Francesco Bruni, Andrew Hemmings, Steven Erickson, Matteo Plazzi,http://www.lunarossachallenge.com/en/team/102_Matteo-Plazzi Matteo Plazzi – Luna Rossa Luna Rossa www.lunarossachallenge.com 21 July 2017 Gilberto Nobili, Massimo Gherarducci, Alberto Barovier,http://www.mascalzonelatino.it/eng/content/alberto-barovier ALBERTO BAROVIER – Mascalzone Latino www.mascalzonelatino.it 31 July 2017 and Torben Grael were in the crew.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/spl/hi/other_sports/02/americas_cup/team_guide/html/italy2.stm BBC Sport | America's Cup BBC News 2017-07-18Vuitton Louis https://www.sailing.org/news/19833.php#.WWgfQ6oUlLM Louis Vuitton Cup Semi-final : World Sailing Sailing.org 2002-12-11 2017-07-18 Team Dennis Conner Team Dennis Conner's USA 77 suffered a massive blow when it sank off the Californian coast in July before the Cup began.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/spl/hi/other_sports/02/americas_cup/team_guide/html/us2.stm BBC Sport | America's Cup BBC News 2017-07-18 The helmsman was Ken Read and the team included Terry Hutchinson.http://www.cupinfo.com/en/americas-cup-challenger-index-2013-34-01.php#White%20Tiger%20Challenge America's Cup 2013 - Teams: Defenders and Challengers - from CupInfo Victory Challenge Principal backer Jan Stenbeck died of a heart attack in August 2002.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/spl/hi/other_sports/02/americas_cup/team_guide/html/sweden.stm BBC Sport | America's Cup BBC News 2017-07-18 This was Sweden's first America's Cup bid since 1992 and the crew included Magnus Holmberg, Lars Linger, Stefan Rahm, Mikkel Røssberg, Jesper Bank, Mats Johansson, Roger Hall and Olympian Magnus Augustson.http://seasailsurf.com/seasailsurf/actu/376-four-men-in-victory-challenge-s?lang=fr Four men in Victory Challenge's crew receive the prize – SeaSailSurf.com : L'actualité des sports de glisse #mer #voile #sport seasailsurf.com 20 July 2017 Their boats were designed by Germán Frers and Cole (Skip) Lissiman was their coach.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=333425 Victory Challenge 31 July 2017 Round robin Team name Races Won RR1 Pts. RR2 Pts. Total Pts. Ranking SUI Alinghi 16 13 7 6 13 1 USA BMWOracle 16 12 5 7 12 2 USA OneWorld 16 13 8 5 12* 3 ITA Prada Challenge 16 11 4 7 11 4 SWE Victory Challenge 16 7 3 4 7 5 UK GBR Challenge 16 7 4 3 7 6 USA Stars & Stripes 16 6 5 1 6 7 FRA Le Defi Areva 16 2 1 1 2 8 ITA Mascalzone Latino 16 1 0 1 1 9 * OneWorld was docked one race win. Finals Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Repechage 25 4 ITA Prada Challenge 0 1 SUI Alinghi 4 5 SWE Victory Challenge 4 8 FRA Le Defi Areva 1 ITA Prada Challenge 4 SWE Victory Challenge 0 Quarter-finals Repechage 25 7 USA Stars & Stripes 4 6 UK GBR Challenge 1 3 USA OneWorld 0 2 USA BMW Oracle 4 USA Stars & Stripes 0 USA OneWorld 4 Finals Semi-finals Repechage Final USA BMW Oracle 0 SUI Alinghi 4 USA OneWorld 4 ITA Prada Challenge 2 USA BMW Oracle 4 USA OneWorld 0 SUI Alinghi 5 USA BMW Oracle 1 References 30em External links Ultimatesail.com Category:Louis Vuitton Cup Louis Vuitton Cup Louis Vuitton Cup Category:Sports competitions in Auckland Category:Sailing competitions in New Zealand Category:2003 America's Cup Category:International America's Cup Class Category:Auckland waterfront Category:Waitematā Harbour