1995 Louis Vuitton Cup

Sailing competition 4th Louis Vuitton Cup Challenge race for America's Cup Team New Zealand NZLoneAustralia AUSSydney 95 AUS Spanish Challenge ESP France America 95 FRA Nippon Challenge JAP Tag Heuer Challenge NZL 12 January 1995 – 21 April 1995 Team New Zealand NZL 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup November 2019 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 Originally ten challengers from seven nations submitted bids to compete for the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup. However Il Moro di Venezia collapsed after the death of its director Raul Gardini. The Challenger of Record Committee then eliminated a Russian bid after it missed several deadlines and the French challenge representing Yacht Club d'Antibes withdrew even though its yacht Harmony was almost completed.Bill Center. America's Cup '95: The Official Record. Hong Kong, Tehabi Books, 1995. 0-7900-0442-9 p.34 ClubTeamSkipperYachtsNZ Royal New Zealand Yacht SquadronTeam New ZealandNZ Russell CouttsNZL-32 & NZL-38 http://www.ultimatesail.com/IACC/1995/1995-009-001.html 1995 Syndicates and Yachts:Black Magic America's CupAUS Southern Cross Yacht CluboneAustraliaAUS John BertrandAUS-31 & AUS-35AUS Cruising Yacht Club of AustraliaSydney 95AUS Syd FischerAUS-29ESP Monte Real Club de Yates de BayonaSpanish ChallengeESP Pedro Campos Calvo-SoteloESP-42FRA Yacht Club de SèteFrance America 95FRA Marc PajotFRA-33 & FRA-37JPN Nippon Yacht ClubNippon ChallengeJPN Makoto NambaJPN-30 & JPN-41NZ Tutukaka South Pacific Yacht ClubTag Heuer ChallengeNZ Chris DicksonNZL-39 Team New Zealand Team New Zealand represented the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and was headed by Peter Blake. The skipper was Russell Coutts and the crew included Brad Butterworth, Tom Schnackenberg, Murray Jones, Tony Rae, Kevin Shoebridge and Craig Monk.http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/2724322/Black-Magic-to-take-its-place-in-Blake-memorial Black Magic to take its place in Blake memorial 7 August 2009 The team was the second challenge from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron but built on the work of three previous challengers since 1987. Co-designed by Doug Peterson and Laurie Davidson, their boat showed a significant jump forward in speed. In sea trials against New Zealand's 1992 entry, NZL-20, a very good boat at the 1992 Cup, the new black boat easily outpaced it. Recalled boat Doug Peterson, "That first day Brad Butterworth came back and said, 'My god, it's like a different class of boat.' "https://www.si.com/vault/1995/05/22/8094124/a-clean-sweep-new-zealands-superfast-black-magic-dusted-off-the-us-defender-skippered-by-dennis-conner-5-0 A Clean Sweep Swift, E.M. 22 May 1995 Sports Illustrated The team finished with an official record of 41–2 and led 93% of the 260 legs it competed in.Bill Center. America's Cup '95: The Official Record. Hong Kong, Tehabi Books, 1995. 0-7900-0442-9 p.37 One Australia oneAustralia One Australia was skippered by John Bertrand, the winner of the 1983 America's Cup. The syndicate won the 1994 IACC World Championship with AUS-31. AUS-35 was then constructed through a partnership agreement with the Australian Challenge – a deal that, it was claimed, violated the two boats per syndicate rule.Bill Center. America's Cup '95: The Official Record. Hong Kong, Tehabi Books, 1995. 0-7900-0442-9 p.38 However the boat was allowed to compete in the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup. She performed well until halfway through her match race of 5 March 1995, when it suddenly broke in half in heavy seas and sank within two minutes.https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/06/us/yacht-racing-yacht-splinters-and-sinks-in-america-s-cup-race.html Lloyd, Barbara Yacht Splinters and Sinks in America's Cup Race 6 March 1995 The New York Times She was the first America's Cup contender ever (144 years) to lose a match race by shipwreck. The crew survived, and reverted to their second boat, AUS-31 for the rest of the regatta. They still made the Louis Vuitton Cup final, where they lost to Team New Zealand 5–1. The crew included Adam Beashel, navigator Andrew Cape,https://www.boats.com/reviews/boats/swiss-team-for-americas-cup-announced/ Swiss team for America's Cup announced - boats.com www.boats.com 7 December 2022 Iain Murray, Matt Mitchell,http://tvnz.co.nz/americas-cup-team-news/oracle-usa-5456412 Oracle Team USA Billy Bates, Mark Richards, Alan Smith,http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Prada--OneWorld-=-Luna-Rossa-Challenge/14969 Prada + OneWorld = Luna Rossa Challenge Don McCracken and Rod Davis.https://books.google.com/books?id=cbA2Sw1wqGQC&pg=RA2-PA12 Cruising World January 1995https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/06/us/yacht-racing-yacht-splinters-and-sinks-in-america-s-cup-race.html YACHT RACING; Yacht Splinters and Sinks in America's Cup Race The New York Times 6 March 1995 Lloyd Barbara The backup helmsman was David Barnes Sydney 95 The Syd Fischer challenge from Sydney, this was Fischer's fourth America's Cup entrant. The team made frequent changes to its afterguard during the Cup and finished with a 5–19 record, finishing last on points. The crew included Chris Law and mainsail trimmer and tactician Neal McDonald.http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/23724 Neal McDonald joins Victory Challenge Yachts and Yachting Online 1 August 2017 Spanish Challenge Copa America '95 Desafio Español was the last team to arrive in San Diego. The team was restrained financially and could not build on the 1992 campaign. The team only had one boat, ESP-42, and finished with a 3–21 record. France America 95 From Yacht Club de Sete and skippered by Marc Pajot, France America '95 failed to live up to expectations in 1995. France 2 (FRA-33) was damaged while it was being launched in December 1994 and then the keel fell off in February while it was testing a new sail. France 3 (FRA-37) was then demasted in the last round robin. The crew included Bertrand Pacé, Jan Dekker, Yann Gouniot, Christian Karcher and Bernard Labro,http://www.cupinfo.com/en/alinghi-press4.php America's Cup - Jan Dekker joins Alinghi: Press Release - from CupInfo.com www.cupinfo.com 7 December 2022 and Harold Cudmore was an advisor.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sailing-australian-sinking-makes-waves-1610305.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sailing-australian-sinking-makes-waves-1610305.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Sailing: Australian sinking makes waves Independent.co.uk 22 October 2011 Nippon Challenge Nippon Challenge built on the 1992 campaign to enter two teams in the 1994 IACC World Championships and have a strong team in the 1995 Cup. Nippon had a 9–9 record sailing with JPN-30 before finishing the round robin in JPN-41 with a 2–4 record. Nippon Challenge then went 0–11 in the Semi finals to finish with an 11–24 overall record. The helmsman was John Cutler and the crew included Peter Evans, Chris Mason and Guy Barron.http://www.americaone.org/news/scuttlebutt/brits.html AmericaOne - Scuttlebutt - Brits Show Spirit of the Challenge Tag Heuer Challenge Tutukaka Challenge was run on a shoe string budget that saw the team nearly not make it to San Diego until the intervention of Tag Heuer. The team was led by Chris Dickson and the crew included Peter Lester, Mike Sanderson, Kelvin Harrap, Gavin Brady, Grant Loretz, Chris Salthouse, Brad Webb,http://oracleracingblog.blogspot.co.nz/2010/01/sailor-profile-brad-webb.html Sailor Profile - Brad Webb 26 January 2010 and Denis Kendall. The team finished with a 24–12 record, making the semi-finals. Round robin Four round robin series (RR1-RR4) were held. During Round Robin 1 a team scored 1 point per win, during RR2 a team scored 2 points per win, during RR3 a team scored 4 points per win and during RR4 a team scored 5 points per win. Team name Races Won RR1 Pts. RR2 Pts. RR3 Pts. RR4 Pts. Total Pts. Ranking NZL Team New Zealand 24 23 6 10 24 30 70 1 AUS One Australia 24 17 3 10 20 20* 53 2 NZL Tag Heuer Challenge 24 17 5 8 16 20 49 3 JPN Nippon Challenge 24 11 4 6 8 10 28 4 FRA France America '95 24 8 1 6 8 10 25 5 ESP Spanish Challenge 24 3 0 0 4 10 14 6 AUS Sydney 95 24 5 2 2 4 5 13 7 *One Australia's boat AUS-35 sunk when racing Team New Zealand during RR4 and they were left with only AUS-31.http://www.americascup.com/en/acclopaedia/boatdestiny/index.php?idIndex=0&idContent=2540 32nd America's Cup Official Website - 1995 - oneAustralia - AUS 35 3 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091115142110/http://www.americascup.com/en/acclopaedia/boatdestiny/index.php?idIndex=0&idContent=2540 15 November 2009 dead http://www.ultimatesail.com/IACC/1995/1995-004-001.html 1995 Syndicates and Yachts: One Australia The America's Cup Finals Semi finals Team name Races Won Ranking NZL Team New Zealand 11 9 1 AUS One Australia 11 7 2 NZL Tag Heuer Challenge 11 6 3 JPN Nippon Challenge 11 0 4 Final Team Name123456789TNZL Team New ZealandW (4:55)W (1:57)W (2:26)LW (3:04)W (2:13)---5AUS One AustraliaLLLW (0:15)LL---1 References 30em External links 1995 America's Cup ultimatesail.com Category:Louis Vuitton Cup Louis Vuitton Cup Category:Sports competitions in San Diego Category:1990s in San Diego Category:1995 in American sports Category:1995 America's Cup Category:International America's Cup Class